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Dallas Fintech Startup Emerges From Stealth to ‘Democratize Banking’
by Kevin Cummings | Feb 23, 2022
Emerging from stealth this quarter, Deposits.com, a platform that Co-Founder and CEO Joseph Akintolayo describes as the “Shopify of banking," is looking to add financial literacy and wellness tools to its technology. It plans to do that in a partnership with Utah-based MX, a financial data platform valued at $1.9 billion.
by Kevin Cummings |
Feb 23, 2022
McKinney-based CourMed, a concierge health care services delivery company, has expanded with a regional office in Miami Beach and a growing presence in several Western states.
“There's an opportunity for us to really create something new in the marketplace that doesn't exist,” its founder and CEO Derrick Miles tells Dallas Innovates. “This is a totally different type of care. We call it the antithesis of seven-minute medicine.”
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by Kevin Cummings |
Feb 23, 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.
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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.
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Luke Guthrie and Augustus Hellwich, co-founders of Illuno. [Photos: Illuno]
With Mark Cuban Cos.’ Backing, This Plano Startup Helps Police Find Moonlighting Jobs
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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by Kevin Cummings |
Feb 7, 2022
McKinney-based BALANCED Media|Technology, SMU, and the Retina Foundation of the Southwest are collaborating to commercialize technology to fight age-related macular degeneration.
Using a crowdsourced video game, players help the team create new data sets out of captured retinal images, helping to lead to potential breakthroughs in detection and treatment.
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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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The Shadow CEO:
Using Equity as an Incentive and the Role of the Board
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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by Bella Pinera |
Oct 27, 2021
Dabble Dallas, a tech-based platform founded last year to reignite local spots hit hard by the pandemic, is rebranding and unveiling an accompanying app under a year after its initial launch.
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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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Center: Monique Little, founder of You Go Natural [Photos: You Go Natural]
Dallas-Based Hair and Beauty Company You Go Natural Raises $2 Million in Seed Funding Round
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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by Lauren Hawkins |
Apr 20, 2021
A new report examines how far Rosy has come since its 2019 founding—and what it has yet to accomplish. Founder Dr. Lyndsey Harper is also planning to continue shaking up the world of women's sexual health through an edgy new social media campaign coming soon.
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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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