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Texas is not getting its share of venture capital investment, but experts disagreed Thursday on how to remedy the problem.

Texas accounts for 9 percent of U.S. economic activity, according the Dallas Federal Reserve, but the state attracts only 5 percent of venture capital investments in emerging companies, said Craig Casselberry, president of the Texas Coalition for Capital, a nonprofit organization supporting long-term access to capital for Texas entrepreneurs.