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![Venture capitalist Tim Draper and NVCA President and CEO Bobby Franklin are the first speakers announced for the 2025 Venture Dallas Conference. [Images courtesy Venture Dallas]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Tim-Draper-Bobby-Franklin-Venture-Dallas-2025-940x436.jpg)
Venture capitalist Tim Draper and NVCA President and CEO Bobby Franklin are the first speakers announced for the 2025 Venture Dallas Conference. [Photos courtesy Venture Dallas]
Tim Draper, Bobby Franklin To Headline Venture Dallas Conference’s ‘Fifth Convening’ at Bush Center
by Quincy Preston | Jul 15, 2025
The 2025 conference, backed by J.P. Morgan and Perot Jain, has become an established annual event for connecting capital to companies built in North Texas.
![Erica Kosemund, Chief Brand Officer, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Gillian Breidenbach, Chief Partnership Officer, North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; Chief Gary Batton, Chief of Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Monica Paul, Executive Director of Dallas Sports Commission and President of North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; John Hobbs, Senior Executive Officer of Communications, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and Heidi Grant, Senior Executive Officer of Commerce Administration, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, celebrate Choctaw Casinos & Resorts becoming an Official Dallas World Cup 2026 Host City Supporter. [Photo: North Texas FWC Organizing Committee/Choctaw Casinos & Resorts]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FIFA-Choctaw-dec-2025.jpg)
