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TEXAS VENTURE GALA & FORUM:
“The Texas Gold Rush” Speakers
April 12 & 13, 2024
TEXAS VENTURE FORUM BREAKFAST KEYNOTE KICKOFF:
Office of Texas Governor Greg Abbott
Executive Director
Adriana Cruz
TEXAS VENTURE GALA DINNER KEYNOTE:
Longest-Tenured NASA Administrator
Cold Canyon Founder
The Honorable Daniel S. Goldin
TEXAS VENTURE FORUM LUNCH KEYNOTE: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board CEO, Texas, Higher Education Commissioner, Harrison Keller
TEXAS VENTURE FORUM LUNCH KEYNOTE: Research Bridge Partners, Director of Investments, Jim Graham
TEXAS VENTURE FORUM BREAKFAST KEYNOTE
KICKOFF: Texas Economic Development Corporation,
President & CEO, Aaron Demerson
TEXAS VENTURE FORUM BREAKFAST KEYNOTE KICKOFF: Texas State Chamber of Commerce / Texas Association of Business President & CEO, Glenn Hamer
TEXAS VENTURE GALA DINNER KEYNOTE: America’s Frontier Fund, Cofounder & President & COO, Former Schmidt Futures Executive-In-Residence, Jordan Blashek
TEXAS VENTURE GALA DINNER FIRESIDE CHAT: Cart.com, Chief Innovation Officer, Michael Svatek
TEXAS VENTURE GALA SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER: Texas House of Representatives District 48; Innovation & Technology Caucus Policy Committee Member, Representative Donna Howard
TEXAS VENTURE GALA SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER: Texas House of Representatives District 98; Chairman of the House Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies; Innovation & Technology Caucus Chairman and Policy Committee Chair, Representative Giovanni Capriglione
DC Finance’s Family Office & High Net Worth Conferences, CEO, Denny Chared
The Family Office Association, Founder & CEO, Satori Capital, Operating Partner, Marc Sharpe
Tiger21, Austin Chair, Michele Skelding
EMCEE: ex2, Infinity Data Cofounder & CEO, Clara Kaluderovic
National Security Innovation Council, Executive Director, Drew Scheberle
Sputnik ATX VC, Managing Partner & CEO, Dr. Oksana Malysheva
Gow Media Chairman, GOOSE Capital Board Member, David Gow
Robles Ventures, Principal, David Perez Hernandez
Central Texas Angel Network, Executive Director, Katie Russel
Texas Alternatives Foundation, CEO, Jarett Rodriguez
1913 VC, Founder, Billy Grandy
8090 Industries, Cofounder and General Partner, Rayyan Islam
Alamo Angels, Executive Director, Juan Sebastian Garzon
International Accelerator, Founder & CEO, Angelos Angelou
Round Rock Chamber Deep Tech Fund, Head of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Adriana Nunez-Young
MDSV Capital, Founding Partner, Michael Downing
Wealth Visionaries Collective Think Tank, Founder, Arooj Sheikh
Halliburton Labs, Executive Director, Scott Gale
S3 Ventures, Vice President, Joe Curry
RevereVC, Cofounder & COO, Chris Shen
Mayor’s Task Force For Austin Women Entrepreneurs Chair; Dynabrand Ventures Founder, Carla McDonald
Plug and Play Tech Center, Director of Frisco, David Steele
Pomifer Capital, Founder, Juan Diego Briceno
Houston Angel Network, Vice President, Mitra Miller
Frisco Economic Development Corporation, Director of Innovation, Jeremiah Anderson
IA Global Ventures, Managing Partner, Nikos Iatropoulos
Mayor’s Task Force For Austin Women Entrepreneurs; LiveOak Ventures Vice President, Paola Retes
Pearland Innovation Hub, Pearland Navigator, Brandy Guidry
Chapter One, CFO, Doug Dyer
RevTech Ventures Principal, Lindsay Lightman
Carta, Public Policy Counsel, Holli Heiles Pandol
Silverton Partners, Partner, Roger Chen
MGV Capital, General Partner, Mariano Gonzalez
Fundingstack, CEO, Nathan Beckord
Angel Ventures, Partner, Elisa Sepulveda
iFly.VC, Founding Partner, Han Shen
Akerman, Capital Markets Partner, Marc Adesso
MediaTech Ventures CEO, Funded House Partner, Paul O’Brien
SomosVC IIE Project Manager, Tech Bloc CEO, Ileana Gonzalez
Austin Technology Incubator, Interim Executive Director, Becky Taylor
Gener8tor, Director of gBETA Houston, Muriel Foster
Moneta Ventures, General Partner, Brent Kelton
Earl Grey Capital, Partner, Amit Vasudev
Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation VP of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Nathan Alexander Burkhart
EMCEE: Founder Institute Texas, Founding Executive Director, Martin Martinez
Bandera Capital Managing Partner, Gabriel Reyna
Army Applications Lab for Army Futures Command Director of Corporate Ventures and Technology Analysis, Tony Williams
EMCEE: Latino Startup Alliance, Founder & CEO, Jesse Martinez
Fifty Five South Ventures Founder & CEO, Bryant Clark
StadiumDrop, Cofounder & COO, Adam McCabee
Air Force Basketball; Founder Iondration, Antonie Hood
FIRESIDE CHAT: Softeq Ventures & Softeq Development Corporation Managing General Partner, Forging the Future Podcast Host, Chris Howard
She Raises Capital, Cofounder & CEO, Vidhi Data
Moneta Ventures Associate, Emerging Venture Capitalists Association Austin Chapter Lead, Carter Bourassa
Plug And Play Cedar Park, Director, Ehab Gabr
Lockheed Martin Ventures, Investor, Elizabeth A. Onasanya
Sydecar, Sales Director, Jeremy Sell
Aurora Equity Partner; Band of Angels Chair & Founder of AgFood Tech Committee, Jaleh Daie
The Founders Arena, Managing Director, Hamza Qadir
Full Frame Growth Partners, Managing Partner, Bader Alam
Carta, Head of Policy, Anthony Cimino
ZetZero2.0, Partner, Shiri Freund Koren
Dream Big Ventures Founder & CEO; Angeles Investors’ Texas & New Mexico Lead; Her Money Moves Podcast Host, Staci LaToison
Ionic Partners, SVP Operations, Operating Principal, Audrey Pang
CFGI, Partner, Capital Markets, Leonardo Anselmi
BOKA Group Holdings Partner, Rich Julien
EisnerAmper Venture & Startup Markets Solutions Advisor, Trae Nickelson
Peninsula Ventures General Partner, EisnerAmper Partner, Ryan Keating
Guidehouse Senior Consultant, Gabriela Perdichizzi
Sputnik ATX VC Intern, Texas Venture Gala & Forum Chief of Staff, Sarah Romanko
Builders + Backers Director of Global Brand Growth; Texas Venture Gala & Forum COO, Marisa Vickers
Texas Venture Newsletter Editor, Texas Venture Gala & Forum Lead Organizer, CS Freeland
PURCHASE TICKETS
Welcome Reception, April 12
Texas Venture Forum, April 13
Texas Venture Gala, April 13
All Meals & Drinks
$650 Regular (Ends April 5), $750 Late