==Fast Facts==
'''Founded''':2005 under the name AlphaDev. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fannin_Innovation_Studio#cite_note-fundingpost.com-1]
'''Money''':"In 2015, the firm closed a $7.3 million round to help fund 15 new companies in the next five years." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fannin_Innovation_Studio#cite_note-fundingpost.com-1]
'''Leadership experience''':"Early in his career, Linbeck was co-founder of the Jafy Corporation, a software development firm. He also worked for Nishimatsu Kensetsu Kaisha in Tokyo and Osaka.[1] Linbeck serves as CEO of Aquinas Companies, LLC. After Linbeck joined the leadership team at the company, its annual revenues grew from $40 million to more than $500 million.[3][4] Aquinas Companies has three principal business lines: construction management (Linbeck Group), real estate development (Essex Commercial Properties), and early stage biotechnology development Fannin Innovation Studio (formerly AlphaDev).[5][6][7][8][9] The Greater Houston Community Foundation owns 11% of Aquinas Companies, LLC.[10] Linbeck was a founder of the Collaborative Process Institute and the Lean Construction Institute.[11] Linbeck is also the founder of Fannin Innovation Studio, a life sciences business development studio in Houston, Texas, where he is active as a design engineer and business adviser for various life science startups." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Linbeck_III]
==Portfolio==