TEXAS VENTURE CRAWL
TEXAS VENTURE CRAWL
October 6, 2023
We’re the Lone Star State, but we shouldn’t have lone star founders.
This 2023 Texas Venture Alliance signature experience was a simultaneous event across many Texas cities showcasing the venture ecosystem of startup support co-hosted with our leading partners in: Dallas, Austin, Round Rock, Houston, Kerrville, Brownsville, El Paso, Buda, Boerne, and San Antonio.
This Texas-sized statewide impact had 10 cities, 14 venues, 20+ committee members, 40+ venture panelists, and 2,500 attendees. Read more about how this event started in Austin with 5 venues and 1,000+ attendees here. Register for the Texas Venture Crawl in your city for 2024 here.
DALLAS
Location: The DEC Network
Cohosts: The DEC Network
Texas Venture Page: Dallas
AUSTIN
Description: Austin's Texas Venture Crawl was a self-guided tour featuring the venture community at multiple downtown locations, with two shuttles. There were also daytime Texas Venture Crawl activities (form here) + after party was 8-10pm!
Cohosts: S3 Ventures, LIveOak Venture Partners, Mercury Fund, Next Coast Ventures, Softeq Venture Studio, Founders Live, National Security Innovation Council, Texas State Chamber of Commerce (Texas Association of Business), Q-Branch, & Red Fridge Society.
Venture Panelists: Aaron Perman, Partner at S3 Ventures; Kaitlyn DeBernardo, Head of Platform at Next Coast Ventures; Tyler Norwood, Managing Partner at Antler, Jason Scharf, Host of Austin Next Podcast, Jackson Fordyce, & Josiah Simons of Host of Venture Daily, Lisa Huron of Founders Live
Texas Venture Page: Austin
Round Rock
Location: The Alcove Cantina - Backroom, 119 E Main St., Round Rock, TX 78664
Texas Venture Page: Round Rock
Cohosts: Round Rock Chamber
Venture Feature:
HOUSTON
Location: The Ion, 4201 Main St, Houston, TX 77002
Cohosts: Ion Houston
Venture Panelists: Grace Chan, Principal at bp Ventures; Jason Ethier, Founder of Lambda Catalyzer; Blair Garrou, Managing Director at Mercury & Adjunct Professor of Management at Rice Business School; Chris Howard, CEO and Founder of Softeq Development Corporation & Managing General Partner at Softeq Ventures
TIP: Check out the pre-Texas Venture Crawl event hosted by Greentown Labs focusing on clean tech investors here.
Texas Venture Page: Houston
KERRVILLE
Location: Schreiner University Trailhead Beer Garden, 2100 Memorial Blvd Building #11, Kerrville TX 78028
Cohosts: Kerr Economic Development Corporation
Venture Panelists: Bob Jones, Principal at Scientia Advisors & Founding Principal at Great Dome Associates LLC; Dusty Block, COO at Texas Business Buyers; Matt Bogler; CPA at Davidson Freedle; Wynita Walther, Director of Marketing and Public Relations at Hill Country Youth Ranch; Greg Richards, Business Attorney; Ron Ondechek, Managing Director and Founder at South Highland Ventures LLC; Toby Appleton, Marketing Director at Jam Broadcasting
Texas Venture Page: Kerrville
Brownsville
Location: eBridge Center for Business and Commercialization, 1304 E Adams St, Brownsville, TX 78520
Cohosts: Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation
Venture Panelists: Steve Perez; Founder and GM of Velox Global Solutions; Juan Velez, Historic Preservation Officer; Linda Ufland, Director of UTRGV Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Center; Jose Ramirez, Founder of Law Offices of Jose Antonio Ramirez; Monica Benavides Rios, Founder of Equilibrium; Roberto Lee, Co-Founder and CEO of Grupo Joseph Roberts; Yaw Sam, Co-Founder and CEO of Brand Genuiz; William Steele, Co-Founder and CEO of Represent
Texas Venture Page: TBA
BOERNE
Location: Das Greenhaus, 7 Upper Balcones Road, Boerne, TX 78006
Cohosts: Boerne Kendall County Angel Network
Texas Venture Page: TBA
SAN ANTONIO
Location: Frost Bank Tower, Top Floor, 111 W. Houston St.
Cohosts: Tech Bloc (In partnership w/ Capital Factory, Weston Urban, & Geekdom)
Venture Panelists: Mariano Gonzales, Managing Partner at MGV Capital; Elisa Sepulveda, Partner at Angels Ventures; Cat Dizon, Co-Founder and COO at Active Capital; Sebastian Garzon, Executive Director at Alamo Angels; Josh Sanchez, Co-Founder and CEO of FloatMe; Somer Babureck, Co-Founder and CEO of HERABioTech; John Goodson, CEO of DarkHive
Texas Venture Page: San Antonio
EL PASO
Location: Minski Solar Software, 500 West Overland, Suite 340, El Paso, TX 79901
Cohosts: Pioneers 21, El Paso Chamber, Minski
Venture Panelists: Holly Trubowitsh, Ecotone Fund Investor & CFO at Main Strike; Michael Dalby, Assistant VP of Innovation at University of Texas El Paso; JJ Childress, Community Engagement Member at Microsoft Techsparks & Ecotone Fund Investor; Adriana Pulecio, International Business and Trade Development Manager at the City of El Paso
Texas Venture Page: El Paso
BUDA
Location: Buck’s Backyard, Farm to Market 1626, Buda, Texas 78610
Texas Venture Page: Buda
Cohosts: Hover City, Buda Economic Development Corporation
Venture Panelists: Rawad Abou Zaki, Founder and CEO of Hover City; Shannon Mumley, Assistant Director of the Buda Economic Development Corporation; Mark Chapa, Owner of Buck’s Backyard