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With Tim Tebow as a General Partner, Fort Worth Firm Launches $50M Fund to Invest in Tech Solutions to Human Trafficking

by | Sep 3, 2025
The fund builds on the success of the $18 million Eagle Freedom Fund I, which has invested in 20 high-growth companies delivering measurable impact across healthcare, law enforcement, technology, and frontline response, the firm said.
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Siemens Opens $190M Fort Worth Manufacturing Hub to Build Equipment Powering America’s AI/Data Center Infrastructure
by | Mar 6, 2025
Creating 800 new jobs, the facility will manufacture electrical equipment such as low-voltage switchboards for the booming data center market.
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Fort Worth Medical Students Bridge Healthcare Gaps for the Unhoused
by | Feb 15, 2025

Often cities can have a gap between healthcare opportunities and its unhoused population.

In Fort Worth a group of medical students from The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is helping to bridge that gap via the Street Medicine Student Coalition....

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Audiovisual Innovation Leader Diversified Relocates Global HQ to North Texas
by | Oct 30, 2024
With a reported $1 billion-plus in annual revenue, Diversified's client list includes Microsoft, Fox Sports, Lululemon, and some 70 Fortune 100 companies. Its projects vary from creating the Southern Hemisphere's largest LED video wall to designing AV and broadcast systems for the new production facility at Texas A&M's Kyle Field.
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Dallas’ Travis Hollman Launches MeSpace, the ‘First Modern Workstation Designed for Neurodiverse Professionals’

by | Sep 17, 2024
MeSpace allows users to create their ideal work environment through sensory customization—including "ghost mode" windows for visual privacy, tailored lighting color and brightness, "biophilic" textured surfaces, an adjustable height desk, and more.
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The Last Word: J. Small Investments’ Steven Davis on Life Sciences Companies’ Need for ‘Ripe’ Real Estate
by | Aug 29, 2024
At Bisnow's Future of DFW Life Sciences Summit, Davis predicted a "snowball effect" of success in the next three to ten years as the life sciences industry grows. Davis has today's "Last Word."
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Texas-Based Research Bridge Partners Taps New Board Leadership to Drive ‘High-Quality Investment Opportunities’ in Biomedical Innovation
by | Aug 9, 2024
With a new CEO and three seasoned industry veterans joining its board, Research Bridge Partners is focused on moving university innovations from the lab to the marketplace.

Last year, the Texas-based nonprofit, in collaboration with Lyda Hill Philanthropies, invested $4 million into North Texas’ UT Southwestern Medical Center, bolstering efforts to transform groundbreaking research into viable companies.
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Dallas-Based RIP-IT Sports Names Former American Airlines Exec as First CMO Amid Launch of Female-Exclusive Athletic Shoes
Gauge Capital-backed RIP-IT, driven by a "built by women, for women" philosophy, has appointed Amy Craven as CMO to spearhead the launch of its innovative volleyball and softball shoes. Under the leadership of new CEO Janelle Anderson, the company is riding the global momentum around investment in women’s sports.
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Visionary Business Leader Jim Keyes: ‘It’s Time to Create an Educated Workforce for the Information Age’

by | Jun 6, 2024
Amid a general atmosphere of ignorance and fear that’s being stoked by the internet and social media, the U.S. education system currently is under attack as irrelevant or beyond repair, Jim Keyes says. What’s urgently needed, he believes, is replacing this cycle of negativity with knowledge—and a new technology platform that will ‘take American education to the next level.’
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North Texas Hospital Pioneers Use of 7‑Foot‑Tall Hologram To ‘Teleport’ Doctors
by | May 30, 2024
Lancaster's Crescent Regional Hospital said its first-in-U.S. integration of tech from Netherlands-based Holoconnects will enable doctors to "teleport" as a life-size 3D hologram and connect with patients in real time. It's just one way Crescent Regional aims to be "the hospital of the future."
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Trilogy Studios Is Building Three ‘State-of-the-Art’ Virtual Production Stages in Fort Worth
At 157 feet wide and nearly 24 feet tall, the "largest" virtual cinematic LED volume in the state of Texas is just part of what's being built in Fort Worth by Trilogy Studios—a partnership between Trinity Broadcasting Network and Seattle's Optic8.
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Dallas-Based AT&T Boosts Commitment to Bridge Digital Divide to $5B
by | Apr 4, 2024
AT&T said its additional $3 billion commitment—on top of $2 billion committed in 2021—will address affordability and adoption, the main barriers to broadband Internet connectivity for those who need it most. “Connectivity is critical for success and prosperity in America today," CEO John Stankey says.
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Fast-Growing North Texas City Bolsters ‘All-Stars’ Team With New Deputy City Manager

by | Feb 28, 2024
John Land most recently served as the Interim city manager for the City of Farmers Branch, where he played a key role in its balanced scorecard performance measurement system. His development expertise also led to "innovative spaces" such as Mustang Station Restaurant Park and The Grove Outdoor Entertainment Venue," Princeton said.
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New York’s Star Mountain Capital Adds Managing Director to Dallas Office in Contined Expansion
by | Feb 23, 2024
Warren DeKinder has more than 30 years of leadership experience advising and recommending strategic investment solutions to some of the world’s largest and most sophisticated institutions and private clients, Star Mountain said.
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All Charged Up: LG Opens Its First U.S. EV Charger Factory in Fort Worth
by | Jan 12, 2024
LG's 100,000-SF Fort Worth plant will begin assembling Level 2 EV chargers this month, with Level 3 chargers following this spring and ultra-fast chargers rolling out later this year. Fort Worth Chamber CEO Steve Montgomery called the opening "a prime example of our city’s commitment to innovation and cutting-edge technology."
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From Sand to Clay: Texas’ Soil Diversity Drives UTA Cost-Estimation Tool for TXDOT Road Work
by | Nov 7, 2023
How much will that highway project cost? Soil diversity, supply chain delays, climate differences, material and labor costs, and many other things can factor into the budget. A UT Arlington researcher aims to help solve the puzzle with a new price estimation and visualization tool.
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