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Trey Bowles [Photo Illustration: DI Studio; Images: SMU]
Entrepreneur and Investor Trey Bowles Partners with SMU Impact Lab as Fund Manager and Advisor
by Lance Murray | Oct 23, 2025
Bowles will advise the Lab’s leadership team and students on fund strategy, investment process, and entrepreneurial execution, and will bring "a practical investor’s perspective" to the lab’s mission of supporting ventures that create measurable social impact.
by Glenn Hunter |
Aug 12, 2025
With startups facing a more unforgiving fundraising landscape, experts at the Future of Venture Forum presented alternative capital paths including venture studios, government grants, revenue-based financing—plus why the Texas Stock Exchange positions IPOs as growth capital, not just exits.
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