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Topgolf Makes Leadership Moves to Help Drive Business Forward

by | Dec 16, 2022

Dallas-based sports entertainment and technology company Topgolf has announced several leadership moves it said will help propel the company business forward. Topgolf, which currently has 85 global venues, plans to open another 50-plus venues over the next five years — roughly 11 new venues each year. Its newest venue opened today in Glasgow, Scotland....

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Grata Raises $6M in Seed Funding for Recognition Platform, Adds Industry Experts to Executive Team
by | 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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NEC Corp. Announces VP of Operations for Advanced Recognition Business
by | Dec 16, 2022

Irving-based NEC Corp. of America announced Carmelo Lisciotto has joined the company as Vice President of Operations for its Advanced Recognition Systems business.

A leading provider and integrator of advanced IT, communications, networking, and biometric solutions, NEC said that Lisciotto brings nearly 30 years of extensive experience in global IT operations, data analytics, public/private/hybrid cloud infrastructure, security, and DevOps to his new role....

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Evolon and ZeroEyes Partner on Long-Range AI Gun-Detection Technology
by | Dec 6, 2022
With the partnership, Dallas-based Evolon Technology will unite the long-distance object detection of its analytics with ZeroEyes' proprietary AI gun detection technology. The result: The ability to detect and track someone with a firearm more than a football field away. "Current events point to the need for a partnership like ours," Evolon President and CEO Kevin Stadler says.
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Dallas PropTech Startup Stellar Reports $20M Series B Funding Round

by | Dec 1, 2022
Stellar's platform leverages AI and machine learning to reimagine home maintenance. The startup partners with property managers and contractors to take care of homes and people—with a "mission of delivering hassle-free maintenance done right."

"We have caught lightning in a bottle," Founder and CEO Dustin Marx said of the new raise.
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COMSovereign Names Permanent CEO, President, Director
by | Nov 29, 2022

Dallas-based COMSovereign Holding Corp., a developer of 4G LTE Advanced and 5G communication systems and solutions, announced that David Knight has been appointed chief executive officer, president, and a director of the company....

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Highlander Partners Acquires Drone-Countering Liteye Systems
by | Nov 28, 2022
Liteye develops, integrates, and manufactures Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems that neutralize hostile drone threats. The acquisition follows Highlander's forming of High Point Aerotechnologies, which focuses on the rapidly evolving C-UAS and UAS industries.
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Tech Company Pathlock Appoints New Chief Revenue Officer
by | Nov 18, 2022
Pathlock's recent mergers, acquisitions, and capital raises have enabled the company to address the increasing risk in application security while establishing its leadership position as the industry's most complete 360-degree platform for application security and controls automation.
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Tech Titans Adds 6 Industry Veterans to Its Board of Directors

by | Nov 12, 2022

Richardson-based Tech Titans has announced the newest additions to its board of directors.

Tech Titans is the largest technology trade association in Texas, representing a quarter million employees through its 300 member companies. The organization says it strengthens the North Texas’ technology community and its reputation by acting as the innovation hub for entrepreneurs, universities, and corporations....

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ParkHub Acquires California-Based Parking Software Provider
by | Oct 28, 2022
Two months after acquiring Fuzse, a payment processing integrator, Dallas-based ParkHub has scooped up Smarking to broaden its product suite and expand into new end markets. Founded in 2014, San Francisco-based Smarking is a SaaS-based solution that enables customers across North America to effectively manage their parking assets through access to real-time data and analytics.
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Tuning Up: Frisco-Based Music Audience Exchange–aka MAX–Raises Series B Funding To Expand
by | Oct 26, 2022
Frisco-based MAX, a tech marketing company that powers brand and music partnerships, raised $6 million in 2017. A new round led by Interlock Partners will help fund the development of SET.Live. The new platform lets artists engage with fans at live shows while creating unique sponsorable assets for brands like Ford, McDonald's, and more.

“This investment allows MAX to continue fulfilling its mission to automate and digitize artist sponsorships and create a new marketplace for the creator economy,” says CEO and founder Nathan Hanks.

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DI People: Optic Gaming, Ziosk, Dr Pepper Keurig, and More Announce Leadership Moves
by | Oct 21, 2022
In this week’s roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you’ll also find news from Advent International, Stellar, Stream Realty Partners, The Citizenry, Sabre Corp., SB Architects, and others.
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Apex Fintech Solutions Hires Schwab-TD Exec as Chief Product Officer of Advisory

by | Oct 13, 2022
Dallas-based Apex Fintech Solutions has tapped Jon Patullo to lead the technology product strategy for Apex Advisor Solutions, its advisory channel.

The industry veteran was most recently managing director of digital trading and wealth management for Southlake-based Charles Schwab Corp. and managing director of technology platform management at TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.
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Critical Start Announces 3 New Executives, 2 Promotions Among Leadership
by | Sep 13, 2022

Critical Start CEO and Founder Rob Davis says the cyber threat landscape continues to expand— and the need for breach prevention solutions has never been greater....

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DI People: Techstars, Critical Start, VolunteerNow, Corganics, and More Make Moves
In this week's roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you'll also find news from the Richardson Chamber, PICKUP, BPS Technology, the Frontiers of Flight Museum, UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth, and Giving DNA. Plus, Governor Abbott appoints three North Texans to the Governor's Commission for Women.
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Dallas Fintech Startup Emerges From Stealth to ‘Democratize Banking’
by | 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.
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