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Follow the Money: Black in Tech Challenge Winners, Mark Cuban Invests in Tattoo Care Startup, the WNBA Gets New Backers, and More
by Kevin Cummings | Feb 18, 2022
What companies are finding funding or having a big exit? From startup investments to grants and acquisitions, Dallas Innovates tracks what’s happening in North Texas money.
by Kevin Cummings |
Feb 16, 2022
Addverb produces around 10,000 robots a year at its Noida, India, manufacturing facility. Now Addverb's CEO has a mission for his robots: to help address pandemic supply chain disruptions in the U.S.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Feb 9, 2022
Illuno is a staffing and scheduling platform that co-founder Luke Guthrie calls an “officer on-demand system.” It helps departments and officers coordinate moonlighting work with transparency, including rental payments for police cars used for after-hours security work.
With backing from the Mark Cuban Companies, Illuno is now looking to expand nationwide.
With backing from the Mark Cuban Companies, Illuno is now looking to expand nationwide.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Feb 9, 2022
Highline's platform reimages "the broken bill payment system." To avoid customers' overdrafts and build their credit, the fintech links bill payments directly to their payroll platforms, rather than their bank accounts.
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Dallas Automation Startup Eyes International Growth with $15M investment
by Kevin Cummings | Feb 2, 2022
Krista Software, a Dallas-based business automation platform, landed the $15 million in a funding round led by Denver’s Grotech Ventures. The company describes its software as a “conversation” among people, IT assets, and apps.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Feb 1, 2022
Island, an enterprise browser platform company, has landed nearly $100 million in funding from early-stage investors Insight Partners, Sequoia Capital, Cyberstarts, and Stripes. Its goal: to be "where today’s hybrid workforce lives."
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by Dennis Cagan |
Nov 21, 2021
Entrepreneur, investor, and corporate governance authority Dennis Cagan shares insights on seldom-taught things an entrepreneur needs to know about equity and governance—before making needless mistakes—in The Shadow CEO series. Part 3: Why use equity as an incentive?
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by Dennis Cagan |
Oct 28, 2021
Entrepreneur, investor, and corporate governance authority Dennis Cagan shares insights on seldom-taught things an entrepreneur needs to know about equity and governance—before making needless mistakes—in the Shadow CEO series.
Part 2: Equity distribution for entrepreneurs, explained
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Dallas-Based BreachQuest Emerges From Stealth With $4.4M in Seed Funding From the Founders of Tinder and Other Leading Investors
by Alex Edwards | Aug 25, 2021
The newly launched cybersecurity firm is taking a re-engineered approach to incident response and recovery. With big-name backers, BreachQuest is developing a proprietary platform to solve security issues quicker and at a lower cost.
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by Michaela Markels |
May 17, 2021
22-year-old Dallas native Kush Singh launched Hitch at UT Austin to provide an affordable rideshare in the 50-350 mile range. Now, Hitch looks to expand beyond Texas and become a national household name post-pandemic.
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by Alexa Vickaryous |
Apr 21, 2021
Capital Factory and Brand Foundry Venture Partners are among You Go Natural's investors. The startup produces headwraps, headbands, and turbans to help make hair care both functional and beautiful.
"We are building the go-to source for innovation in natural beauty," Founder Monique Little told us. She was named to the inaugural Forbes Next 1000 list earlier this year.
"We are building the go-to source for innovation in natural beauty," Founder Monique Little told us. She was named to the inaugural Forbes Next 1000 list earlier this year.
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Alexia Hammonds
Dallas-Based Eat. Sweat. Undress. Creates Hair Perfume Line Manufactured in France
by Alexa Vickaryous | Feb 22, 2021
In 2020, Alexia Hammonds transformed her blog into a online lifestyle brand. Just a few months later, she is launching a line of hair fragrances in a market with less than 70 brands.
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by Quincy Preston |
Feb 3, 2021
The merger adds "rocket fuel" to Gearbox’s creative engine to accelerate growth. Its 550 employees will join Embracer Group's global family of game developers and publishers.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Jan 28, 2021
What's next is scale, says eCarra's Rock Robinson. The electric vehicle startup offers luxury “rides that matter” in their fleet of Teslas. Landing its largest corporate client to date, the future looks bright. Now, Robinson wants to replicate its model in markets across the country to spur more EV usage—and help support other Black-owned businesses.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jan 19, 2021
The latest round brings the Dallas-based fintech's total Series A funding to approximately $10 million, the startup told us. Founder and CEO Craig J. Lewis plans to quadruple his team by the end of 2021.
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