Fannin Partners

Fannin Innovation Studio is an early-stage life sciences development organization dedicated to the commercialization of innovations developed by institutions within the Texas Medical Center. Led by an experienced management team with diverse business backgrounds, commercialization expertise, and strong entrepreneurial knowledge, Fannin collaborates with promising life science innovators to co-found and actively manage startup companies. Fannin provides its startups with central office space, seed capital, and an extensive network of resources. To address the root causes of Houston's commercialization gap, Fannin directly partners with the city’s top higher education institutions to recruit aspiring entrepreneurs into its apprenticeship program, which offers on-the-job training and co-leads its portfolio companies from innovation to commercialization.