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BiosGroup, founded in 1997 by Stuart Kauffman
Stuart Kauffman

Stuart Alan A. Kauffman is an American theoretical biologist and complex systems researcher concerning the origin of life on Earth. He is best known for arguing that the complexity of biological systems and organisms might result as much from self-organization and far-from-equilibrium dynamics as from Darwinian natural selection, as well as...
 and Ernst & Young (now Cap Gemini Ernst and Young), was a spin off from the Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe Institute

The Santa Fe Institute is a non-profit research institute located in Santa Fe, New Mexico and dedicated to the study of complex systems....
. The company aimed to commercialize complexity science software in applications that helped companies manage projects and supply chains. Its clients included Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines Co. is an American low-cost carrier airline with its largest focus city at Las Vegas, Nevada' McCarran International Airport....
, P&G, Ford, Boeing
Boeing

The Boeing Company is a major aerospace and defense corporation, originally founded by William Edward Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997....
, SAP AG
SAP AG

SAP Aktiengesellschaft is the largest European software enterprise and the fourth largest in the world, with headquarters in Walldorf, Germany....
 and Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments , better known in the electronics industry as TI, is an United States company based in Dallas, Texas, Texas, United States, renowned for developing and commercializing semiconductor and computer technology....
; as well as government agencies like the Office of Naval Research
Office of Naval Research

The Office of Naval Research , headquartered in Arlington, Virginia , is the office within the United States Department of the Navy that coordinates, executes, and promotes the science and technology programs of the U.S....
 and the Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue Service

The Internal Revenue Service is the Federal government of the United States agency that collects taxes and enforces the tax law. It is an agency within the U.S....
. In 2000, it received investments of $5 million from Procter & Gamble and $8 million from Ford Motor Company.

At its peak, BiosGroup employed about 150 people in offices in Santa Fe
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe is the Capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the List of cities in New Mexico and is the county seat of . Santa Fe had a population of 62,203 at the United States Census, 2000; the estimate for July 1, 2006, is 72,056....
, Boston, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, Bulgaria
Bulgaria

The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
, and Washington, DC.






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BiosGroup, founded in 1997 by Stuart Kauffman
Stuart Kauffman

Stuart Alan A. Kauffman is an American theoretical biologist and complex systems researcher concerning the origin of life on Earth. He is best known for arguing that the complexity of biological systems and organisms might result as much from self-organization and far-from-equilibrium dynamics as from Darwinian natural selection, as well as...
 and Ernst & Young (now Cap Gemini Ernst and Young), was a spin off from the Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe Institute

The Santa Fe Institute is a non-profit research institute located in Santa Fe, New Mexico and dedicated to the study of complex systems....
. The company aimed to commercialize complexity science software in applications that helped companies manage projects and supply chains. Its clients included Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines Co. is an American low-cost carrier airline with its largest focus city at Las Vegas, Nevada' McCarran International Airport....
, P&G, Ford, Boeing
Boeing

The Boeing Company is a major aerospace and defense corporation, originally founded by William Edward Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997....
, SAP AG
SAP AG

SAP Aktiengesellschaft is the largest European software enterprise and the fourth largest in the world, with headquarters in Walldorf, Germany....
 and Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments , better known in the electronics industry as TI, is an United States company based in Dallas, Texas, Texas, United States, renowned for developing and commercializing semiconductor and computer technology....
; as well as government agencies like the Office of Naval Research
Office of Naval Research

The Office of Naval Research , headquartered in Arlington, Virginia , is the office within the United States Department of the Navy that coordinates, executes, and promotes the science and technology programs of the U.S....
 and the Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue Service

The Internal Revenue Service is the Federal government of the United States agency that collects taxes and enforces the tax law. It is an agency within the U.S....
. In 2000, it received investments of $5 million from Procter & Gamble and $8 million from Ford Motor Company.

At its peak, BiosGroup employed about 150 people in offices in Santa Fe
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe is the Capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the List of cities in New Mexico and is the county seat of . Santa Fe had a population of 62,203 at the United States Census, 2000; the estimate for July 1, 2006, is 72,056....
, Boston, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, Bulgaria
Bulgaria

The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
, and Washington, DC. BiosGroup spun off several prospering companies including: Pipeline Trading (previously eXchange + - Advantage); Qforma
Qforma

Qforma, Inc. was founded in 2000 by physicist Roger Jones from the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and pharmaceutical executive, Kelly D. Myers....
 (previously Commodicast); Icosystem; Genpathway (previously CIStem); and EuroBios SA.

BiosGroup's consulting operations were acquired by NuTech Solutions in 2003.

See also

  • Info Mesa
    Info Mesa

    Info Mesa is the named coined by Ed Regis to describe the emerging technology companies and community in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The name was first used in an article in Wired Magazine in 2000 and later in a book by Regis published in 2003....
  • Santa Fe Institute
    Santa Fe Institute

    The Santa Fe Institute is a non-profit research institute located in Santa Fe, New Mexico and dedicated to the study of complex systems....
  • Prediction Company
    Prediction Company

    Prediction Company was founded in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, in March 1991 by J. Doyne Farmer, Norman Packard and James McGill. The company uses various forecasting techniques to build black-box trading systems for various financial markets....
  • Center for Adaptive Systems Applications (CASA)
    Center for Adaptive Systems Applications (CASA)

    The Center for Adaptive Systems Applications was a company founded in 1995 by physicists and a business developer from Los Alamos National Laboratory....
  • David Weininger
    David Weininger

    David Weininger is a chemist and entrepreneur. He is founder of Daylight Chemical Information Systems, a company in Santa Fe, New Mexico that does rapid analysis of massive chemical databases....


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