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Instant noodles are almost instantly recognizable to Americans in part because of that iconic cup that holds them.
From 1996 to 2006, a 60-foot-tall replica of the classic Cup Noodles towered over Times Square in New York City, quietly steaming as a way to entice noodle lovers to pick up one of these inexpensive quick lunches.
Eugene Lin and Steve Har, founders of a new noodle cup company in Austin called Chop Chop, wanted to recreate some aspects of those instant noodles, but without the artificial ingredients. Both Lin and Har have spent time living, working and traveling through Asia, and they wanted to bring those street food flavors to America via that instantly recognizable cup.
Less than three years after it was founded and with no revenue on the books, Sana Biotechnology filed to go public on Wednesday in what would be the latest…
Sana Biotechnology Announces Appointments to its Board of Directors
Josh Bilenker, M.D., Alise Reicin, M.D., and Michelle Seitz, CFA, join Sana Board of Directors
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SEATTLE, Jan. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Sana Biotechnology, Inc. (Sana), focused on creating and delivering engineered cells as medicines, announced today that Josh Bilenker, M.D., Alise Reicin, M.D., and Michelle Seitz, CFA, have been appointed to the Sana Board of Directors. Josh, Alise, and Michelle all share a passion and commitment to our long-term vision of engineering cells to make medicines that improve the lives of patients, said Sana President and CEO Steve Harr. The diversity of their experiences, backgrounds, and expertise will be critical to our strategy, decision-making, risk-management, and governance. I look forward to working with them to continue to build Sana.
Seattle area boasts 10 fast-growing unicorns: Can you name the billion-dollar startups?
December 16, 2020 at 12:21 pm
There are 10 unicorn startups in the Seattle area valued at $1 billion or more. (Shutterstock Photo)
The unicorn that supposed elusive creature of the startup world is becoming a bit more commonplace in these parts.
There are now 10 unicorn startups valued at $1 billion or more parading through the mossy and rain-soaked environs of Seattle, based on data compiled by GeekWire and PitchBook.
A few things stand out about this group of 10 (full list below):
Six of the startups have at least one immigrant founder.
The majority operate in enterprise software or cloud computing.