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Venture Dallas Announces 2024 Startup of the Year Awards Finalists, Expands Field to 20 After Record Nominations

by | Oct 21, 2024
Winners will be revealed in a live announcement at the George W. Bush Presidential Center during the Venture Dallas Summit on October 30.
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Dallas’ Form Bio and Google Cloud Help Life Science Professionals ‘Point and Click’ Their Way to Breakthrough Insights
by | Mar 18, 2024
Colossal Biosciences spinout Form Bio said it now provides a path for Google Cloud’s Vertex AI-based omics models to be used on a "point-and-click basis." Form Bio said these models "help scientists make more use of increasingly vast amounts of biological data" while speeding up computational aspects of their research.
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Edge of Extinction: Pioneering Texas Biotech Colossal and BioRescue Race to Save the Northern White Rhino Species
With only two known living female northern white rhinos left, Colossal Biosciences and BioRescue have joined forces to fend off a looming extinction of the species. At the cutting edge of science, they're harnessing genetic technologies to rewrite the rhino's fate.
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BioNTX iC3 Summit to Fuel North Texas Life Science Ecosystem, Honor 8 Rising Stars
by | Sep 14, 2023
The North Texas bioscience organization, a driving force for growth in the regional ecosystem, will convene leaders at its flagship conference to catalyze industry opportunities, spotlight emerging companies, and make connections.

See who made this year's Rising Stars list—and how you can attend the summit.
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Texas-Based Colossal Achieves Unicorn Status With $150M Series B Raise, Plans To ‘De-Extinct’ the Dodo Bird

by | Jan 31, 2023
Colossal says its efforts could help boost "the U.S. high-tech advantage." Its gene editing technologies "will make waves across sectors—in agriculture with new biofuels and preserving biodiversity, as well as in human health through improved gene therapy and vaccine development," the company said.
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DI People: Southwest Airlines, Hyosung, GlassView, and More Make Leadership Moves
by | Sep 30, 2022
In this week’s roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you’ll also find news from ECI Software Solutions, CIEN+, Daseke, Richardson Chamber of Commerce, Schneider Electric, INFOLAB, Meritize, and others.
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Follow the Money: Book.io Aims to Put E-Books on the Blockchain with New Funding, Tech Startup Kalpa Aims to Raise $1M, and More
by | Sep 30, 2022
In this week’s North Texas deal flow, you’ll also find news about crowdfunding platform Harvest Return landing $2.5M; Supply’s acquisition by Foundry Brands; Moss Adams acquiring local CPA firm Kurtz & Company P.C.; Tri Global Energy being acquired for $270M by Canada's Enbridge; and more.
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Form Bio Spins Out of Colossal Bioscience to Offer Scientists the ‘Missing Piece’
by | Sep 27, 2022
Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences, the de-extinction company behind plans to bring back the woolly mammoth and thylacine, developed its own software solution "after reviewing everything available on the market." Now it's sharing the platform with the launch of Form Bio.

The spinout's technology tools can help drive the “entire molecular revolution” that is occurring in the life sciences and biotech space, in addition to bolstering the Lone Star state as a hub for the industry, says Chief Strategy Officer Claire Aldridge.
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