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zColo, the colocation division of international Bandwidth Infrastructure provider Zayo Group, LLC (“Zayo”),  announced this past Thursday it has acquired CoreXchange, Inc., a data center, bandwidth and managed services provider here in Dallas. The purchase adds one new data center, located at 8600 Harry Hines Blvd., to the zColo portfolio. In addition, zColo will secure […]

via press release: DALLAS & OKLAHOMA CITY (March 6, 2014) – Launching its third program year and seed investment fund after seeing breakout success in fundraising for its 2013 startups, VentureSpur, the venture accelerator and seed fund with operations in Dallas and Oklahoma City, announced the details of its 2014 program today. Major announcements include […]

CardSpur, the Dallas startup that combines offers with gift cards to give consumers and the retailers more value in a much more likely transaction, was selected to present at Startup Oasis at SXSW today! CardSpur cofounder Rich Fletcher will be doing the pitch. Startup Oasis is powered by UPGlobal and the Kauffman Foundation - http://startupoasis.up.co/ The pitch […]

Via Press Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 27, 2014 –/PRNewswire/ – Dream Big America (www.DreamBigAmerica.us), the first-ever live nationally-syndicated radio show pitting vetted business startups against each other, announces Dallas-based ScribeSense as this month’s Dream Big Champion. ScribeSense (www.ScribeSense.com), presented by VP of Sales John Ruff, is a time-saving online grading system that works with open-ended, […]

Time is running out (today!) on $10 early bird tickets so if you haven’t got one for March 4th yet hop over to Eventbrite and gittterdone. Here are your presenting companies for Dallas New Tech on March 4th: MyDealerService A service that connects the automotive service center to the customer with real-time updates on your […]

This is a guest post by Dale Gilliam. Dale is the CEO of Troubadour Research & Consulting.  Troubadour offers strategy consulting, analytics, and market research for startups, capital investment firms, and marketing consultancies. Dale can be found on Twitter @data_modeler and LinkedIn. You know how in the insurance industry, actuaries crunch a lot of data to […]

Every year droves of startups and entrepreneurs from the metroplex make their way down to SXSW. This year, there are even more opportunities to turn the trip into a breakout event for your startup. Here’s a quick rundown on some of the pitch competitions/events that you can apply for: SXSW ReleaseIT What ReleaseIt will give […]

Tech Wildcatters just announced their 2014 class of startups and it’s their biggest one yet, with an acceptance rate of about 4%.  This year’s class also includes a number of international startups. “We are increasingly impressed with the quality and number of international applicants to Tech Wildcatters. Our latest class has five teams from outside the […]

Since its launch in 2013, The Dallas Entrepreneur Center (DEC) has been “facilitating a culture of entrepreneurship and ‘giving before you get’… [and connecting] new and old entrepreneurs with a vibrant, collaborative environment.” As an extension of its ongoing efforts, The DEC recently announced the launch of The DEC Ambassador Program. A volunteer network providing […]

Two local startups have been selected to participate in Tech Cocktails Startup Celebration event at SXSWi this year. Kinesio and Puhsh will join 17 other startups as they battle to be labeled the hottest startup of SXSW and win an invitation to a future Tech Cocktail Week event. About the companies: Kinesio - For patients entering […]