Tech Startups Pitch Big Ideas in Fort Worth

0:00Tech Fort Worth kicked off its new quarterly tech together series on March 26th with a shark tank-style pitch-of-in. Four innovative startups took the stage at Red Sanders Backlot Studios downtown, showing off their big ideas to investors and locals. Three focused on medical breakthroughs, while one aimed at revolutionizing aviation. The medical trio included Bechtis therapeutics from Houston, working on precision immune therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases. And there's traumatic medical devices out of North Richland Hills with a special stand for kids' congenital heart issues, already earning. Breakthrough status from the Food and Drug Administration. Inspire medical technologies from Athens is boosting drug delivery safety and efficiency. Portal aircraft, based in Mansfield, rounded it out with designs for long-range vertical take-off and landing planes, both manned and unmanned. Elise Dickerson, CEO of Eelsera, a biotech air-care company that's now in over 28,000 stores like CVS and Walgreens, shared how winning a similar pitch-years back gave her startup

1:05the seed money to launch. Dickerson, a tech-four-worth alum herself, called these events game-changers for founders practicing their pitch-game. No-cast change hands this time, but it's all about sharpening skills and getting face-time with potential backers and the community. Fort Worth betting big on homegrown talent like this to spark jobs, tax revenue, and that creative edge we need to keep growing strong. Keep an eye on these quarterly showdowns. They're just getting started. Local news, powered by AI, this is Dallas News Today. I'm Corey with The Story.