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TEXAS VENTURE GALA & FORUM:
“The Texas Gold Rush” Agenda,
April 12 & 13, 2024


FRIDAY, APRIL 12TH:

6-9pm Welcome Reception, Fairmont 5th Floor: Featuring Venture Wine Tasting, Presented by In Good Taste Wines


TEXAS VENTURE FORUM
Fairmont 5th Floor, Manchester CD


SATURDAY, APRIL 13TH:

730 Forum Opens
8am Welcome Message
815 Breakfast Keynote “Texas & Texas-Sized Innovation”: The Office of the Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Director, Adriana Cruz; Texas Economic Development Corporation President & CEO Aaron Demerson; Texas Chamber of Commerce / Texas Association of Business, President & CEO, Glenn Hamer

9am

  • MODERATOR: Tiger21 Austin Lead, Michele Skelding

    Moneta Ventures Partner, Brent Kelton
    Silverton Partners Partner, Roger Chen
    SputnikATX VC Managing Partner & CEO, Oksana Malysheva (bio)
    S3 Ventures, Vice President, Joe Curry

  • RevereVC, Chris Shen
    Chapter One CFO, Doug Dyer
    MDSV Capital Founding Partner, Michael Downing

930

  • MODERATOR: Band of Angels/Aurora Equity, Jaleh Daie, Ph.D.

    Central Texas Angel Network, Katie Russell
    Alamo Angels, Juan Sebastian Garza
    Houston Angel Network, Mitra Miller (bio)
    Dream Big Ventures/Angeles Investors Texas Lead, Staci LaToison (bio)

  • MODERATOR: MediaTech Ventures, Paul OBrian

    Founder Institute, Martin Martinez
    International Accelerator, Angelos Angelou
    Gener8tor, Muriel Foster
    Austin Technology Incubator, Becky Taylor

10am

  • Texas State Representative, Donna Howard (bio)
    National Security Innovation Council, Drew Scheberle

  • Moderator: BOKA Capital, Rich Julien
    8090 Industries    , Rayyan Islam
    America’s Venture Fund, Jordan Blashek
    Army Applications Lab for Army Futures Command, Tony Williams

1030

  • MODERATOR: Builders + Backers, Marisa Vickers

    FoundersArena/Arlington (FinTech & WealthTech), Hamza Qadir
    Brownsville CIC & eBridge Center, Nathan Burkhart
    Round Rock Chamber (Deep Tech), Adriana Nunez
    Pearland Innovation Hub (CPG, Under-Represented), Brandy Guidry (bio)

  • Moderator: Wealth Visionaries Collective, Arooj Sheikh
    Family Office & High Net Worth Conferences, by DC Finance, Denny Chared (bio)

11am

  • MODERATOR: SONIC Drive In/SlimGenetix, Clara Kaluderovic (bio)

    Goose Capital, David Gow

  • MODERATOR: Fundingstack, Nathan Beckord

    iFly VC, Han Shen
    Coyote Ventures, Jessica Karr
    Climate Tech VC, Shiri Freund Koren

1130

  • MODERATOR: Plug and Play, Ehab Gabr

    Lockheed Martin Ventures, Elizabeth Onsanya
    Halliburton Labs, Scott Gale
    Goose Capital, David Gow

  • MODERATOR: Texas Family Office, Marc Sharpe (bio)

    Sonic Drive In 3rd Generation and SlimGenex, Clara Kalderovic (bio)
    Wealth Visionaries Collective, Arooj Sheikh
    1913 Ventures, Billy Grandy


Noon Fireside Keynote [Manchester CD] Texas Innovation & Universities:
Texas Higher Education Commissioner Harrison Keller,
& Research Bridge Partners’ Director of Investments, Jim Graham, Presented by the Texas Alternatives Foundation

1pm

  • Carta, Holli Pandol (bio)
    Carta, Anthony Cimino (bio)

  • MODERATOR: RevereVC, Chris Shen

    Pomifer Capital, Juan Diego Briceno (bio)
    Earl Grey Capital, Amit Vasudev

130

  • MODERATOR: Sputnik ATX VC, Sarah Romanko (bio)

    Moneta Ventures, Carter Bourassa
    SomosVC/TechBloc, Ileana Gonzales
    Roble Ventures, David Hernandez
    Full Frame GP, Bader Alam (bio)

  • RevTech Ventures, Lindsay Lightman
    Eisner Amper, Trae Nickelson
    Eisner Amper, Ryan Keating

2pm

  • FriscoEDC, Jeremiah Anderson
    Plug and Play, David Steele

  • MODERATOR: Sydecar, Jeremy Sell (bio)

    IA Global Ventures, Nikos Iatropoulos (bio)
    Bandera Capital, Gabriel Reyna
    Angel Ventures, Elisa Sepulveda
    MGV Capital, Mariano Gonzalez (bio)

230

  • MODERATOR: She Raises Capital, Vidhi Data (bio)

    Dynabrand Ventures    , Carla McDonald
    LiveOak Venture Partners    , Paola Retes

  • MODERATOR: Akerman, Marc Adesso

    Growth Warrior Capital, Promise Phelon
    Ionic Partners, Audrey Pang
    CFGI, Leonardo Anselmi
    Pathwire, Will Conway

TEXAS VENTURE GALA
THE TEXAS GOLD RUSH



6pm VIP (featuring violinist Ms. Katie Simone Williams)

7pm Gala Opening

8pm Awards & Firesides

Fireside Chat: Texas State Representative Giovanni Capriglione & Texas State Chamber of Commerce, President & CEO Glenn Hamer

Fireside Chat: Cart.com’s Chief Innovation Officer, Mike Svatek & Softeq Ventures Founding Managing Partner & “Forging the Future” Podcast Host, Chris Howard


830 Keynote

Fireside Chat: The Honorable Daniel S. Goldin, Longest-Tenured NASA Administrator & Cold Canyon Founder, with America’s Frontier Fund Cofounder, President & COO, Jordan Blashek


10pm Gala Close