We’re excited to announce that Bonsai, co-founded by Shashank Vinay Kumar (BS’22), is one of 28 student-led teams headed to California to pitch in the semi-finals of the 2022 Blackstone LaunchPad Pitch Competition during the Startup Grind Global Conference. Bonsai, which only just launched in 2020, is developing a ticket-resolution and lead-generation tool that uses … Continue reading Bonsai Headed to Silicon Valley for Annual Pitch Competition
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The world of venture capital has a diversity problem. According to an article from Forbes, while 58% of the people who work in the industry are white men, white men control 93% of the venture capital dollars. Furthermore, “just 1% of the $70 trillion wealth management industry is controlled by women or minority fund managers, … Continue reading New Program Aims to Bridge the VC Gap
Sofia Babool BS’22 only just launched her tutoring service in the fall and already she’s hit positive cash flow. Her company, Bright Owl is a virtual tutoring company that focuses on providing children with subject-specific homework help, test preparation, and college advising. Sofia, who is earning her undergraduate degree in neuroscience, has been participating in … Continue reading Neuroscience Student Looks to Remove Tutoring Stigma with Startup
Buffalo Rising: ShearShare – a beauty tech startup – recently relocated to Buffalo from Dallas, Texas.
We’re excited to welcome two new members to the faculty of the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at UT Dallas. As adjunct faculty, Leah Frazier, who also leads our GalXc Accelerator cohorts, and John Adler will be teaching ENTP 3301: Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the undergraduate level. 3301 is often called our “intro to entrepreneurship” … Continue reading Institute Welcomes Two New Faculty Members
Dallas Innovates: UTD spinoff, Avansa Labs, took home the $10,000 grand prize at MassChallenge's inaugural pitch competition in North Texas.
Max-IR Labs, a developer of infrared sensors for industrial process control and biochemical analysis, announced plans for field demonstration and testing of its ISMIRTM technology. On Monday, Jan. 17th, Max-IR Labs, a member of the UT Dallas Venture Development Center, initiated field testing of its patented sensor technology at a local wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). … Continue reading Max-IR Labs Moves its Sensor Technology from Lab to Field
Inside Jindal: A graduate student at the Naveen Jindal School of Management looks forward to a promising future in entrepreneurship, having recently won three competitions — and taking home $40,000 in cash and prizes in the process.
Dallas Innovates: The Energy-as-a-Service company expects to put the new cash into sales, marketing, project execution, and software development talent in order to further its mission of industrial emissions reductions by funding and de-risking capital projects geared toward reducing carbon emissions caused by process heat.
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