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DALLAS and FORT WORTH

The Big D is headquarters for dozens of Fortune 500 companies and billionaires, including Global Silicon Valley celebrity Mark Cuban. The startup scene here is fragmented, mainly due to the distance between the two large cities, but hey, everything’s bigger in Texas, ya’ll. Given the density of major corporations and no state income tax, Texans with a wildcatter attitude do the hoedown in the Metroplex.

AGGREGATE VENTURE ACTIVITY Q4’15 - Q3’16

VC FUNDING: $2.2B

DEALS: 129

EXITS: 82

5 YEAR YoY FUNDING GROWTH: 5.2%

5 YEAR YoY DEAL GROWTH: 13.3%

Source: CB Insights

 

DALLAS AND FORTH WORTH AT A GLANCE

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Power Breakfast

Bolsa

Crossroads Diner

Jonathon’s Oak Cliff

Coffee Shops to Start Up In

Local Press + Brew

Mudsmith

Oak Lawn Coffee

Opening Bell Coffee

Best Bar

Joule

Midnight Rambler

“Must Be At” Local Events

DIFF

St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival

State Fair of Texas

TEDxSMU

In the Know

Over twenty-five billionaires call Dallas home, with the tribe led by Mark Cuban.

THE TOP

ANGELS

Alex Chang

Kevin Moore

Mark Cuban

Morton Meyerson

Raju Indukuri

VCs

Dallas Venture Partners

Green Park & Golf Ventures

Hangar Ventures

Naya Ventures

Outlier Ventures

ACCELERATORS

Health Wildcatters

REVTECH

Tech Wildcatters

The GroundFloor @ United Way

ENTREPRENEURSHIP EVENTS

Digital Dallas

Startup Career Fair

Startup Grind

Startup Week

Q4’15 - Q3’16 TOP FUNDING ROUNDS

RimRock Oil and Gas—$500M

Lucid Energy Group—$350M

StackPath—$180M

Teal Natural Resources—$125M

Peloton Technologies—$52.4M

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