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MedVentures Pitch Competition Goes Virtual, Dallas-based Ataia Takes Home the Top Prize
MedVentures' half-day virtual conference, organized by Dallas-based accelerator Health Wildcatters, kicked off the Polsinelli Healthcare Dealmakers Conference.
Dallas stands out among the ‘Mighty Middle’ in venture capital investment growth
Two dozen North Texas startups hauled in millions of dollars in the first quarter of 2020.
Dallas biotech Lantern Pharma looks to IPO to fund cancer drug development
The company founded in 2013 has drugs in clinical trial for prostate and lung cancers.
Dallas Health Wildcatters CEO Launches Health Hacking Crisis Network to Put Community Skills and Ideas to Action
Hubert Zajicek wants to tap the strong innovation community in North Texas to share know-how, combat shortages, and come up with new solutions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Unicorns Can Happen Here. Why Dallas-Fort Worth is Fertile Ground for Tech Startups
Dallas-Fort Worth's strength in diverse industry hotspots such as fintech, AI, and life sciences make it a seedbed for billion-dollar players to emerge.
Photo Gallery: Health Wildcatters Hackathon Promotes Women in Science and Healthcare
Health Wildcatters' third hackathon—the first focused on women—hosted more than 100 female innovators and entrepreneurs to create actionable solutions for problems in healthcare and life sciences.
BionorthTX Names Pharma Entrepreneur, Investor, and Philanthropist as Stone Award Recipient
Among the contributions of recipient Paul Dorman, the chairman and CEO of DFB Pharmaceuticals, is paying for the first-year tuition of the entire inaugural class of M.D. students at the TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine in Fort Worth.
Seed Accelerator Health Wildcatters Adds 8 Startups to New Cohort
This diverse group of founders has two things in common: joining Health Wildcatters and getting stuck in an elevator.
Photo Recap: Health Wildcatters Hosts its Second Hackathon
The Texas Healthcare Challenge gives healthcare consumers the opportunity to find new innovations to systems that might be broken. After the teams went head-to-head with their solutions, a total prize package valued at more than $360K was awarded.
SMU Researchers Among Team Using Video Game Tech to Fight Cancer in Africa
The team's virtual reality simulation places novice surgeons inside a surgical theater in Zambia to learn the intricacies of performing a hysterectomy to battle cervical cancer.
Rosy Wellness Takes $14K Top Prize at Health Innovation Competition
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.