{"id":470695,"date":"2026-10-19T17:22:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T17:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/470695\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T17:22:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T17:22:23","slug":"venture-dallas-2026-mark-cuban-joe-lonsdale-headline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/470695\/","title":{"rendered":"Venture Dallas 2026: Mark Cuban, Joe Lonsdale Headline"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mark Cuban, left, and Trevor Rees-Jones are among the keynote speakers for Venture Dallas\u2019 2026 event Thursday, Oct. 22. [Photo: Venture Dallas, DI Studio]<\/p>\n

Venture Dallas 2026 is preparing to take multiple stages in a reimagined format on Thursday, Oct. 22 at Old Parkland in Dallas. The sixth annual conference<\/a>, created to build the region\u2019s innovation ecosystem and connect dealmakers and tech entrepreneurs, will offer programming in three locations at Old Parkland instead of a single track.<\/p>\n

Just announced featured speakers include entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban; Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir Technologies and now founder and managing partner of 8VC; Trevor Rees-Jones, founder and CEO of Chief Oil & Gas; and Harlan Crow, chairman of Crow Holdings.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best founders and investors in the country are paying attention to North Texas, and this lineup proves it,\u201d Bryan Chambers, co-founder of Venture Dallas, said in a statement. \u201cVenture Dallas exists to turn that attention into capital, companies and jobs that stay here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaker lineup takes shape<\/p>\n

\u00a0The conference will offer conversations on venture capital, emerging technology, mission-driven investment and North Texas\u2019 growing innovation economy.<\/p>\n

Venture Dallas said it expects about 400 entrepreneurs, investors and business leaders to attend the full-day event at Old Parkland. The event took place at the George W. Bush Presidential Center the past few years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe this will be our strongest conference yet,\u201d said Louisa McCarty Miller, a Venture Dallas board member. \u201cMoving to Old Parkland gives us a new setting to bring investors, entrepreneurs and business leaders together, with more opportunities for focused conversations and networking across the innovation ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other speakers include:<\/p>\n

Stephen Gillett, chairman and CEO of Verily;
\nJackson Moses, founder and managing partner of Silent Ventures;
\nLane Kasselman, co-CEO of Blockchain.com;
\nBill Armstrong, founder of Armstrong Oil & Gas;
\nKyle Bass, co-CEO and founder of Rochefort Asset Management;
\nAlex Davis, founder and CEO of Disruptive;
\nRhett Lashlee, head football coach at Southern Methodist University;
\nJustin Lonon, chancellor of Dallas College;
\nJohn Redgrave, co-founder and general partner of DTX Ventures; and
\nNicole Small, CEO of Lyda Hill Capital and Lyda Hill Philanthropies.<\/p>\n

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The event also will feature naming winners in Venture Dallas\u2019 Best Startups award program. The organization will announce winners in the early-stage and growth-stage categories, and winners will give four-minute pitches on stage.<\/p>\n

\tR E A D\u00a0\u00a0 N E X T\t<\/p>\n

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North Texas has plenty to see, hear, and watch.\u00a0Here are our editors’ picks. Plus, you’ll find more selections to “save the date.”<\/p>\n

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The awards program spotlights visionaries, early adopters and trailblazers who are propelling innovation and shaping the future of North Texas tech.<\/p>\n

\t\"Mike<\/a><\/p>\n

The region\u2019s Q3 haul ranks as its fifth-best quarter since 2016, yet year-to-date funding of $1.73 billion still falls short of 2025\u2019s $1.9 billion pace.<\/p>\n

\t\"Welcome<\/a><\/p>\n

Watter\u2019s first commercial installation offsets water-heating costs and creates a new revenue stream for the hotel.<\/p>\n

\t\"Sina<\/a><\/p>\n

The grant, awarded to UT Southwestern biotech spinoff MusiQ Bio, could pave the way for human clinical trials of the startup\u2019s proprietary cancer-fighting platform within five years.<\/p>\n

\t\"Stage<\/a><\/p>\n

Four years after arriving at Pegasus Park, the Boston-based accelerator is adding health and security accelerators and founder clinics, backed by a renewed two-year grant from Lyda Hill Philanthropies.<\/p>\n

\t\"flex<\/a><\/p>\n

Flexcar says it\u2019s disrupting a $110 billion industry \u201cby providing customers a better alternative to car ownership.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\"Dallas<\/a><\/p>\n

Through demos, webinars and ready-to-use prompts, Retail Ready tackles one real-world retail problem at a time \u2014 with no tech expertise required.<\/p>\n

\t\"Assorted<\/a><\/p>\n

Located at DFW\u2019s Terminal A, the Bonton Farms retail store will introduce travelers to the nonprofit\u2019s mission while selling local honey, handmade jams, goat milk soaps, grab-and-go food items, apparel and gifts. It is the organization\u2019s first location outside South Dallas.<\/p>\n

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A small-scale version of Richardson with storefronts and local landmarks serves as a centerpiece of economic and financial literacy education for fifth-and seventh-graders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mark Cuban, left, and Trevor Rees-Jones are among the keynote speakers for Venture Dallas\u2019 2026 event Thursday, Oct.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,98052,10264,11901,22554],"class_list":["post-470695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-old-parkland","tag-startup-ecosystem","tag-venture-capital","tag-venture-dallas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}