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 […]

Ecosystem Events Fuel your entrepreneurial spirit with coffee and conversations at Startup Coffee Connect, hosted by the Herb Kelleher Entrepreneurship Center and Jon Brumley Texas Venture Labs! Meet other student founders, share ideas over free breakfast tacos, and discover new opportunities at this casual networking event for Longhorn entrepreneurs. September 6 at 10:00 AM in […]

TVL Alumni Spotlight: Molly Oshinski

We are highlighting Molly Oshinski, CEO of Pickle System, as our Alumni Spotlight of the month! See below to hear more about her experience with TVL.   What is Pickle System? Pickle System provides animated video models teaching a variety of skills including menstrual care, hand washing, and shoe tying to individuals with autism and developmental disabilities. […]

July 2023: Alumni News!

Alumni News Outmore Living, Fall 2022 TVLIC Texas Champions, closed their Seed Round with over $1M raised, oversubscribing the round beyond their original fundraising goal. They were also featured in this Amazon podcast mini-series “This is Small Business: Next Generation.”     Griö (formerly NwaBebe), Spring 2021 TVL Accelerator alumni, was selected as a Semi-Finalist for […]

June 2023: Ecosystem Events and Alumni News!

Ecosystem Events Global Sustainability Leadership Institute’s (GSLI) Longhorn Impact Fellowship at Texas (LIFT) program is now accepting applications for the Fall 2023 cohort. LIFT pairs student consultants with companies and nonprofits to help solve sustainability-related challenges, and all UT Austin juniors, seniors, and graduate students are eligible to apply. Applications are open until July 17. […]