TEXAS VENTURE ALLIANCE

The Statewide Innovation Network

Texas Venture Alliance amplifies the ecosystem of entrepreneur support by co-creating resources and events for the innovation economy.

Texas Venture Alliance amplifies the ecosystem of entrepreneur support. We present a suite of events and resources to the statewide innovation economy including the bi-monthly Texas Venture Newsletter as well as two sister signature experiences: 1) The Texas Venture Gala & Forum, the state’s high-end, high-powered gathering of Texas investors and innovators, and 2) the Texas Venture Fest a 3,000 person, 20+ co-hosted event in 15+ cities. We co-create these initiatives with 70+ partnered Texas organizations every year.

Featured in the Texas State Governor Greg Abbott’s five year economic development plan,“Bigger. Better. Texas.” here, Texas Venture Alliance is the largest network and only statewide association for innovation.

Read about Texas’ two sister signature experiences: Texas Venture Gala & Forum and the Texas Venture Fest

Texas Venture Gala & Forum

A Gathering of the Texas Venture Community

The Texas Venture Gala & Forum was a gathering on April 12-13, 2024 at the Fairmont in Austin, Texas of our state’s: venture capitalists, corporates/corporate development, LPs, fund of funds, accelerators, incubators, family offices, angel networks, university innovation departments, and chambers & economic development corporations funds. Visit the Texas Venture Gala & Forum website to learn more about the next one!

Texas Venture Gala & Forum

Texas Venture Fest

The Lone Star State shouldn’t have lone star founders.

The Texas Venture Fest is the largest startup event in the country, and a proud moment for Texas featuring our statewide ecosystem of startup support. It’s co-hosted simultaneously in 13 cities and in nearly 20 venues with 3,000 Texans. It’s an example of what Texans can do when we act together as a statewide venture community, and serves as the only truly Texas-sized networking and educational experience. All co-hosts convene under one roof at the Texas Venture Gala & Forum six months later to celebrate Texas excellence in innovation. Visit the Texas Venture Fest website to learn more about the next one!

Texas Venture Fest

Texas Venture Blog Themes

Texas Venture Newsletter

The Texas Venture Newsletters are one of the most popular resources available to innovators and investors in the state. We feature events, resources and other news 2x a month to a combined reach of nearly 10,000 startups, investors, and others who want to see innovation flourish in Texas. Click here to sign up for the newsletters.

MEDIA MENTIONS

Texas Venture Alliance’s co-created events and resources have been mentioned in the below media sites and more.

Texas Venture Alliance Media Mentions

VENTURE ADVOCACY

The 89th Texas Legislative Session Recap

Coming Soon: View a recap of testifying on venture bills, signing & promoting letters of support, creating guides, meeting with investors & legislators, and more, all to promote the ecosystem of startup support. Make sure to view updates via the Texas Venture Newsletter.

View upcoming & archived events below and on the venture blog here.

  • Texas Venture Fest 2025
  • Texas Venture Crawl 2023

  • Texas Venture Capital Networking

    LP Networking

  • Venture Panels During SXSW

  • Austin Venture Crawl

  • CS Freeland Joe Lonsdale Hahn Shen

    Annual General Meetings

  • Venture Poker Tournament

  • LP & VC After Hours Lounge

  • Vino & Venture

  • Formula 1 Experiences

  • Investor Night w/ MassChallenge

  • Capital & Capitol Happy Hour

  • PE & VC Luncheon w/ Luxemburg

  • Printed Houses & Texas Military

Check out what makes Texas special here.

View co-authored Venture City pages covering startup, venture, business, and general culture here: Austin. Dallas-Fort Worth. Houston. San Antonio. El Paso. Round Rock. Buda. Kerrville.