Top VCs, tech companies, startups, and government representatives from different countries will convene to create alliances and investment opportunities during the Israel America Business Playground conference. Use special code for all Texans “ATX10”, here.

Know a founder at the forefront of the clean energy in Houston? Tell them to apply to DivInc’s Clean Energy Accelerator for clean energy production, energy storage and transmission, energy efficiency, carbon economy, and sustainable cities. Apply here.

Thousands of SXSW attendees will go to a variety of events all over downtown Austin… but will the investors or startups cover the most distance? Sign up to partake in the biggest turf war competition in the startup and venture community here.

Moneta Ventures’ Carter Bourrasa and Elsewhere Partners’ Tommy Hayes throw a monthly happy hour downtown for young professionals in venture. Request invite here. They also created a Slack community— request information for that here.

To view info about PlebLab’s downtown office space, rolling accelerator program, and other updates from Austin’s first bitcoin & lightning accelerator, click here.

For the this year’s Texas Legislative Session, the Texas Venture Association advisors have helped inform the latest versions of the “Emergency Venture Bill” overview. Request access to the progress updates and submit comments and questions here.

According to the yearly Census created by the U.S. Census Bureau,Texas had the largest increase of people moving to the state between 2021 and 2022. Totaling almost half a million new residents, read more about the unprecedented growth here.

The Texas Venture Association released a list of founding advisors made up of 40+ top venture capitalists, lobbyists, business organizations, and industry partners. Early supporters include Silverton Partners, Texas Association of Business, HX Venture Fund, Pacific Western Bank— more information and the entire list is here.