Tim Draper

Venture capitalist Tim Draper and NVCA President and CEO Bobby Franklin are the first speakers announced for the 2025 Venture Dallas Conference. [Photos courtesy Venture Dallas]

Tim Draper, Bobby Franklin To Headline Venture Dallas Conference’s ‘Fifth Convening’ at Bush Center

by Quincy Preston | Jul 15, 2025

The 2025 conference, backed by J.P. Morgan and Perot Jain, has become an established annual event for connecting capital to companies built in North Texas.

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Dallas’ Colossal Biosciences Becomes Texas’ First Decacorn, Securing $10.2B Valuation With Series C Funding

by Quincy Preston | Jan 15, 2025

Best known for its moonshot mission to revive the woolly mammoth, Colossal Biosciences has secured $200 million in Series C funding led by TWG Global. The world's first de-extinction company, founded in 2021 by entrepreneur Ben Lamm and renowned Harvard geneticist George Church, Colossal Biosciences is working to restore Earth's lost biodiversity, "making science fiction into science fact."

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Denton-Based Kubos Corp. Launches Software into Space for the First Time

by Lauren Hawkins | Nov 20, 2018

The takeoff of Kubos' mission control software—dubbed "Major Tom"—will mark its first journey to outer space. Major Tom was scheduled to be on the postponed SpaceX launch, originally slated for Nov. 19. Rescheduled for Nov. 28 but also delayed, the next available launch window is Dec. 1, according to the company.

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