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Women’s Foodservice Forum to Honor 3 ‘Industry Titans’ With North Texas Ties

by | Dec 17, 2018
Joseph DePinto, Wyman Roberts, and Greg Creed are among 35 foodservice industry leaders who will be recognized by the Dallas-based WFF.
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funding
Follow the Money: Gig Wage Gets $1M, AN Global Nets Acquisition Backing, Astrapi Receives Funding
by | Dec 13, 2018
Also, you’ll find ClubCorp, RiskPro Global Partners, D.R. Horton, Ryan, and Dunhill Homes in this roundup of funding, investments, mergers, and acquisition involving businesses and investors with North Texas ties.
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Tyler Technologies
Tyler Technologies Acquires SceneDoc, Bolsters Law Enforcement Solutions
by | Dec 10, 2018
The Plano-based company says the acquisition helps it address the evolving needs of law enforcement agencies, from small municipalities to large counties.
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Neighborhood Goods Raises $8M in New Funding Round
by | Nov 29, 2018
This latest funding round comes on top of a $5.75 million round in May for the retail startup that recently opened in Plano.
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The Road to Everywhere:
Highlights of Projects and Development in the 121 Corridor

by | Nov 21, 2018
From Flower Mound to Grapevine to Frisco, check out the plans that are driving the Corridor as a hub for development.
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Look Inside: Neighborhood Goods Imagines the Future of Retail in Plano
by | Nov 19, 2018
Neighborhoods Goods is a "new type of department store" that opened this weekend in Legacy West. Check out our photo tour of its rotating brands, in-house restaurant, immersive editorial concept, and mobile app to see how the concept is fostering a new culture around the traditional shopping experience.
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Toyota
Toyota, Carma Team Up to Tackle Traffic Congestion with Shared Commute and Carsharing Pilot
by | Nov 14, 2018
The results are in. Toyota put some 2,000 of its employees on the road for a yearlong pilot program. "The world’s first shared-commute and private-carsharing service" pilot included a fleet of 34 hybrid Toyota cars and recorded more than 200,000 shared miles using Carma's verification tech.
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R&D: $200K Grant Aids UTA Reabsorbable Brain Implant Work; Will UTD Chess Computing Platform Say Checkmate?
by | Nov 9, 2018
Also, you'll learn about the Dallas-based American Heart Association backing research teams looking into age-related cognitive declines, and a Plano-based biotech company getting an approval from the EPA.
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Paul Quinn’s Plano Expansion Gets First Major Investment, $1M From Strada Education Network

by | Oct 24, 2018
Over the next two years, Strada's grant will go toward funding the new Plano campus — the first expansion site of the Paul Quinn Urban Work College Model.
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DI People: Kimberly-Clark Names New Chief Executive, Lifeblue Taps New CEO
by | Oct 23, 2018
Also, you’ll find leadership appointments and changes at Weitzman, J&S Audio Visual, Cicero Group, LiftFund's Dallas/Fort Worth Women’s Business Center and PlainsCapital Bank in this roundup of people news in North Texas.
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Follow the Money: Caris Raises $150M, Meritize Gets $13.2M, iDonate Secures $10M, BenefitMall Buys Phoenix Firm
by | Oct 4, 2018
From Dallas investor Carl Sparks and 7-Eleven Ventures to Conversable and Hospice Source, here are notable funding and acquisition deals with North Texas ties.
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Plano-based Tyler Technologies Acquires TradeMaster
by | Oct 1, 2018
The acquisition of TradeMaster Inc., also known as MobileEyes, puts Tyler Technologies on track to becoming a billion-dollar company.
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North Texas Giving

By the Numbers: North Texas Giving Day Collects Record $48M

by | Sep 21, 2018
The 18-hour giving extravaganza — powered by Communities Foundation of Texas — culminated a 10-day effort to raise funds for 2,690 North Texas nonprofits. Here's the top of the leaderboards and a gallery.
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Haxiot
IoT Startup Haxiot Launches Platform, Eyes Series A Funding
by | Sep 19, 2018
Demand for low-cost and low-power-consumption wireless tech is exploding in enterprise and industrial IoT — and Haxiot has the first device-to-cloud solution, according to COO Youyi Kitson.
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Follow the Money: INTREorg Gets $247K, Firm Raising $5M for Robokind, projekt202 Acquires Studio
by | Sep 13, 2018
From Cypress Growth Capital to Modo Payments and Ancor Capital Partners, here are some of the deals involving companies and investors with North Texas ties.
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PepsiCo Searches for North American Startups in Expanded Nutrition Greenhouse Program
by | Sep 10, 2018
The accelerator, which launched in Europe last year, guarantees $20,000 in grant funding and a six-month business optimization program.
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