About Us

Venture Dallas is a 501c6 non-profit, volunteer led organization dedicated to growing the innovation ecosystem in Dallas-Fort Worth. We believe this is one of the best places in the world to grow companies and invest in them. We work to help startup investors understand the opportunities in the region, connect them to high-growth companies, and build collaboration among our venture capital and investment community. Committee and Board members are dedicated to leveraging their deep ties to the venture and tech community to Venture Dallas activities.

2023 Steering Committee

Pialy Aditya

Chief Strategy Officer
Republic

Ansley Carlisle
Bryan Chambers


President and Co-Founder
Capital Factory
Venture Dallas Co-Founder

Lili Clark
Samantha Colletti

Managing Director
Silicon Valley Bank
Venture Dallas Co-Founder

Duane Dankesreiter

Senior Vice President
Dallas Regional Chamber
Venture Dallas Co-Founder

David Evans

Managing Partner
Sentiero Ventures

Chris Gannett

Founder and President
Gannett Partners

JR Garcia
Kevin Lavelle

Founder and Chairman of the Board
Mizzen+Main

Louisa McCarty

Venture Dallas
Chief of Staff

Chase Murphy
Aaron Pierce

Partner
Perot Jain
Venture Dallas Co-Founder
2021-2023 Chair of the Board

Annabel Reeves

Associate
Goldman Sachs
2022 Venture Dallas Chief of Staff

Vik Thapar

Managing Director
Cypress Growth Capital
Venture Dallas Co-Founder

Venture Dallas Board of Directors

Aaron Pierce

Perot Jain
Partner
www.perotjain.com
Venture Dallas Co-Founder
2021, 2022 Chair of the Board

Vik Thapar

Cypress Growth Capital
Managing Director
www.cypressgrowthcapital.com
Venture Dallas Co-Founder

Bryan Chambers

Capital Factory
President and Co-Founder
www.capitalfactory.com
Venture Dallas Co-Founder

Venture Dallas Past Committee Members

Joe Beard

CollateralEdge
Co-Founder & CEO
www.collateraledge.com
Venture Dallas Co-Founder
2019, 2020 Board Member
2019, 2020 Host Committee

Cindy Revol

Perot Jain
Principal
www.perotjain.com
Venture Dallas Co-Founder
2019,2020 Board Member
2019, 2020 Host Committee

Weston Betts

Silicon Valley Bank
Vice President
www.svb.com

Marisa Bertha

Liquid Death
SVP of Strategy
https://liquiddeath.com/

Shale Gulbas

Guideboat Capital Partners
Principal 
www.guideboatcap.com/

Inobat Karras

Interlock Partners
Principal
www.interlock.vc

John Simon

Mark Cuban Companies
Business Development
markcubancompanies.com/ 

Benjamin Vann

Impact Ventures
Founder & CEO
www.impact-ventures.co

Blake Wiley

Access Capital
Co-Founder

Jonathan Crowder

Intelis Capital
Partner
www.inteliscapital.com
Venture Dallas Co-Founder