Built by Dallas Entrepreneurs
Y'all Street Yield is a Commercial Finance Company sponsored by Dallas Opportunity Partners (DOP) was founded by three seasoned entrepreneurs — Derek Wilson, Calvin Carter, and Bob Bennett — who saw the same problem from different vantage points: the best investment opportunities in North Texas were moving too fast for most investors to access, and traditional fund structures limited flexibility and investor control.
Derek Wilson co-founded an early data center company that survived the dot-com crash and was later acquired. Calvin Carter built Bottle Rocket into a mobile-app powerhouse acquired by WPP. Bob Bennett is a private-equity veteran with multiple successful exits in manufacturing and media. All three have known each other since the late 1990s, part of a tight-knit Dallas entrepreneurial circle.
Launched in 2024, DOP gives family offices and high-net-worth individuals access to businesses shaping North Texas' future. Since making its first deal, DOP has closed five investments with a sixth in progress — anchored by the founders' own capital and targeting $100 million in commitments.
Unlike traditional raise-first, deploy-later models, DOP raises and invests simultaneously — and is already returning capital to investors. The firm also secured an early stake in the Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE), set to launch in 2026 with backing from BlackRock, Citadel, and Schwab.
"We think that Texas, and Dallas specifically, has an outsized advantage," says Carter. "Let's keep adding to that advantage."
Why Dallas Opportunity Partners Is Different
DOP gives family offices and high-net-worth individuals access to North Texas' most promising investments — deals that have historically filled and closed before outside investors could react.
Unlike traditional funds that raise first and deploy later, DOP invests at the same time it raises capital — and is already returning capital to investors.
Investors can commit broadly to the fund or choose individual deals — a hybrid model built for more control, quicker liquidity, and fewer long lock-up periods.
DOP doesn't just fund local businesses — the team actively scouts promising companies nationwide, acquires them, and relocates them to North Texas to reach their full potential.
Three-plus decades of Dallas network-building means DOP is one degree of separation from the right CEOs, operators, and dealmakers — turning relationship capital into deal flow.
Pro-business policies, talent migration, cost advantages, and a booming capital ecosystem make North Texas the ideal environment for high-growth private investments — and DOP is positioned at the center of it.
Meet the Founders of Dallas Opportunity Partners
Derek Wilson
Co-Founder
Derek co-founded an early data center company that weathered the dot-com crash and was later acquired. Operating from Old Parkland — Dallas' unofficial 'capital of capital' — he identified the gap between promising North Texas deals and investor access. He drives DOP's overall vision and investor relationships.
Calvin Carter
Co-Founder
Calvin built Bottle Rocket into one of the country's most recognized mobile-app development firms, later acquired by global agency giant WPP. His deep technology expertise and entrepreneurial instincts shape DOP's deal sourcing strategy, with a focus on helping founders scale.
Bob Bennett
Co-Founder
Bob is a private-equity veteran with multiple successful exits across manufacturing, media, distribution, and infrastructure. He serves as the architect behind DOP's investment strategy — bringing expertise in financial structuring, capital stack management, and helping founders remove obstacles to growth.