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What happens when you mix Jurassic Park, The Avengers, and Indiana Jones in real life? You get Colossal. The inventions from Texas-based entrepreneur Ben Lamm’s companies may sound like a Hollywood movie, and not-surprisingly, Hollywood is flocking to one company in particular to get involved.
While there are numerous celebrities touting energy drinks, beauty lines, and selling apparel, there is generally a lot of white space between influencers and the deep-science technology companies that build the transformative solutions of tomorrow.
Colossal Biosciences, co-founded by Lamm and famed geneticist George Church, is coloring in that white space in more ways than one. First, by building a de-extinction company that sounds like a Hollywood Blockbuster, and second, by welcoming those in the entertainment industry who are inspired by the company’s bold vision driven by Lamm.
Investors of Colossal – which launched three years ago – include a who’s who of sport and …