Thanks for helping co-create and co-host the largest event featuring the statewide ecosystem of entrepreneur support. This page is a resource to communicate: materials, ideas, deadlines, & checklists.


LINKEDIN EVENT: HERE (2025 Coming Soon)
INSTAGRAM: HERE
PROMO KIT: HERE (2025 Coming Soon)

Texas Venture Fest Ideas:

-Industry / Georgraphically Focused Programming: (Ex. North Texas’s FinTech/Financially Focused Venue 2024, Brownsville’s Border City Panel 2024, Austin’s Hispanic Heritage Venue 2024,)
-Programming: Panels, Firesides, Workshops (El Paso 2023)
-Featuring Podcasters as Moderators for Panels & Live Mini Interviews at event (they can use recordings later + they have their own large networks, Austin 2023)
-Present a Grant / Check (ex. Round Rock, 2023 & 2024)
-Panel just for Q&A (Houston, 2023)
-Panel of Venture-Backed Companies (San Antonio 2023)
-Panel of Different Types of Investors: Crowdsourcing, Angel, VC, Growth Equity, Family Office
-Pitch Competitions
-Demo Days
-Capstone Event / Happy Hour at the end of a Startup/ Venture Week (El Paso 2023, Pflugerville 2024)
-Showcase Sponsors as Moderator and/or as Venue Partner

-Launches: a Program, Coworking Space, Organization (Buda 2023 & 2024, and San Antonio 2023 & 2024)
-Tech Transfer: Universities’ & research showcases
-Government: Feature Mayor kickoff (Arlington 2024) City Council (Houston’s Proclamation 2024), State & National Legislators and Congresspeople (Austin & Brownsville), candidates
-Other Fun Activities: Chicken Sh!t Bingo (Austin’s Silverton Partners), Country Music (Austin’s Silverton Partners), Venture Shuttle (Austin), Horses (Q-Branch in Austin), Venture Crawl (featuring investors at booths or entire venues, ex. Austin 2022, 2023, 2024)
-Coworking Spaces: can feature investor or venture-backed startup members. Free coworking throughout the day or week to promote your membership + event
-Feature Local / Startup Food & Beverages: New take on wine/beer startups (Usual Wines, Starbase Brewery)
-Feature Community Leaders: Hosts of startup/venture happy hours, great ecosystem leaders/mentors, etc

 

PERKS

Texas Venture Fest Offers:

- Leadership: Texas Venture Fest offers a leadership position as Committee Member if you’d like to host a location in your city. Feel free to update your resume, LinkedIn, etc however you can utilize for professional development, letters of recommendation, etc.
- Spotlight Feature Interview: Opportunity for spotlight interview, promoted on the Texas Venture Newsletter & social media, and website.
- 1 Texas Venture Gala & Forum Ticket: We all convene under one roof during Texas Venture Gala & Forum (May 2026)
- Food & Drinks: We always try to secure food & beverage sponsors statewide— more updates soon, and let us know if you have contacts!
- Networking Materials: We ship 1) Texas Venture Fest branded networking badges and 2) Texas Venture Fest boot-shaped koozies.
- Registration Page Management: TVF handles registrations via our links to keep brand unity, etc, but Committee members also can edit the page, create updates, send message to guests, etc inside our event registration platform, Luma.
- Data: Co-hosts/admins can already see & download contact info live and in archives

 
 

DEADLINES & CHECKLIST

JULY

  • EARLY JULY: Save-the-Date on Calendars

  • EARLY JULY: Added a Co-Host to Event Page

  • MID JULY: Book Venue

  • MID JULY: Like LinkedIn Page: here

  • LATE JULY: Outreach with any speakers/sponsors/volunteers (if applicable)

  • LATE JULY: Promote/Leave in your Company’s Newsletter, Company Website Calendar, Email Blasts, Social Media

AUGUST

  • EARLY AUG: Secure Programming 5-8pm or so (if applicable)

  • EARLY AUG: CS will publish logos on main website

  • MID AUG: CS will share social media images / promo kit / press release (w/ your quotes) (we’ll provide an updated one but here’s an example)

  • MID AUG: Promote in your Company’s Newsletter, Company Website Calendar, Email Blasts, Social Media

  • LATE AUG: Invite Your LinkedIn Contacts to the Event on LinkedIn here

  • LATE AUG: LinkedIn Job Title / Texas Venture Fest Updates (if applicable)

SEPTEMBER

  • EARLY SEPT: Promote in your Company’s Newsletter, Company Website Calendar, Email Blasts, Social Media

  • EARLY SEPT: Consider Tables/Chairs, Banners, Signage that need to be made

  • EARLY SEPT: Any Vendor Info & Certificates of Insurance (if applicable)

  • EARLY SEPT: We will have Koozies & name badges shipped

  • MID SEPT: In-Kind Sponsors Need To Ship to Locations

  • LATE SEPT: Shipment Received of Name Tag Badges & Boot Koozies

OCTOBER

  • OCTOBER: Have a great event!

  • OCTOBER: Please send CS pics / your recap for blog (if applicable)

Texas Venture Alliance amplifies the ecosystem of entrepreneur support. We promote a suite of events and resources featuring 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.