TEXAS VENTURE GALA & FORUM AGENDA,
May 29, 2025, at the W Austin Downtown

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TEXAS VENTURE FORUM


8am
Checkins & Networking
9am Welcome Message
910 Breakfast Keynote Texas & Texas-Sized Innovation: The Office of the Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Director, Adriana Cruz

930am Texas Investors: Angel, VC, Growth, PE
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950am Texas Accelerators & Incubators
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1010am Family Office & High Net Worth Trends
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“For over two decades, we’ve built what has become the world’s largest community of family offices and high-net-worth individuals. The question I’m asked most often is: How do you reach these families and capture their attention? In my upcoming talk, I’ll address that — including the common missteps I see from companies trying to break into this space, a space that today manages more assets than the entire hedge fund industry.

 

This year marks a milestone with the launch of our first conference in Austin — an event we expect to become the city’s premier annual gathering for families. With Austin now joining Houston and Dallas on our calendar, Texas has emerged as our most important region, home to three of our 18 global destinations.”


1025am Networking Break

1035am Texas’ University Innovation
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1050am Texas Reincorporations: How Texas is Building an Attractive Corporate Legal Infrastructure
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Discover how Texas’s business infrastructure and legal system shape the state’s economic landscape, with a focus on the impact to companies incorporating or reincorporating in Texas.  This panel will explore the practical effect of incorporation in Texas on everything from operations, to governance, to dispute resolution.  Find out why more companies are exploring incorporation in Texas, how that might shape Texas’s business future.  Whether you're an investor, business leader, entrepreneur, or legal professional, this discussion will provide practical knowledge for navigating these issues.

1115am Networking Break

1125am The Biggest Texas Innovation Superconnectors
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1145am Former Mayor of Austin, Steve Adler
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NOON - 1230, Fireside Keynote
SBA Administrator

1pm United States Senator & US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Technology Chairman, Ted Cruz, interviewed by Texas Association of Business President & CEO; Texas Venture Alliance Chairman, Glenn Hamer

125pm US & Texas Venture Legislation
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140pm American Business Hubs of Innovation: AZ, Memphis, Abilene
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220pm Rising Star Investors & Future of Venture
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TEXAS VENTURE GALA
Blueprint For the Future



6pm
Taste of Texas Reception
7pm Gala Opening
8pm Texas Boot Awards
9 Gala Close

Purchase Tickets

Texas Venture Forum, May 29

Texas Venture Gala, May 29

All Meals & Drinks

$650