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Makers of Key Ring Raise $1.75MM
Mobestream Media, the company behind the highly successful mobile app Key Ring, has raised $1.75 million according to an SEC Form D filing uncovered by launchDFW and confirmed by founder Chris Fagan in...
View ArticleVC Investments in DFW Fell 47% During 2010
According to a Dallas Morning News Article, VC funding decreased by approximately $230 million in North Texas, while venture capital investments rose both nationwide and in Texas during 2010. Based on...
View ArticleBuilding a Medical Device? NTEC Medical Device Incubator/Accelerator Program...
Formally established in June 2002, North Texas Enterprise Center for Medical Technology, Inc. (NTEC) is a Frisco based Incubator/Accelerator focusing on medical devices. NTEC provides everything early...
View ArticleTeXchange Panel Discussion Tomorrow – Incubators and Accelerators
A panel discussion on Incubators and Accelerators will be held on Wednesday 5:30pm at Maggiano’s in NorthPark Center. The panel will be moderated by John Reed, Partner/Mentor at Tech Wildcatters, and...
View ArticleBlazing the Trail: Joel Fontenot
Joel Fontenot is Managing Partner at Trailblazer Capital, the only Texas VC firm to consist solely of entrepreneurs. I met with him recently to get a better idea of what makes VC’s tick. We began the...
View ArticleTech Wildcatters’ 2013 Spring Class of Startups: Meet the 11 Teams
It’s that time of year again – a buzz of excitement is pervading throughout the DFW tech ecosystem as our very own Forbes Top 10 startup accelerator, Tech Wildcatters, announces their next class of...
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Venture Spur Moves into Dallas – Second Startup Accelerator this Month to
Entrepreneurs and Founders, It is truly exciting to see how the accelerator community is growing in DFW. Tech Wildcatters has done an amazing job pioneering the accelerator community and with the...
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Southwest Angels Gain Share of Deals/Dollars, California Loses
The 2012 HALO Report (http://www.svb.com/halo-report/) reports that angel investment dollars in the Southwest region, which includes Texas, grew from 7.9% of nationwide angel investments in 2011 to...
View ArticleEnTouch Controls Raises $8.2M Series B
Another day another Dallas VC raise. Things are picking up! Entouch Controls provides cloud-based energy management systems to restaurants and retail stores via a SaaS business model and counts chains...
View ArticleEditorial: Mistakes to Avoid when Raising Capital
Almost every startup raises capital at some point and many startups do it more than once. At The Dallas Angel Network, I see startups raising capital on a daily basis and for all but the hottest new...
View ArticleSimpli.fi Raises $16M Series B
Fort Worth-based Simpli.fi just announced that they’ve closed a $16M Series B financing led by Frontier Capital. Simpli.fi is an ad-tech company that leverages massive amounts of unstructured data to...
View ArticleSAFE and Sound? A Primer on the new YC Docs
This is a guest post by Ryan Roberts of Roberts Foster LLP covering his thoughts on the recently released SAFE financing documents released by seed accelerator Y Combinator. Roberts Foster LLP is a...
View ArticleHow to raise $1 Million+ outside of Silicon Valley
Let’s first start with the mind-set that capital is not scarce, the opportunity for improvement evolves around becoming a better, modern entrepreneur, with a bigger vision and better execution. Say it...
View ArticleCariloop Closes on $400,000 Seed Financing
Cariloop announced today that it has closed on $400,000 in seed funding, led by Greenpark & Golf Ventures (GP&G) and Corbett Capital. Cariloop provides those looking for help with senior care...
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Raise $200K in 2 minutes!
Notice I didn’t say two deals every two years. This story takes place in San Francisco, well-known for how quickly business gets done. But I’m hopeful that the DFW startup and investment community...
View ArticleAristos Ventures invests in Austin-based startup, JamKazam
Dallas-based micro-venture fund, Aristos Ventures, announced their investment in JamKazam late last week. Aristos Ventures invests in highly capital-efficient tech companies in Texas in need of early...
View ArticleTeXchange Panel Discussion Tomorrow – Incubators and Accelerators
A panel discussion on Incubators and Accelerators will be held on Wednesday 5:30pm at Maggiano’s in NorthPark Center. The panel […] The post TeXchange Panel Discussion Tomorrow – Incubators and...
View ArticleBlazing the Trail: Joel Fontenot
Joel Fontenot is Managing Partner at Trailblazer Capital, the only Texas VC firm to consist solely of entrepreneurs. I met […] The post Blazing the Trail: Joel Fontenot appeared first on Launch DFW.
View ArticleTech Wildcatters’ 2013 Spring Class of Startups: Meet the 11 Teams
It’s that time of year again – a buzz of excitement is pervading throughout the DFW tech ecosystem as our […] The post Tech Wildcatters’ 2013 Spring Class of Startups: Meet the 11 Teams appeared first...
View ArticleThe Strength of an Unwritten Rule
There’s an unwritten rule for startups — don’t disclose the terms of a term sheet. Recently, a frenzy hit the […] The post The Strength of an Unwritten Rule appeared first on Launch DFW.
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