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Left: Raj Malik, founder and CEO of Bioworld; Right: Matt Alexander, VP of corporate development and head of Bioworld Ventures [Photos courtesy of BioWorld]
North Texas’ Bioworld Merchandising Launches Bioworld Ventures
by Sandra Engelland | Dec 11, 2025
The launch of Bioworld Ventures signals a pivotal chapter for the company as it targets strategic investments that "drive product innovation and elevate the next generation of category-defining consumer brands."
by Lance Murray |
Oct 22, 2025
A next-generation AI startup with a unique AI/AGI construct and architecture and pioneering reasoning capabilities, Mythworx said the valuation is significantly higher than other seed-stage AI startups.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 16, 2025
Founded in 2023 by Lauren Gage, a mother and a former McKinsey & Co. and Goldman Sachs executive, Triplemoon was created to solve one of healthcare’s most urgent challenges: the explosive demand for pediatric mental health support in an overwhelmed primary care system.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 15, 2025
Emergent said its seed round attracted a group of more than 20 agriculture and telecom investors who share its vision to digitally connect underserved industries of rural America and unlock "a new era of profitability, sustainability, and operational efficiency across agriculture, climate, energy, utilities, municipalities, and the broader rural economy."
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Left to right: Mili Co-Founders Chirag Gandhi (CEO), Siddharth Bulia (CTO), and Vennela Miryala (CPO). [Photo: Mili]
Plano-Based Mili, an AI Meeting Assistant for Wealth Management Firms, Emerges from Stealth With $2M
by Lance Murray | Jan 7, 2025
Mili's "invisible AI assistant" features deep integrations with major wealth platforms including Salesforce, Wealthbox, Practifi, and Salentica. By automating meeting documentation, it aims to save wealth advisers "more than eight hours weekly," the startup says.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 30, 2024
With offices in Dallas, Tel Aviv, and London, Verax AI develops enterprise-grade software solutions that provide visibility and control of AI in production. Its newly launched Verax Control Center aims to enable "trustworthy and responsible AI," mitigating factual errors and hallucinations in real time.
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by Lance Murray |
May 25, 2023
Plano-based G.O.A.T. Fuel raised its "first-ever institutional round of funding in a space that’s becoming increasingly more competitive and despite growing market challenges."
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The energy drink co-founded by NFL Hall of Famer Jerry Rice in 2020 is powered by natural caffeine, cordyceps mushrooms, green tea, electrolytes, BCAAs, and 10 essential vitamins.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 16, 2022
Founded in 2019 by Mark Bunting, Grata is a first-of-its-kind online platform for consumers to convey recognition directly to a brand's frontline employees in real-time. The company said that investors who have joined to support the success of Grata include Capital Factory, Clutch, Hall Group, and Perot Jain.
The startup has assembled a team of entrepreneurial veterans and industry experts including Patrick Brandt, Wesley Bryan, Allison Swope, and John Rabara.
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Mortgage Comparison Startup Confer Moves HQ From San Francisco to McKinney
by Kevin Cummings | Sep 15, 2022
Confer, whose app platform lets mortgage shoppers compare multiple mortgage offers, has found a new home in the Serendipity Labs coworking space in McKinney's Craig Ranch. It aims to open its platform to brokers, banks, and lenders in order to help them provide a plug-and-play model to give more options to borrowers. It's now looking to raise a $4 million seed funding round.
“The end goal is to guide buyers in making a conscious and intelligent decision,” says Yatin Karnik, Confer's founder and CEO.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Jul 27, 2022
Nada's Cityfunds enable people to invest in single-family rental homes and fractionally invest in owner-occupied homes in Dallas, Austin, and Miami. With the new funding, Nada plans to expand Cityfunds to six new cities, grow its Oak Lawn-based staff to around 60, and develop a home equity-accessing debit card.
“We fundamentally believe that we can make a material difference to people's lives by making real estate as an asset more accessible,” co-founder and CEO John Green told Dallas Innovates.
“We fundamentally believe that we can make a material difference to people's lives by making real estate as an asset more accessible,” co-founder and CEO John Green told Dallas Innovates.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Jun 22, 2022
AlgoPear, a subscription-based algorithmic stock trading platform, has onboarded more than 4,000 users and grown its monthly recurring revenue with a team of 15, according to co-founder and CEO Ronnie Green.
Green says the startup is seeing the "hypergrowth that any founder or any investor would love to see right now."
Green says the startup is seeing the "hypergrowth that any founder or any investor would love to see right now."
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by Kevin Cummings |
Mar 17, 2022
Jordan Olivas moved from Texas to Pakistan to launch QisstPay, a one-click checkout platform. Today it processes about 10% of all e-commerce transactions in that country—and Olivas has moved its global HQ to North Texas.
Qisstpay expects to process more than $1 billion in payments this year. With $15 million raised in October and U.S. expansion underway, the startup is now aiming for another raise. “I want to be a unicorn by the end of 2022,” Olivas told us.
Qisstpay expects to process more than $1 billion in payments this year. With $15 million raised in October and U.S. expansion underway, the startup is now aiming for another raise. “I want to be a unicorn by the end of 2022,” Olivas told us.
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Dallas Fintech Zirtue Receives Investment From Northwestern Mutual, Bringing Its Total Seed Funding to $4M
by Alex Edwards | Apr 27, 2021
The VC arm of Northwestern Mutual, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, invests in financial technology startups that are focused on historically underbanked and underfunded populations. That's Zirtue's bread and butter: The growing startup touts the first and only relationship-based lending app that drives financial inclusion and freedom.
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by Quincy Preston and Sandra Engelland |
Jan 12, 2021
CEO Kyle Waldrep's fast-growth startup is using technology to streamline commercial real estate deals and give a birds-eye view of portfolios. It gained ground with the development of the first digital asset and lease management tool for the industrial sector.
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by Riley Farrell |
Nov 9, 2020
The announcement comes during a time of rapid financial growth for the company, as ShearShare reaches $3.4 million in overall funding.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Aug 31, 2020
Toni Portmaan's SaaS virtual real estate and digital office platform was built for the age of WFH—well ahead of the pandemic. It's in its second round of seed funding.
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