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ORGANIZATION TYPE WEBSITE1 717 Harwood Coworking2 Addison Treehouse Coworking www.addisontreehouse.com3 Alcatel-Lucent Research & Innovation Center Innovation Center www.alcatel-lucent.com4 AT&T Foundry Innovation Center / Accelerator about.att.com/innovation/foundry5 Bill J Priest Institute Business Growth Center Incubator www.elcentrocollege.edu/bjp/6 Biz Owners Ed Accelerator www.bizownersed.com7 Catalyst by SoftLayer Incubator www.softlayer.com/catalyst8 Cause Studio Incubator www.causestudio.co9 CBRE Labs Innovation Center twitter.com/cbrelabs?lang=en

10 Center for Innovation at Arlington Incubator / Accelerator www.thecenterforinnovation.org11 Codesk Coworking www.codesk.space/#story12 CoLAB Coworking www.colabwork.com13 Collide Village Accelerator Program (CVAP) Accelerator www.collidevillage.com/accelerator14 Common Desk Deep Ellum Coworking www.thecommondesk.com15 Common Desk Oak Cliff Coworking thecommondesk.com16 Cowork Suites Coworking www.coworksuites.com17 Dallas Cowork Coworking www.dallascowork.com18 Dallas Makerspace Coworking www.dallasmakerspace.org19 DFW Excellerator Coworking / Incubator www.dfwexcellerator.com/EN/index.aspx20 Discovery Park at UNT Incubator www.discoverypark.unt.edu21 EO Accelerator Dallas Accelerator www.eodallas.org22 EO Accelerator Fort Worth Accelerator www.eonetwork.org/fortworth

23 Essilor Innovation & Technology Center Innovation Center www.essilor.com/en/Group/International/Pages/InnovationTechnologyCenters.aspx

24 Fort Work Coworking www.dallasfortwork.com

25 GameStop Technology Institute Innovation Center investor.gamestop.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=130125&p=innovation

26 GDHCC Business Assistance Center Incubator Program Incubator www.gdhcc.com/programs_and_resources/executive_entrepreneur_program.aspx

27 GeniusDen Coworking / Incubator www.geniusden.com28 HeadSpace Coworking www.headspacedallas.com29 Health Wildcatters Accelerator www.healthwildcatters.com30 IBM Innovation Center Dallas Innovation Center www.ibm.com/partnerworld/iic/dallas.htm31 IDEA Works FW Coworking / Incubator www.ideaworksfw.org32 Kowork Coworking www.kowork.co33 Level Offi ce Coworking www.leveloffi ce.com/locations/701commerce/34 Mass Catalyst/Circuit Breaker Venture Coworking35 Microsoft Technology Center Innovation Center www.microsoft.com/en-us/mtc/locations/dallas.aspx36 MOTIVE Accelerator www.thisismotive.com

37 Mountain View College Business Incubator Program Incubator www.mountainviewcollege.edu/business/econdev/Pages/businessincubator.aspx

38 Neiman Marcus iLab Innovation Center39 Nod Coworking Coworking www.noddfw.com40 North Texas Enterprise Center Accelerator / Incubator www.ntec-inc.org41 Pipeline at Biocenter, UT Southwestern Medical District Incubator www.biocenterdallas.com42 REVTECH Accelerator Accelerator www.revtechaccelerator.com

43 Samsung Research America - Standards and Mobility Innovation Innovation Center www.sra.samsung.com/research-lab/sra-dallas

44 SATUS Accelerator www.satusproject.com45 Stoke Incubator46 TECH Fort Worth Incubator / Accelerator www.techfortworth.org47 Tech Wildcatters Accelerator www.techwildcatters.com/ and techwildcatters.com/emerge/

48 TechFW@UTA Accelerator www.uta.edu/research/administration/departments/tm/for-entrepreneures/index.php

49 TechMill Coworking www.techmill.co50 The Backlot Coworking www.backlotfw.co51 The Cedars Union Incubator www.cedarsunion.org52 The Dallas Entrepreneur Center (DEC) Coworking / Incubator www.thedec.com53 The Foundry Club Coworking www.foundryclub.com54 The Garage at Capital One Innovation Center www.capitalone.com/go-digital55 The Grove Coworking www.grovedallas.com56 The Kessler Co-Op Coworking www.thekesslerco-op.com57 The Lab Coworking www.thelab.ms58 The Mix Coworking & Maker Space Coworking www.themixcoworking.spaces.nexudus.com/en59 The WERX in McKinney Coworking www.mckinneywerx.com

60 TI Kilby Labs Innovation Center www.ti.com/corp/docs/innovation/research-development/Kilby-Labs.html

61 U.S. Patent & Trademark Texas Regional Offi ce Resource Center www.uspto.gov/about/locations/dallas.jsp62 United Way’s Ground Floor Accelerator / Incubator www.thegroundfl oor.org/accelerator63 UNT Innovation Greenhouse Accelerator innovation.unt.edu

64 UTA Technology Incubator Incubator www.uta.edu/research/administration/departments/tm/for-entrepreneures/index.php

65 Varenport Coworking www.varenport.com66 Venture Development Center (UTD) Accelerator venture.utdallas.edu67 VENUE Coworking / Incubator www. attorneyvenue.com68 Weld Coworking weld.co

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DFW WORKS TOGETHER

DALLAS IS THE BEST PLACE FOR STARTUPS

— U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION

DFW IS A TOP 10 REGION FOR FAST-GROWTH COMPANIES

— INC. MAGAZINE

SOURCE: DRC ResearchD A L L A S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT G U I D E1 0 0

THE ENTREPRENEURIALCOMMUNITYTexas is arguably the No. 1 state in the country in which to DO business and Dallas-Fort Worth is one of the best places in the country to START a business. An explosion of new startups, coworking spaces, incubators and accelerators are building a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem in Dallas-Fort Worth.

U.S. PATENT & TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)In 2015, the USPTO opened one of four regional offi ces in Dallas due to the growing output of high-tech innovations. The other regional offi ces are located in Silicon Valley, Detroit and Denver. The offi ce provides outreach services for inventors, entrepreneurs, startups, researchers and others. Visitors to the offi ce can search existing patent and trademarks, attend workshops and training, Use interview rooms for applicants to connect with patent examiners working at USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia and across the country, and gain remote access to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board proceedings

The Texas Regional Offi ce is located in the Terminal Annex Federal Building in Downtown Dallas (207 South Houston St., Dallas - Phone: 469-295-9000)

A COLLABORATION OF THE DALLAS REGIONAL CHAMBER AND D MAGAZINE PARTNERS

THE DIGITAL MEDIA PLATFORM PROMOTING

DALLAS-FORT WORTH AS A HUB FOR INNOVATIONDALLASINNOVATES.COM

TECH, CREATIVES, INNOVATORS,INCUBATORS,EDUCATORS,ENTREPRENEURS, INVESTORS& ENTERPRISE

Covering the North Texasinnovation culture where

connect, converse, and converge across industry sectors

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$5.7B

IPO

ACQUIRED

$13.9B

$105M

$3.9B

$330M

$53M

ACQUIRED

$2B

$110M

$2.7B

ACQUIRED

2001 Broadcast.com to Yahoo

2002 Gamestop

2013 MetroPCS to T-Mobile

2008 EDS to HP

2009 Id Software to Zenimax

2002 Perot Systems to Dell

2010 ITKO to CA Technologies

2010 New Toy to Zynga

2010 Quickoffice to Google

2013 Softlayer to IBM

2010 Woot.com to Amazon

2013 Bottle Rocket to WPP

2015 ZS Pharma to AstraZeneca

$5.7B

IPO

ACQUIRED

$13.9B

$105M

$3.9B

$330M

$53M

ACQUIRED

$2B

$110M

$2.7B

ACQUIRED

2001 Broadcast.com to Yahoo

2002 Gamestop

2013 MetroPCS to T-Mobile

2008 EDS to HP

2009 Id Software to Zenimax

2002 Perot Systems to Dell

2010 ITKO to CA Technologies

2010 New Toy to Zynga

2010 Quickoffice to Google

2013 Softlayer to IBM

2010 Woot.com to Amazon

2013 Bottle Rocket to WPP

2015 ZS Pharma to AstraZeneca

$5.7B

IPO

ACQUIRED

$13.9B

$105M

$3.9B

$330M

$53M

ACQUIRED

$2B

$110M

$2.7B

ACQUIRED

2001 Broadcast.com to Yahoo

2002 Gamestop

2013 MetroPCS to T-Mobile

2008 EDS to HP

2009 Id Software to Zenimax

2002 Perot Systems to Dell

2010 ITKO to CA Technologies

2010 New Toy to Zynga

2010 Quickoffice to Google

2013 Softlayer to IBM

2010 Woot.com to Amazon

2013 Bottle Rocket to WPP

2015 ZS Pharma to AstraZeneca

2M COMPANIES2m.com

ARISTOS VENTURESaristosventures.com

B4 VENTURESb4ventures.com

BAYLOR ANGEL NETWORKbaylor.edu/business/angelnetwork

CAPITAL SOUTHWESTcapitalsouthwest.com

CENTERPOINT VENTUREScenterpointvp.com

COWTOWN ANGELScowtownangels.org

DALLAS ANGEL NETWORKwww.dallasangelnetwork.com

DALLAS VENTURE PARTNERSdallasventurepartners.com

GOLDEN SEEDS - DALLAS goldenseeds.com

GREEN PARK & GOLF VENTURESgpgventures.com

HANGAR VENTUREShangarventures.com

HUGHES VENTUREShughesventures.com

HUNT BIO VENTUREShuntbioventures.com

LONE STAR ANGELSlonestarangels.weebly.com

MOBILITY VENTURESmobilityventures.com/index.php

NAYA VENTURESnayaventures.com

NORTH TEXAS ANGEL NETWORK northtexasangels.org

SID R. BASS ASSOCIATION

SILVER CREEK VENTURESsilvercreekfund.com

STONEHENGE CAPITALstonehengecapital.com

TEAKWOOD CAPITALteakwoodcapital.com

TEXAS VENTUREStexasventures.com

TEXAS WOMEN VENTUREStexaswomenventures.com

TRAILBLAZER CAPITALtrailblazercap.com

. . . WI T H T HE HELP OF

PRIVATE EQUITY GROWTH FUNDS, VENTURE CAPITAL & ANGEL GROUPS

OVER $2 BILLION IN VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTED IN DFW COMPANIES SINCE 2010

7TH LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF

HIGH TECH WORKERS IN THE U.S.

TOP 20 REGION FOR NUMBER OF PATENTS

ISSUED 2007-2011

ONE OF AMERICA’S COOLEST CITIES IN 2014

– FORBES

SOURCE: DRC Research

A COLLABORATION OF THE DALLAS REGIONAL CHAMBER AND D MAGAZINE PARTNERS

THE DIGITAL MEDIA PLATFORM PROMOTING

DALLAS-FORT WORTH AS A HUB FOR INNOVATIONDALLASINNOVATES.COM

TECH, CREATIVES, INNOVATORS,INCUBATORS,EDUCATORS,ENTREPRENEURS, INVESTORS& ENTERPRISE

Covering the North Texasinnovation culture where

connect, converse, and converge across industry sectors

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