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Dr. Hubert Zajicek
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Scenes from the 2019 Health Wildcatters Texas Healthcare Challenge. [Photos: Health Wildcatters]
Health Wildcatters Hosting ‘Texas Healthcare Challenge’ Hackathon at Pegasus Park
by Lance Murray | Apr 3, 2025
Focused on community health, this weekend's April 4-5 hackathon attracted more than 200 applicants, with 120 participants selected to form cross-functional teams of students, researchers, clinicians, engineers, and entrepreneurs.
by Lance Murray |
Nov 14, 2024
The expansion is aimed at advancing the health innovation incubator's mission of supporting transformative healthcare startups and connecting them with the resources needed for success. Since 2013, 118 healthcare-focused companies have collectively secured over $350 million in follow-up funding after participating in its accelerator, Health Wildcatters said.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 2, 2024
Health Wildcatters said the Small Business Administration's Growth Accelerator Fund recognition will enable the WISH Network to expand its reach across university campuses in North Texas—including Dallas College, UT Southwestern, UT Arlington, UT Dallas, UNT, and SMU—as well as Baylor University.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 4, 2023
Dr. Zajicek and three other local biotech leaders—Sulagna Bhattacharya, CEO of Nanoscope Therapeutics; Gabby Everett, director of business operations and strategy at BioLabs Pegasus Park; and R.A. Session II, founder of Taysha Gene Therapies—discussed Dallas' biotech boom on a panel hosted by D CEO Healthcare.
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Here Are the Winners of The Innovation Awards 2023
by Lance Murray | Jan 17, 2023
Dallas Innovates and D CEO celebrated 68 honorees and revealed the winners of our fourth-annual Innovation Awards at an event held at On the Levee in the Dallas Design District.
Here's a full list of winners and finalists.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 3, 2022
Now in its fourth year, the program from Dallas Innovates and D CEO honors 68 disruptors and trailblazers driving a new vision for innovation in North Texas.
Finalists will be recognized in the January/February issue of D CEO magazine and online at DallasInnovates.com. Winners will be revealed at an exclusive awards event in January.
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by Lauren Hawkins |
Oct 13, 2020
Now in its second year, the program from Dallas Innovates and D CEO honors disruptors and trailblazers driving a new vision for North Texas.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 19, 2019
Three of the startups that helped close the fall cohort at Health Wildcatters are based in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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Pitch winner Lyndsey Harper (center) holds the winning check, with (from left) Rick Jordan, Polsinelli Shareholder and Chair of the Venture Capital and Emerging Growth Companies Practice; Hubert Zajicek, CEO & Co-founder of Health Wildcatters; Lyndsey Harper, MD, Rosy Wellness; Jon Henderson, Chair of Polsinelli’s Corporate and Transactional Practice, Dallas office Managing Partner, and Conference Founder and Chair Emeritus; and Bobby Guy, Polsinelli Shareholder and Conference Chair. [Photo: Mike Gibson/Polsinelli]
Rosy Wellness Takes $14K Top Prize at Health Innovation Pitch Competition
by Lance Murray | May 2, 2019
The women’s sexuality and wellness platform beat nine competitors to take the top prize in the pitch competition that was part of the Healthcare Dealmakers Conference in Dallas.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 1, 2019
Danforth Advisors LLC provides integrated and scalable consulting teams ranging from controller through CFO for life sciences companies, freeing time for innovation.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 26, 2018
The SARP evaluation is based mostly on the accelerator’s portfolio and the performance of companies that have successfully completed its program. Health Wildcatters has grown to 57 health startups in its portfolio, collectively raising over $50 million in investment.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 29, 2018
The companies from across the country and Israel in the health IT, pharmaceutical, and diagnostic realms.
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North Texas Genome Center Seen as Boon for Health Care, DFW Economy
by Lance Murray | Mar 2, 2018
The new center, on the campus of UT Arlington, will be available to academic and corporate researchers. Official said it could help elevate the region as a leader in precision medicine.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 30, 2017
The 2017 class ranges from a sparkling probiotic drink to medical tech that restores mobility and improves rehabilitation through augmented activity.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 8, 2017
The project recognized 30 accelerators nationwide, and awarded Health Wildcatters a bronze ranking.
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by Dave Moore |
Mar 13, 2017
Eighteen health-care thought leaders convened in a daylong workshop to discuss challenges, perils and promises facing the industry, at a Leadership Dallas forum at Children’s Medical Center of Dallas.
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