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Austin. A new hub for startups. We are Fab fashion and beautytech community. 15k founders and VCs in 19 chapters. Join the conversation! Next meeting soon!

[FaBAustin @FaBAustin1]

AUSTIN.
1) Please get in touch with us, there are a few seats left for the founders and VCs' meeting, Feb 8 (afterwork), co-hosted by Kiku Chaudhuri @ Shaz&Kiks and @Odile_Roujol
2) If participating to #SXSW2024 and interested by the #beauty #fashion #newretail spaces, DM 🙌

[Function Health @function]

What if you could see inside your body before symptoms showed up?

@DanielSodickson, M.D., PhD, Chief Medical Scientist at Function, believes in starting annual MRIs early.

To check signals for hundreds of conditions, including signs of cancer.

Not to create fear. But to create context.

Because the earlier you know what’s normal, the sooner you can catch what’s not.

@drmarkhyman

[FaB New-York Fashion and BeautyTech @BeautyTechNY]

Metabolic health. Excellent interview! Allie Egan founder of Veracity metabolic health. How to avoid the GLP-1 side effects https://t.co/qgPt8e6m75

[Chuck Schumer @SenSchumer]

Happy Easter, America. As you head off to church and celebrate with friends and family, the President of the United States is ranting like an unhinged madman on social media. 

He’s threatening possible war crimes and alienating allies.

This is who he is, but this is not who we are. Our country deserves so much better.

[NASA @NASA]

We see our home planet as a whole, lit up in spectacular blues and browns. A green aurora even lights up the atmosphere. That's us, together, watching as our astronauts make their journey to the Moon.

[Fab Co-Creation Studio Ventures @BeautyTechVent1]

Fab Ventures is making strategic investments in the creator economy & #socialcommerce, with AI-driven solutions to help brands scale effectively: my Athena ( @buywith2 ) founded by A. Ronen, Trendio by A. Perez,
@nectarsocialai by @misbahuz,
@OuterSignal by Zach Zelner #ai

[FaB San Francisco Fashion And BeautyTech @BeautytechSF]

« 🔬 science doesn’t have to be cold to be serious. We've always wanted #Bubble skincare to live at the intersection of science and joy. You can be obsessed with precision and still be human. You can be credible without being distant. » Shai Eisenman founder at the #aad2026

[Jason Scharf @Jason_A_Scharf]

🧬The Austin Bio & Health Roundup returns. New data says Austin has arrived, fresh capital is flowing, and SXSW is putting the ecosystem on stage.🧬

📊 Data
@jani_tuomi and I just released the 2025 Austin Bio & Health Report. The era of Austin as an emerging ecosystem is over.

• Austin’s Bio & Health hit $1.6B in 2025 VC funding, 2nd highest ever
• Austin rose to 6th nationally, essentially tied with LA & San Diego
• Ecosystem value jumped 45% to $77B

💰 Funding & Capital Signals
@itsfindhelp raised $250M led by TPG to expand its social care coordination and referral platform

🏙️ Community
The 4th annual Breyer Capital and @UTAustin Life Science & Healthcare Innovation Summit brought another strong cross-section of academic, clinical, policy, and startup leaders. Thanks @jimihendrixlive and @JimDavis_UT for putting on another wonderful summit.

At SXSW, join me for @NucleateHQ Texas’s "State of Biotech in Austin" panel. I’ll be moderating a conversation with Rep. @DonnaHowardTX, @joshuasforrest, Jani Tuomi, Timothy Sullivan, and Nancy Lyon on where the ecosystem stands and what comes next.

🤝 Partnerships & M&A
@AutonomizeAIr announced a partnership with @ServiceNow allowing healthcare enterprises to build AI operations across claims, care management, utilization management, and fraud workflows.

🚀 Launches, Expansions, Milestones & Wins
UT launched a new venture studio to build startups from research, starting with medical digital twins. Charles Taylor & Mark Arnold are building the infrastructure to accelerate commercialization of university research.

🤠 Texas Bio Triangle
The Texas Bio Triangle reached $2.07B in 2025 Bio & Health VC funding, with Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, and Houston contributing another $477M.

What’s Next? 🤠🚀🦾🧬

[OAC @ObesityAction]

The Renaissance in Obesity Treatment Innovation panel at #SXSW is shining a light on the future of obesity care. Current options have helped many people, but they don’t work perfectly for everyone. That’s why researchers are exploring new ways to make obesity care safer, easier and more effective.

OAC President and CEO Joe Nadglowski will join Dr. Angela Fitch and Paul Bolno to talk about new ideas in obesity treatment, clear up common myths about obesity and explore what care could look like in the future. Learn more: https://t.co/mdyC888cIQ

#ObesityCare #ObesityInnovation #OAC

[FaBAustin @FaBAustin1]

The david copperfield of longevity ? Sxsw heathtech panels with @function and other companies were more inspiring

[SXSW @sxsw]

The #SXSW social team watching this on day 8 of 24-hour coverage and no sleep: 😵‍💫

@bryan_johnson discusses his "Don't Die" mission and the importance of sleep at #SXSW2025.

[Kirsten Green @kirstenagreen]

Commerce is only as good as the rails supporting it.

Just as Plaid and Stripe redefined what's possible in financial services and digital payments, @naturalpay is pioneering a new wave: agentic payments for frictionless money movement between agents, businesses, and consumers.

[FaB Los Angeles Fashion and BeautyTech @BeautyTechLA]

What a lovely way to begin the week! 🍵☕️ in Venice Beach with beauty & wellness founders and sustainable fashion brands #venturebacked #community

[FaBAustin @FaBAustin1]

Hi FaB friends, in #SXSW2026 Austin
Tuesday, March 17 | SXSW Mainstage
Are We All Biohackers Now? @function
Joining S Martocci (SuppCo), J Sullivan (WHOOP), and D Shah (NEXT|HEALTH) for a conversation on how self-directed health has gone mainstream: https://t.co/VKxfj7wm1K

[FaBAustin @FaBAustin1]

@briansolis @sxsw Sorry to miss this! Cc @Odile_Roujol @BeautytechSF

[Brian Solis @briansolis]

If you're at @SXSW in Austin, please join me on Sunday, 15 March, at 10:00am CT at the JW Marriott, Salon D.

It's my first time speaking in at the event in 7 years, an event where Stephanie Agresta and I used to help program, host, and keynote for over 10 years. It's very special to be back.

Session Link: https://t.co/mwO2hxj04H

If you'd like to see my last session at SXSW (probably more relevant today!), here you go! https://t.co/S0TSeNAosD

[Odile Roujol @Odile_Roujol]

Fabulous founders and VCs at the longevity summit in San Jose , congrats @NovosLabs @SlowMyAge for the 🏆 ! And can’t wait to listen to @HelloBiome @elsa_jungman tomorrow . #longevity #microbiome #healthspan

[FaBAustin @FaBAustin1]

Congratulations Shaz&Kiks team for the launch of the rice + chai dry shampoo mist ! Past guest speakers FaB Austin. A company founded in Houston by 2 fabulous sisters !

[Forbes @Forbes]

Longtime drug developer Suma Krishnan was in her late-40s when she had the idea for a topical gene therapy to treat a rare and terrible skin disorder in which the skin becomes as fragile as butterfly wings. In 2016, at 51, after a few months of modeling the idea and starting the process of patenting it, she and her husband Krish Krishnan, with whom she’d worked in biotech for more than a decade, cofounded Krystal Biotech.

See where she landed on the #Forbes250 America's Greatest Innovators list: https://t.co/S1qgkoTqmt (Photo: Jamel Toppin)

[FaB Los Angeles Fashion and BeautyTech @BeautyTechLA]

Fab friends, Guest speakers FaB LA: -Nocturnal skincare founded by industry veterans Daniel Kiyoi and Katey Hassan to bring a new vision to luxury skincare
-Dune suncare, a company Founded by Emily Doyle and Mei Kwok.
A meeting co-hosted by @Odile_Roujol @CamilleCabale

[Odile Roujol @Odile_Roujol]

Health and wellness, the longevity report by @xrcventures.
https://t.co/HY6gWVx76L happy to put forward @function @NovosLabs Par Olive backed by Fab Ventures @BeautyTechVent1

[FaB Los Angeles Fashion and BeautyTech @BeautyTechLA]

Next meeting ? March. And in LA . Thank you @ElnuraAshimova and @vhlondon for hosting the meeting in Germany. Conscious brands at their best.