Investors Doubling Down on Texas
Join Forum Ventures and our incredible community in Austin during TechWeek to talk about why VCs are choosing to move here and what we're looking for!
Grab some food, relax, and join fellow entrepreneurs and VCs as they share their knowledge and insights about the market.
Topics may include:
Why should funds look at Texas-based companies?
Why moving Texas is advantageous for VCs?
What are VCs from outside the Texas ecosystem seeing in the state?
How to grow your brand as a VC moving to Texas?
Panelists:
Daniel Dart (Rock Yard Ventures)
Anish Zuté (Drive Capital)
Sarah Visser (Framework Venture Partners)
Moderated by: Nia Pryce (Forum Ventures)
We'll be serving up great food, beer, and have non-alcoholic options as well!
IDEAL GUESTS
Founders and investors focused on early-stage (pre-Series A) B2B SaaS.
APPROVED GUESTS
Application DOES NOT guarantee attendance. Spaces for this event are limited to maintain the quality of interactions and aim to ensure every participant receives optimum value. Register now - we hope to see you there.
Admitted guests will be notified via event approval (with a calendar invite).
This event is part of Austin Tech Week scheduled from October 28 - November 1. Grab your ticket to join the Austin community for five days focused on growth, networking, and celebrating our city’s tech community. Register today: https://bit.ly/4fbqTfh.
NOTE: Invites are non-transferable. NO +1s (space is very intimate, and capacity is strictly enforced).
About Forum Ventures
Forum Ventures is the leading early-stage fund, program and community for B2B SaaS startups based in New York, San Francisco, and Toronto. Founded in 2014, we’re on a mission to make the B2B SaaS journey easier, more accessible and successful for early-stage founders. From our Studio to Accelerator to Pre-Seed programming, we have the resources and network to help founders navigate the early stages of their founder journey.
Forum is investing in 85+ SaaS companies this year. Pitch Us here.
About Drive Capital
Drive Capital is a Columbus-based venture capital firm that is investing in the world’s next generation of market-defining companies. Since Drive's inception in 2013, the firm has raised $2B of funds to invest in startups solving important problems in large markets. Drive is an investor in more than 100 companies outside of Silicon Valley, including Duolingo, Root Insurance, and Thoughtful Automation.
About Rock Yard
Rock Yard Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in badass founders who are disrupting core industries.
About Framework
FRAMEWORK is a technology-driven Seed/Series A/Series B investor empowering category-defining companies through its strong domain expertise, direct access to strategic players, and a partnership approach with its Limited Partners. The Fund invests primarily in fintech and AI-powered vertical SaaS companies across North America.
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About Wilson Sonsini
Since the firm's inception in the early days of Silicon Valley, Wilson Sonsini has been privileged to help lay the groundwork for some of the world's most innovative technology, life sciences, and growth companies. As the nation's leading law firm representing venture-backed companies, we have counseled thousands of entrepreneurs starting new businesses, advising on the formation of companies, equity structures, negotiations with investors, intellectual property rights, and other issues vital to their success.
About SVB
Silicon Valley Bank, a division of First Citizens Bank, is the bank of some of the world’s most innovative companies and investors. SVB provides commercial and private banking to individuals and companies in the technology, life science and healthcare, private equity, venture capital and premium wine industries.