Justin Lopas, left, co-founder of Austin-based Base Power, spoke with Salen Churi, founder and managing partner of Trust Ventures, during a morning session at the 2026 Venture Dallas conference. [Photo: Dallas Innovates]
Joe Lonsdale, Sen. John Cornyn and Base Power’s Justin Lopas were among the speakers making the case for growing in Texas at the sixth annual conference, held at Old Parkland in Dallas.
Co-founded by Mizzen+Main Founder and CEO Kevin Lavelle, along with co-founder and CPO Charlie Hill, infant care tech startup Harbor offers a "revolutionary" baby monitor and Remote Night Nanny service. The seed round was led by Trust Ventures, with backing by Morrison Seger, Capital Factory, and Tim Ferriss—as well as by former NFL QB Tim Tebow and current New York Jets punter Thomas Morstead, among others.
Co-Founded by Mizzen+Main Founder and CEO Kevin Lavelle, along with Co-Founder and CPO Charlie Hill, infant care tech startup Harbor offers a "revolutionary" baby monitor and Remote Night Nanny service. The seed funding round was led by Trust Ventures,
with backing by Morrison Seger and Capital Factory—as well as by former NFL QB Tim Tebow and current New York Jets punter Thomas Morstead, among others.
Venture Dallas 2022—a full-day conference to be held Nov. 3 at the George W. Bush Presidential Center—will connect investors from all over the U.S with the “best founders in our region” with the goal of sparking “collisions” and “meaningful connections," co-founder Aaron Pierce says. He adds that those could potentially lead to fundings—and successful exits.
Here's a look at why the North Texas startup and VC scene is hopping, and what Venture Dallas 2022 could mean for you.
North Texas’ growing venture capital community was on full display Thursday at Old Parkland, as an estimated 450 company founders, investors and other community leaders gathered for the sixth annual Venture Dallas conference....
Westlake-based ECI Software Solutions is going back to the future.
Ron Books, ECI’s CEO from 2009 to 2021, will take over Oct. 26 for Trevor Gruenewald, who is retiring as CEO but will remain on ECI’s board of directors....
Irving-based equipment manufacturer Caterpillar Inc. has picked Derrick York, president of its Solar Turbines business, to lead its Resource Industries mining group starting Nov. 1.
York, also a senior vice president at Caterpillar, will succeed Denise Johnson as group president of Resource Industries....
North Texas’ growing venture capital community was on full display Thursday at Old Parkland, as an estimated 450 company founders, investors and other community leaders gathered for the sixth annual Venture Dallas conference....
Westlake-based ECI Software Solutions is going back to the future.
Ron Books, ECI’s CEO from 2009 to 2021, will take over Oct. 26 for Trevor Gruenewald, who is retiring as CEO but will remain on ECI’s board of directors....
Irving-based equipment manufacturer Caterpillar Inc. has picked Derrick York, president of its Solar Turbines business, to lead its Resource Industries mining group starting Nov. 1.
York, also a senior vice president at Caterpillar, will succeed Denise Johnson as group president of Resource Industries....