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Techstars Physical Health Fort Worth Announces 11 Companies in Its 2024 Accelerator

by | Sep 13, 2024
The companies—including North Texas' Nerveli and Gale Payments—were chosen from thousands of startups worldwide, representing "the best and brightest" in physical health innovation. Check out all the new participants.
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Fort Worth’s AyuVis Gets FDA Fast‑Track Designation for Its Drug for Babies with a Chronic Lung Disease
by | Aug 23, 2024
Premature babies diagnosed with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) face the risk of rehospitalization, delayed brain development, and respiratory problems throughout childhood. No FDA-approved therapies are available for BPD—which is why the new FDA designation for AyuVis's drug candidate, AVR-48, could lead to game-changing impact.
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Getting to ‘Yes’: 10 Questions Startups Should Answer—Before Investors Ask Them
At Dallas Startup Week, ENO8 Founder Jeff Francis shared strategies to make it easier for investors to say "yes" to founders with proactive preparation.
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Lyda Hill Philanthropies Makes $5.25M Gift to American Cancer Society Venture Capital Arm
by | Nov 6, 2023
The gift, the largest to date for BrightEdge, will fund a "first-of-its-kind program" called the ACS BrightEdge Texas Accelerator. The two-year pilot innovation program will invest in cutting-edge companies making headway in the fight to eliminate cancer.
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Dallas Tech Unicorn Names Cybersecurity, Software Sales Veteran As President

by | Jul 28, 2023

Island, the Dallas-based tech unicorn startup valued at $1.3 billion in 2022 has named Steve Tchejeyan president of the company that is a leader and pioneer in the Enterprise Browser market.

The company said that Tchejeyan brings decades of executive leadership experience driving successful business strategies and growth initiatives for some of the world’s leading technology and cybersecurity companies....

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From left: Co-founder and CEO Mike Fey and co-founder and chief technology officer Dan Amiga. [Image: Islands]
Island Intros What It Calls the ‘World’s First Self-Protecting Browser’
by | May 16, 2023
Dallas-based Island, a startup unicorn valued at $1.3 billion in 2022 and a pioneer in the enterprise browser market, said its new offering is the ideal solution for organizations with extremely sensitive data and applications, to ensure safe operation even on devices beyond the organization’s control and traditional protections.
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Dallas-Based LTK Launches Social Media Advertising for Brands
by | Mar 31, 2023
The new LTK Boost advertising solution lets brands amplify creator collaboration content directly from the creator’s social media handles. The Dallas-based global creator marketing platform says that will lead to "higher engagement and conversion."
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Allen-Based SaaS Tech Startup ScaleWith Appoints New President

by | Mar 2, 2023

ScaleWith Inc., an Allen-based SaaS technology company, announced it has appointed Edward L. Dandridge as president, effective immediately.

The startup said its tech transforms social impact from a cost center into a revenue generator by embedding social impact funding into B2B and B2G transactions.

“Ed’s accomplished background in law, deep expertise in corporate affairs, extensive management experience leading global organizations, and demonstrated track record of converting vision into business results ideally qualifies him to serve as our president as we position ScaleWith for significant growth,” ScaleWith founder and CEO Paul Polizzotto said in a statement....

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Enterprise Browser Unicorn Island Adds VP of Worldwide Channel Sales
by | Mar 1, 2023

Dallas-based enterprise browser unicorn Island has added Keith Weatherford to its executive team as vice president of worldwide channel sales.

Island emerged from stealth in February 2022....

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Fortress Solutions Names New Chief Executive Officer

by | Dec 23, 2022

Plano-based Fortress Solutions has appointed John Shelnutt as its chief executive officer, replacing Brendon Mills, who resigned to pursue other opportunities.

Fortress Solutions is a global provider of critical infrastructure management and support services for telecommunications carriers, wireless networks, electronic vehicle charging stations, and IoT devices.

“Fortress has an incredibly deep bench of talent that has gained the respect of the largest telecom companies in the world and other providers of critical infrastructure for many years,“ Shelnutt said in a statement....

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Techstars’ Demo Day Brings Health Tech Pioneers to Historic Fort Worth Stockyards
10 startups will make history themselves as part of the world’s first physical health accelerator. Techstars Demo Day is the culmination of Techstars Physical Health Fort Worth Accelerator. It signifies more than a year of planning and a lifetime of dreaming, innovating, and disrupting industries for the 10 startups.
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‘I’ve Never Been More Bullish on Our Region’: Longtime Dallas Investor Aaron Pierce Joins Perot Jain as Partner
by | Oct 12, 2022
Aaron Pierce, the co-founder and board chair of Venture Dallas, has a deep investment background and a history of supporting the local entrepreneurial community. As partner at Perot Jain, his role is "all encompassing." One item on his agenda is overseeing the firm's investments in Major League Cricket—along with managing the firm's investment portfolio of more than 60 companies.

“We have the ingredients required to be a major player in the national investment landscape," Pierce says, "especially as the family office and private investment focus grows from funds to direct investments in venture-backed companies.”
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