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Venture Texas Conference
Venture Texas Conference is a community-focused organization that connects emerging technology companies in Texas with active venture capitalists. It aims to foster collaboration and networking within the state's tech ecosystem.
Overview
What Venture Texas Conference does
What Venture Texas Conference is
Venture Texas Conference is a community-focused organization that connects emerging technology companies in Texas with active venture capitalists. It aims to foster collaboration and networking within the state's tech ecosystem.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports community and event host capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Structured capabilities
- Community · Event host
- Last reviewed
- March 6, 2026
Official channels
Find Venture Texas Conference elsewhere
Open the official website or a supported primary organization account.
Capability profile
Venture Texas Conference as a community
Community overview
Venture Texas is a nonprofit organization founded to promote economic parity within the founder and venture capital (VC) ecosystem in Texas. It is minority and female-led and focuses on connecting diverse founders with venture capitalists. The organization is based in Austin, Texas.
Community focus
Venture Texas aims to support innovative and diverse companies by facilitating connections between founders and investors. The organization emphasizes the importance of diversity in the VC ecosystem and seeks to introduce venture capitalists to a range of founders, including those from BIPOC, veteran, disabled, and LGBTQ communities. The organization engages in activities that foster networking, mentorship, and education within the venture capital space.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Investors
- Benefits
- network-access and mentorship
- Program types
- community
- Selection criteria
- open
- Regions
- United States
Capability profile
Venture Texas Conference as an event host
Event focus
Venture Texas aims to support innovative and diverse companies by facilitating connections between founders and investors. The organization emphasizes the importance of diversity in the VC ecosystem and seeks to introduce venture capitalists to a range of founders, including those from BIPOC, veteran, disabled, and LGBTQ communities. It engages in activities that foster networking, mentorship, and education within the venture capital space.
Format and cadence
- Startups can present
- No
Availability
- Registration state
- Not currently accepting
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Investors
- Regions
- United States
Speakers and past editions
Past editions
In 2021, notable funding activity within the Austin VC ecosystem included significant deals such as Homeward's $371 million in Series B funding, Workrise's $300 million in Series E funding, and ICON Technology's $207 million in Series B funding.
Common questions
What to know about Venture Texas Conference
Upseed classifies Venture Texas Conference under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community and event host capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
March 6, 2026
Known limits
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