In this special feature, we spotlight two remarkable alumni who have transitioned from academic success to entrepreneurial triumph. Miles Massidda and James Clarke, both graduates of UT, have recently launched Longhorn Life Sciences, a groundbreaking MedTech venture led by a strong and diverse team of scientists, clinicians, and entrepreneurs at UT Austin and MD Anderson. Their mission […]
Category: Alumni
January 2025 Upcoming Opportunities
Texas Venture Labs is extremely excited for what is in store for 2025! Calling all student entrepreneurs, are you looking for more opportunities to pitch your startup and grow your entrepreneurial network? Applications just opened for the 2025 Rice Business Plan Competition at Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship. The RBPC is the world’s premiere graduate-level student startup […]
TVL Alumni Spotlight
At Texas Venture Labs, we take immense pride in celebrating the achievements of our alumni. Our communications team has been working on a spotlight campaign on social media to feature thriving and enthusiastic members of our community, offering them the space to showcase their endeavors. One of the most recent alumnus to be highlighted on […]
September at TVL: A Month In Review
September was a whirlwind of fun and engagement! On September 9th, our new pilot The Small Business Impact Program had its kickoff event, where the cohort of 19 small businesses mingled with a number of community partners, including our program’s sponsors from Wells Fargo. We then had our first SBI Wednesday Workshop on September 11th, […]
July 2024 Alumni News
Congratulations to Beatbox Beverages whose founders were recently named 2024 Entrepreneurs of the Year for the Gulf South region by EY. Beatbox Beverages is an alumni company of the TVL Accelerator’s Spring 2014 and Spring 2016 cohorts. Fall 2021 TVLIC Champion Bold Move Beverages and Spring 2023 TVL Accelerator alumni company Card.io recently were awarded […]
April 2024 Alumni News
Fall 2023 TVLIC champs Tano Pharmaceuticals were named a Top 10 Finalist at Baylor University’s 2024 New Venture Competition. Tano received honorable mention and placed second in the Elevator Pitch competition which was decided by audience vote. Tano also debuted its line of face creams and lotions at UT’s Student Founder Fest during SXSW, and […]
January 2024 Alumni News
UnaliWear’s Kanega Watch was recently named the best “wearable, on-the-go” medical alert system by the New York Times. UnaliWear was part of the Spring 2021 TVL Accelerator cohort. TVL Accelerator alumni company Xeris Biopharma has entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement for Amgen to use Xeris’ XeriJect technology to deliver a subcutaneous medication to […]
December Alumni News
Outmore Living, winners of the Fall 2022 TVL Investment Competition, have launched their first line of outdoor heated furniture. The Salerno Collection is available for pre-order now on Outmore Living’s newly designed website. Mesocano Foods (formerly Algo Dulce), a TVL Accelerator alumni company founded by three UT grads, was recently featured in the Daily Texan. […]
October Alumni News
Iman Salafian was named one of three winners of the 2023 Make Your Medical Device Pitch for Kids by the Consortium for Technology & Innovation in Pediatrics for Trinity Tube, an orogastric/nasogastric feeding tube with an embedded MicroElectrical Mechanical Pressure Sensor. Iman has participated in the TVL Practicum, the TVL Investment Competition and TVL Startup […]
TVL Spotlight: Max Meeks
Max Meeks is a 2024 MBA candidate at Texas McCombs, concentrating in entrepreneurship and venture capital. Max is passionate about transforming the built environment into more efficient and sustainable real estate assets, especially as it relates to reducing the industry’s overall carbon footprint. His favorite class in the program thus far has been TVL’s Energy […]