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11:00am CST

ReleaseIt at SXSW 2014!

ReleaseIt will give companies a head start on launching a new product or service at SXSW Interactive. Participants will do a short pitch about of their product in front of a live audience of SXSW Interactive, Gold and Platinum registrants, many of whom will be traditional press and / or heavy social media users. The Friday, March 7 event will include a panel of judges who will help determine which new product is the winner of the ReleaseIt at SXSW event — i.e., which new product they deem will most likely have success. Come be part of this exiting new SXSW venture!
FINALIST, FIRST ROUND:
Brandicted - www.brandicted.com
Featuring.Me - www.about.featuring.me
Geppetto Avatars, Inc. - www.geppettoavatars.com
iGenApps - www.igenapps.com
iM5 Inc - www.iM5.com

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP995395

Friday March 7, 2014 11:00am - 12:00pm CST
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon A

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag #ReleaseIt
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags gold-badge, interactive-badge, platinum-badge

3:30pm CST

Foreign Startups Engage Experts in a Live Pitch

Five international startups engage in a live pitching event to impress venture capitalists, angels and entrepreneur experts. Startups get up and close to the real challenge of engaging potential investors and customers. Do you have the right presentation to impress investors and customers? Do you have the required mojo? Will your business pitch impress or disappoint? Do you have the right management team?
Top experts discuss solutions for a successful soft-landing in the US. Learn, grow, prosper with your startup. Organize a board of directors, hire c-level management, find capital, scale up your business. Learn and get advice on how to successfully launch your startup in the US.
The judges include:
a) Bob Fabbio, former founder and CEO of Tivoli (sold to IBM for $900m) and serial entrepreneur
b) Carmelo Gordian, the most well known legal counsel in Texas on “everything” entrepreneurial
c) Angelos Angelou

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP994998

Friday March 7, 2014 3:30pm - 4:30pm CST
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon B

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag #LivePitch
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

3:30pm CST

Win $200,000+ to Move Your Startup to Austin!

We don’t need to convince entrepreneurs to move to Austin - almost every day we receive emails from people deciding to do that on their own!
Maybe it’s because Austin is the most cost-effective place to launch a startup or the pipeline of talent coming out of the University of Texas. Maybe it’s because of the 300+ days of sunshine each year or the vibrant live music scene. It’s no surprise that Austin is one of the fastest growing cities in the US and everyone wants to live somewhere that is growing and booming versus the alternative.
So why should we put together a $50,000 cash investment prize, more than $150,000 in other prizes, and roll out the red carpet to bring one more startup here? Come find out...
5 startups will compete for a cash investment, office space, housing, moving expenses, free groceries and more in an epic pitch competition.
Startups apply at http://bit.ly/m2a2014
Attendees please register at http://bit.ly/10bestatx

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP27055

Friday March 7, 2014 3:30pm - 4:30pm CST
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon C

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag #move2ATX
Theme Startup Village
Level Advanced
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

5:00pm CST

Foreign Startups Engage Experts in a Live Pitch

Five international startups engage in a live pitching event to impress venture capitalists, angels and entrepreneur experts. Startups get up and close to the real challenge of engaging potential investors and customers. Do you have the right presentation to impress investors and customers? Do you have the required mojo? Will your business pitch impress or disappoint? Do you have the right management team?
Top experts discuss solutions for a successful soft-landing in the US. Learn, grow, prosper with your startup. Organize a board of directors, hire c-level management, find capital, scale up your business. Learn and get advice on how to successfully launch your startup in the US.
The judges include:
a) Bob Fabbio, former founder and CEO of Tivoli (sold to IBM for $900m) and serial entrepreneur
b) Jim Montgomery, managing partner at DLA Piper Austin
c) Babis Papadopoulos, 1st Secretary Economy&Commerce, Embassy of Greece to the USA

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP994999

Friday March 7, 2014 5:00pm - 6:00pm CST
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon B

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag #LivePitch
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

11:00am CST

SXSW Accelerator: Enterprise & Big Data Tech

SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Capitalists / Angel Investors. Eight companies within the Enterprise & Big technologies category will dazzle a live audience, panel of three judges and co-emcees with their ideas, innovations, product and/or service on Saturday, March 8. Three of those eight companies will be asked to return on day two, Sunday, March 9, to present to a new group of co-emcees and judges. A grand prize winner for each category will be selected at the end of day two as part of the evening SXSW Accelerator Awards Ceremony.
The Enterprise and Big Data Technologies category encompasses technologies that facilitate comprehension and application of information. These startups seek to improve productivity and management of data, analytics, text, documents, and engagement for business and individual use.
FINALIST
AddSearch - www.addsearch.com
Helsinki, Finland
Searching on any website is typically a terrible experience. AddSearch is a lightning fast site search that gives you accurate results instantly. AddSearch is easy to install, gives you full control of the search results and works on any device.
Addy - www.addy.co
San Francisco, CA
Addy is simplifying the communication of locations around the world. Their web application lets anyone, anywhere share locations using simple, custom URLs. Their B2B products include a rich API and real-time location tracking functionality for delivery and other end-to-end services.
Databox - www.databox.com
Boston, MA
Databox is a Mobile Executive Dashboard that enables real-time visibility into your company data to help you make better decisions, faster. Connect to any data source within your organization and display the key metrics that are driving your business on your smartphone.
EvoSure - www.evosure.com
Austin, TX
Commercial Insurance: 20M policies, $280B in revenue, 200K brokers, 100K underwriters -- all managed via paper and email. EvoSure’s platform connects the constantly changing industry across all client and product types, enabling better relationships, higher profits, and less waste.

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP994336

Speakers

Paige Craig

Angel InvestorAngel Investor

Chris Dannen

Sr EditorFast Company

Chip Hazard

General PartnerFlybridge Capital Partners

Mohanjit Jolly

Managing DirDraper Fisher Jurvetson

Saturday March 8, 2014 11:00am - 12:00pm CST
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon B

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag accel
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

11:00am CST

SXSW Accelerator: Social Technologies

SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Capitalists / Angel Investors. Eight companies within the Social Technologies category will dazzle a live audience, panel of three judges and co-emcees with their ideas, innovations, product and/or service on Saturday, March 8. Three of those eight companies will be asked to return on day two, Sunday, March 9, to present to a new group of co-emcees and judges. A grand prize winner for each category will be selected at the end of day two as part of the evening SXSW Accelerator Awards Ceremony.
The Social Technologies category includes technologies that enable personal connections. This category includes new and interesting uses, cases, products and services that push the boundaries of how we find, follow and share our lives with others.
FINALIST
Ansa - www.ansa.com
Orinda, CA
Ansa is the only messaging app that lets you communicate like you do in person, without leaving a record behind. Have conversations that disappear, send self-destructing messages, or take back the ones you change your mind about later.
Connect - www.connect.com
San Francisco, CA
Connect is a social map of all your friends and a beautiful, always up-to-date address book that allows you to keep in touch with your friends. Connect is available on iPhone.
Felt - www.feltapp.com
Telluride, CO
Hi, we're Felt. We believe in using technology to make us more human, expressive and personal—not less. For starters, we've created an app that lets people write and send a handwritten card in the real mail using just their iPad.
MobiSocial - www.omlet.me
Menlo Park, CA
MobiSocial, a Stanford StartX startup, is the creator of the Omlet Chat application and the Omlet Open Messaging Platform, which enables consumers to “share anything, with anyone, anywhere,” while owning their data. With Omlet phones are now born social.

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP994334

Speakers

Kevin Carter

PartnerSV Angel

Don Dodge

Developer RelGoogle

Harry McCracken

Editor at LargeTIME

Saturday March 8, 2014 11:00am - 12:00pm CST
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon A

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag accel
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

11:00am CST

SXSW Accelerator: Wearable Technologies

SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Capitalists / Angel Investors. Eight companies within the Wearable Technologies category will dazzle a live audience, panel of three judges and co-emcees with their ideas, innovations, product and/or service on Saturday, March 8. Three of those eight companies will be asked to return on day two, Sunday, March 9, to present to a new group of co-emcees and judges. A grand prize winner for each category will be selected at the end of day two as part of the evening SXSW Accelerator Awards Ceremony.
The Wearable Technologies category focuses on technology worn on, in, or around the body. As this major technology cycle advances, we will include all types of wearable products that advance human performance and wellness, as well as those involved in apparel, accessories, fashion and lifestyle.
FINALIST
Bionym - www.getnymi.com
Toronto, Canada
In September 2013, Bionym launched its inaugural product, the Nymi. The Nymi is a wearable device that authenticates users through their unique cardiac rhythm, and communicates identity wirelessly for seamless and dynamic interaction with technology.
Fashion Discovery Labs - www.fashiondiscoverylabs.com
San Francisco, CA
Fashion Discovery Labs will revolutionize the fashion technology industry. Our mission is to enable everyone to “Discover Fashion Instantly” in the real world through Google Glass. We aim to enrich the online and retail shopping experience.
Jon Lou - www.jonlou.com
Staten Island, NY
MIT engineering meets Italian design in Jon Lou, a lifestyle brand for people who love fashion, love technology, and think it's about time the two of them met for a drink.
Kiwi Wearable Technologies - www.kiwiwearables.com
Toronto, Canada
Toronto-based Kiwi Wearable Technologies builds products which help wearers enjoy happier and healthier lives. At SXSW Kiwi will showcase the fashionable, multi-functional “Kiwi Move” which enables wearers to seamlessly interact with their environments, elegantly simplifying and optimizing their daily lives.

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP994338

Speakers

Thomas Ball

General PartnerAustin Ventures

Casper de Clercq

PartnerNorwest Venture Partners

Uri Minkoff

Co-founder & CEORebecca Minkoff

Sonny Vu

CEO & FounderMisfit Wearables

Saturday March 8, 2014 11:00am - 12:00pm CST
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon D

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag accel
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

12:30pm CST

SXSW Accelerator: Enterprise & Big Data Tech

SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Capitalists / Angel Investors. Eight companies within the Enterprise & Big technologies category will dazzle a live audience, panel of three judges and co-emcees with their ideas, innovations, product and/or service on Saturday, March 8. Three of those eight companies will be asked to return on day two, Sunday, March 9, to present to a new group of co-emcees and judges. A grand prize winner for each category will be selected at the end of day two as part of the evening SXSW Accelerator Awards Ceremony.
The Enterprise and Big Data Technologies category encompasses applications and technologies that facilitate comprehension and application of information. These startups seek to improve productivity and management of data, analytics, text, documents, and engagement for business and individual use.
FINALIST
Fieldwire - www.fieldwire.net
San Francisco, CA
Fieldwire is a mobile productivity platform for construction and maintenance workers. Users in the field can record, share and track tasks in real time, geotagged directly over their blueprints (think of it as Jira for the physical world).
Map-D - www.map-d.com
Cambridge, MA
Map-D is a GPU database that drives interactive big data analytics and visualizations in real time. Soon to be open source, Map-D is SQL-enabled and runs 100GB+ datasets 1000s of times faster than other platforms.
Shelfbucks - www.shelfbucks.com/
Austin, TX
Shelfbucks allows Shoppers within physical stores to request real-time incentives from Retailers and Brands. Targeted offers are delivered to a shopper's mobile phone when they tap their phone on one of several Shelfbucks beacon located on retail shelves.
Trustev - www.trustev.com
Cork City, Ireland
Trustev provides real time, online identity verification to eliminate fraud and increase revenues for retailers in a simple to integrate, low cost platform. We focus on opening up commerce opportunities instead of shutting them down with antiquated rules based decisioning.

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP994337

Speakers

Paige Craig

Angel InvestorAngel Investor

Chris Dannen

Sr EditorFast Company

Chip Hazard

General PartnerFlybridge Capital Partners

Mohanjit Jolly

Managing DirDraper Fisher Jurvetson

Saturday March 8, 2014 12:30pm - 1:30pm CST
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon B

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag accel
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

12:30pm CST

SXSW Accelerator: Social Technologies

SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Capitalists / Angel Investors. Eight companies within the Social Technologies category will dazzle a live audience, panel of three judges and co-emcees with their ideas, innovations, product and/or service on Saturday, March 8. Three of those eight companies will be asked to return on day two, Sunday, March 9, to present to a new group of co-emcees and judges. A grand prize winner for each category will be selected at the end of day two as part of the evening SXSW Accelerator Awards Ceremony.
The Social Technologies category includes technologies that enable personal connections. This category includes new and interesting uses, cases, products and services that push the boundaries of how we find, follow and share our lives with others.
FINALIST
PPLCONNECT - www.pplconnect.mobi
Montreal, Canada
PPLCONNECT is a free app that lets you access and use your smartphone from any web-enabled device, without changing your number! For those who wish they could send/receive their SMS from a computer, Call from a tablet and much more.
Samba.me - www.samba.me
Tel Aviv, Israel
Samba is video messaging with reaction shots. Recreating the warmth of face-to-face interaction, it infuses digital video communication with genuine, authentic responses. Smile/talk/scream/love/laugh like you mean it.
Surfly - www.surfly.com
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Surfly makes surfing the web together as easy as clicking a link. Simply open surfly.com, enter the relevant website and share the resulting link. It just works - on any website - without extra software or setup.
Terranova - www.appterranova.com
Chicago, IL
Terranova is an intelligent personal assistant for mobile devices and wearable technologies. Speak or type what you want to do, and Terranova connects you with local people, places, and events relevant to your query.

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP994335

Speakers

Kevin Carter

PartnerSV Angel

Don Dodge

Developer RelGoogle

Harry McCracken

Editor at LargeTIME

Saturday March 8, 2014 12:30pm - 1:30pm CST
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon A

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag accel
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

12:30pm CST

SXSW Accelerator: Wearable Technologies

SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Capitalists / Angel Investors. Eight companies within the Wearable Technologies category will dazzle a live audience, panel of three judges and co-emcees with their ideas, innovations, product and/or service on Saturday, March 8. Three of those eight companies will be asked to return on day two, Sunday, March 9, to present to a new group of co-emcees and judges. A grand prize winner for each category will be selected at the end of day two as part of the evening SXSW Accelerator Awards Ceremony.
The Wearable Technologies category focuses on technology worn on, in, or around the body. As this major technology cycle advances we are seeking all types of wearable products that advance human performance and wellness, as well as those involved in apparel, accessories, fashion and lifestyle.
FINALIST
Mighty Cast - www.mightycast.com
Montreal, Canada
Mighty Cast connects physical objects to the cloud through its patent-pending technology and proprietary platform. The company is launching with The NEX Band - the world’s first collectible, social, gaming, proximity detecting wearable device; giving users an ever-changing experience.
Pauline van Dongen - www.paulinevandongen.nl
Arnhem, Netherlands
Pauline van Dongen is a fashion designer working closely with companies in the field of science and innovation. She aims to merge fashion and technology. Her project Wearable Solar is an example of wearable technology integrating solar cells into garments.
People+ - www.getpeopleplus.com
San Francisco, CA
People+ is an innovative, curated business directory of professionals and companies. It is like Wikipedia meets LinkedIn. If you have a smartphone or Google Glass get People+ today free at getpeopleplus.com to understand who is in close proximity to you.
Skully Helmets - www.skullyhelmets.com
San Francisco, CA
Skully Helmets is pioneering augmented reality solutions for the head protection industry. Founded in Silicon Valley in 2013, Skully's human-centered engineering approach has led to the Skully AR-1, the world's first fully integrated augmented reality motorcycle helmet.

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP994339

Speakers

Thomas Ball

General PartnerAustin Ventures

Casper de Clercq

PartnerNorwest Venture Partners

Uri Minkoff

Co-founder & CEORebecca Minkoff

Sonny Vu

CEO & FounderMisfit Wearables

Saturday March 8, 2014 12:30pm - 1:30pm CST
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon D

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag accel
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

3:30pm CST

Ireland@SXSW 2014

Why is Ireland the home of so many amazing start ups? Come and check out why Forbes magazine recently named Ireland as the best start up ecosystem in Europe. Drop in to watch this year's batch of the coolest start ups at SXSW, see them pitch to a panel of industry experts and venture capitalists. Enjoy some food and learn about Ireland's ecosystem for start ups. .
Who knows, you may even have a bit of craic!

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP15994

Saturday March 8, 2014 3:30pm - 4:30pm CST
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon E

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag #Ireland
Theme Startup Village
Level Advanced
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

3:30pm CST

SXSW Accelerator: Entertainment & Content Tech

SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Capitalists / Angel Investors. Eight companies within the Entertainment & Content Technologies category will dazzle a live audience, panel of three judges and co-emcees with their ideas, innovations, product and/or service on Saturday, March 8. Three of those eight companies will be asked to return on day two, Sunday, March 9, to present to a new group of co-emcees and judges. A grand prize winner for each category will be selected at the end of day two as part of the evening SXSW Accelerator Awards Ceremony.
The Entertainment & Content Technologies category highlights technologies for news, publishing, gaming, music, film, television, video, streaming and digital storytelling, as well as new and hybrid forms of these ideas. These are reinventing the ways in which we learn, relax and enjoy our time. This category also contains technologies that focus on other cultural sectors such as sports, travel, mapping, publishing and food as they pertain to entertainment.
FINALIST
Artiphon - www.artiphon.com
Nashville, TN
Artiphon is a music hardware startup combining advanced sensor technology, iOS, and traditional craftsmanship. Designed in Nashville, Artiphon’s first product is an ergonomic multi-instrument, playable in a variety of positions and configurable for any style.
Eyeris - www.eyeristechnologies.com
Mountain View, CA
EmoVu by Eyeris is Artificially Intelligent Emotion Recognition software that allows webcams to "look back" and read people's facial micro-expressions in real-time as they watch videos on their computers or mobile devices.
Fliptu - www.fliptu.com
Los Angeles, CA
Fliptu is a "Social Aggregation as a Service" platform for brands, creators, event producers and organizations. Our SaaS aggregation product suite enables nearly 10,000 clients to better organize, present and promote their social media efforts to fans & customers.
MentorMob - www.mentormob.com
Chicago, IL
MentorMob is the first crowd sourced lifestyle learning site. Our community of enthusiasts curate free online guidebooks from the web's best content to help anyone learn, enhance or master their interests.

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP994340

Speakers

Jon Callaghan

Managing DirTrue Ventures

Karin Klein

PartnerBloomberg Beta

Kay Koplovitz

Co-Founder & ChairmanKoplovitz & CoKay Koplovitz Founder of USA Network, and Chairman and CEO of Koplovitz & Co. LLC. Kay Koplovitz is the Founder of USA Network, and the Sci-Fi Channel and USA Networks International and the visionary who created the business model for cable networks... Read More →

Harry McCracken

Editor at LargeTIME

Ralph Simon

CEOMobilium Global Limited

Saturday March 8, 2014 3:30pm - 4:30pm CST
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon A

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag accel
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

3:30pm CST

SXSW Accelerator: Health Technologies

SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Capitalists / Angel Investors. Eight companies within the Health Technologies category will dazzle a live audience, panel of three judges and co-emcees with their ideas, innovations, product and/or service on Saturday, March 8. Three of those eight companies will be asked to return on day two, Sunday, March 9, to present to a new group of co-emcees and judges. A grand prize winner for each category will be selected at the end of day two as part of the evening SXSW Accelerator Awards Ceremony.
The Health Technologies category involves patient-centric health technologies that connect patients, families, physicians, pharmacists, care providers (hospitals, clinics) & benefit providers. These services enable people to share timely, relevant health data and drive better outcomes at affordable and sustainable cost levels.
FINALIST
ActiveProtective - www.activeprotect.co
Allentown, PA
ActiveProtective is delivering sophisticated 3D motion-sensing wearables focused on human fall intervention, using garments with discrete micro-airbags in order to reduce injury. Applications include hip fracture protection for the elderly, head and neck, cycling, moto, equestrian, high-risk occupational, and others.
AdhereTech - www.adheretech.com
New York, NY
AdhereTech has created patented smart patented pill bottles. These bottles automatically send usage data to our servers in real time, and if a dose is missed our system reminds patients via text message, phone call, and on-bottle lights and chimes.
Kinsa - www.kinsahealth.com
New York, NY
Using mobile technologies, Kinsa is creating the world's first real-time map of human health. To do this, we have revolutionized the world's most common medical device. The Kinsa Smart Thermometer is an ultra-low-cost, smartphone-connected thermometer that allows real-time communication with the ill. It's also the world's smartest thermometer.
Pixie Scientific - www.pixiescientific.com
New York, NY
Technology embedded in consumer products that unobtrusively monitor nutrition and onset of chronic conditions in children and seniors before symptoms occur.

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP994344

Speakers

Stacy Feld

PartnerPhysic VenturesStacy Feld joined Physic Ventures in January 2009, where she leads the investment activities in personalized health. Her interests include science-based innovations that transform care for the health consumer and bring more precision to the prevention, diagnosis... Read More →

Nina Kjellson

General PartnerInterWest Partners

Lisa Suennen

Managing PartnerVenture ValkyrieLisa Suennen is Managing Partner at Venture Valkyrie Consulting, LLC, a consulting firm providing advisory services to companies, organizations and private equity firms in the healthcare field. Additionally, Lisa is a Senior Advisor to Psilos Group... Read More →

Saturday March 8, 2014 3:30pm - 4:30pm CST
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon D

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag accel
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

3:30pm CST

SXSW Accelerator: Innovative World Technologies

SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Capitalists / Angel Investors. Eight companies within the Innovative World Technologies category will dazzle a live audience, panel of three judges and co-emcees with their ideas, innovations, product and/or service on Saturday, March 8. Three of those eight companies will be asked to return on day two, Sunday, March 9, to present to a new group of co-emcees and judges. A grand prize winner for each category will be selected at the end of day two as part of the evening SXSW Accelerator Awards Ceremony.
Any creative & innovative technology that does not fit in the another categories can be found here. Such as real-time search, augmented reality, the World Wide Web, sensor, security, space, robotics, artificial intelligence, the Semantic Web, recommendations technologies & personalization technologies.
FINALIST
CubeSensors - www.cubesensors.com
Ljubljana, Slovenia
CubeSensors are small, stylish and connected devices for each room in your home or office. By measuring temperature, humidity, air quality and more, the Cubes can let you know how you can improve your indoor health, comfort and productivity.
InsideMaps - www.insidemaps.com
Mountain View, CA
InsideMaps revolutionizes the furniture shopping experience by letting anyone visualize furniture in an exact 3D replica of their own home. Through a smartphone app that delivers photo-realistic 3D home models in minutes, InsideMaps opens up interior design to everyone.
Monsieur - www.monsieur.co
Atlanta, GA
Monsieur is a high-tech cocktail ordering and preparation system used in cocktail service environments and homes. Monsieur connects with its companion mobile app and commercial management application to upgrade the social drinking experience and increase profitability in cocktail service.
Plum - www.plumlife.com
Austin, TX
Plum (formerly Ube) is an Austin, startup. Our smart light dimmer – called a Light Pad - easily connects to your home Wi-Fi router and allows you to control your lights from your smartphone app anywhere you have an internet connection.

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP994342

Speakers

Renata Akhunova

PartnerFormulavc

Tim Rowe

Founder & CEOCambridge Innovation Center

Saturday March 8, 2014 3:30pm - 4:30pm CST
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon B

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag accel
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

5:00pm CST

Ireland@SXSW 2014

Why is Ireland the home of so many amazing start ups? Come and check out why Forbes magazine recently named Ireland as the best start up ecosystem in Europe. Drop in to watch this year's batch of the coolest start ups at SXSW, see them pitch to a panel of industry experts and venture capitalists. Enjoy some food and learn about Ireland's ecosystem for start ups. .
Who knows, you may even have a bit of craic!

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP994617

Saturday March 8, 2014 5:00pm - 6:00pm CST
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon E

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag #Ireland
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

5:00pm CST

SXSW Accelerator: Entertainment & Content Tech

SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Capitalists / Angel Investors. Eight companies within the Entertainment & Content Technologies category will dazzle a live audience, panel of three judges and co-emcees with their ideas, innovations, product and/or service on Saturday, March 8. Three of those eight companies will be asked to return on day two, Sunday, March 9, to present to a new group of co-emcees and judges. A grand prize winner for each category will be selected at the end of day two as part of the evening SXSW Accelerator Awards Ceremony.
The Entertainment & Content Technologies category highlights technologies for news, publishing, gaming, music, film, television, video, streaming and digital storytelling, as well as new and hybrid forms of these ideas. These are reinventing the ways in which we learn, relax and enjoy our time. This category also contains technologies that focus on other cultural sectors such as sports, travel, mapping, publishing and food as they pertain to entertainment.
FINALIST
Namo Media - www.namomedia.com
San Francisco, CA
Namo Media powers Facebook-like native ad formats for mobile apps with content streams. Our ads are perfect for news, social, photosharing, dating, and messaging apps - we want to rid them of annoying 320x50px mobile banner ads.
PlayCanva - www.playcanvas.com
London, United Kingdom
PlayCanvas is the world's first cloud-hosted 3D game development environment. It's a social hub where game developers collaborate in real-time using a next-generation online toolset to build, share and play video games.
SonarDesign - www.sonardesign.com
Austin, TX
Sonar enables creative professionals to easily create, share, publish, monetize, promote and support immersive micro-apps using only a modern browser. Our integrated user engagement engine provides detailed analytics surpassing third party solutions commonly used with native apps.
Waygo - www.waygoapp.com
Providence, RI
Waygo is a service that enhances your travel experience by easily translating printed languages. With Waygo, simply point your smart-phone camera and translate images instantly without a data connection. Download Waygo on the iOS and Android App Stores now.

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP994341

Speakers

Jon Callaghan

Managing DirTrue Ventures

Karin Klein

PartnerBloomberg Beta

Kay Koplovitz

Co-Founder & ChairmanKoplovitz & CoKay Koplovitz Founder of USA Network, and Chairman and CEO of Koplovitz & Co. LLC. Kay Koplovitz is the Founder of USA Network, and the Sci-Fi Channel and USA Networks International and the visionary who created the business model for cable networks... Read More →

Harry McCracken

Editor at LargeTIME

Ralph Simon

CEOMobilium Global Limited

Saturday March 8, 2014 5:00pm - 6:00pm CST
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon A

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag accel
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

5:00pm CST

SXSW Accelerator: Health Technologies

SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Capitalists / Angel Investors. Eight companies within the Health Technologies category will dazzle a live audience, panel of three judges and co-emcees with their ideas, innovations, product and/or service on Saturday, March 8. Three of those eight companies will be asked to return on day two, Sunday, March 9, to present to a new group of co-emcees and judges. A grand prize winner for each category will be selected at the end of day two as part of the evening SXSW Accelerator Awards Ceremony.
The Health Technologies category involves patient-centric health technologies that connect patients, families, physicians, pharmacists, care providers (hospitals, clinics) & benefit providers. These services enable people to share timely, relevant health data and drive better outcomes at affordable and sustainable cost levels.
FINALIST
Plantiga - www.plantiga.com
North Vancouver, Canada
Plantiga has hacked your shoe, designing the most advanced footwear platform on the planet. The patented technology is smart, personalized and focused on performance. It generates robust real-time movement data; made for apps in health, sports, analytics, biometrics and location
Sensible Baby - www.mysensiblebaby.com
Somerville, MA
Sensible Baby is revolutionizing baby monitoring for the 21st century. Peace of mind is now at your fingertips with the ability to wirelessly track and monitor activities and the environment of your sleeping baby from a smart device.
ThriveOn - www.thriveon.com
San Francisco, CA
ThriveOn is a mobile platform that assesses user need, and delivers a tailored evidenced based program, paired with a remote mental health professional.
Yingo Yango - www.yingoyango.com
Weatogue, CT
Yingo Yango provides a white-label customized healthcare platform connecting and integrating the health & wellness resources provided by employers or providers to individuals. The Yingo Yango platform helps maximize employee/patient engagement, reduce costs/readmissions, and guides users to better health outcomes.

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP994345

Speakers

Stacy Feld

PartnerPhysic VenturesStacy Feld joined Physic Ventures in January 2009, where she leads the investment activities in personalized health. Her interests include science-based innovations that transform care for the health consumer and bring more precision to the prevention, diagnosis... Read More →

Nina Kjellson

General PartnerInterWest Partners

Lisa Suennen

Managing PartnerVenture ValkyrieLisa Suennen is Managing Partner at Venture Valkyrie Consulting, LLC, a consulting firm providing advisory services to companies, organizations and private equity firms in the healthcare field. Additionally, Lisa is a Senior Advisor to Psilos Group... Read More →

Saturday March 8, 2014 5:00pm - 6:00pm CST
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon D

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag accel
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

5:00pm CST

SXSW Accelerator: Innovative World Technologies

SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Capitalists / Angel Investors. Eight companies within the Innovative World Technologies category will dazzle a live audience, panel of three judges and co-emcees with their ideas, innovations, product and/or service on Saturday, March 8. Three of those eight companies will be asked to return on day two, Sunday, March 9, to present to a new group of co-emcees and judges. A grand prize winner for each category will be selected at the end of day two as part of the evening SXSW Accelerator Awards Ceremony.
Any creative & innovative technology that does not fit in the another categories can be found here. Such as real-time search, augmented reality, the World Wide Web, sensor, security, space, robotics, artificial intelligence, the Semantic Web, recommendations technologies & personalization technologies.
FINALIST
OP3Nvoice - www.op3nvoice.com
Austin, TX
OP3Nvoice makes sense of the spoken word. It’s a set of APIs, SDKs and plugins that enables developers, entrepreneurs and corporate problem solvers to add audio and video search to any application with just a few lines of code.
Synbiota - www.synbiota.com
Montréal, Canada
Synbiota is a collaborative open web platform that allows anyone to safely and sustainably create new medicines, materials, food, and fuel by engineering life using real DNA as building blocks.
The Eye Tribe - www.theeyetribe.com
Copenhagen, Denmark
The Eye Tribe develops eye control software for consumer devices, allowing hands-free navigation, eye activated login, enhanced gaming experiences, and user engagement analytics. We utilize low-cost hardware components that can be integrated into the next generation of smartphones and tablets.
Viddyad - www.viddyad.com
Dublin, Ireland
Viddyad lets any business create professional video ads online, in minutes. Whether you're a corporate licensee or SMB, our video ad creation tool provides access to millions of licensed videos and images, making video ad creation, simple and cost effective.

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP994343

Speakers

Renata Akhunova

PartnerFormulavc

Tim Rowe

Founder & CEOCambridge Innovation Center

Saturday March 8, 2014 5:00pm - 6:00pm CST
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon B

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag accel
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

9:30am CDT

ATI/Silicon Hills Austin Startup Pitch Competition

Austin Technology Incubator, Silicon Hills News and the Central Texas Angel Network are teaming up for a pitch competition among Austin startups, looking for companies that not only know how to woo investors but also interest media in their companies’ stories.
Ten companies will be chosen for a final elimination round, leaving five to compete for the prizes:
Three month membership in ATI's Landing Pad Portfolio.
A series of profiles in Silicon Hills News, Austin’s digital tech newspaper with 20,000 monthly visitors.
Three coaching sessions from Monique Maley of Articulate Persuasion who has coached some of the area’s top startups.
A free spot in CTAN's next investor pitch day.
Companies will be judged not only by investors’ criteria of ideas, team and ability to execute, but also for whether they can communicate the hook—the human story that sets their startup apart from others scrambling to be covered by the media.

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP25375

Speakers

Gary Forni

CEOTuffWerx

Susan Lahey

ReporterSilicon Hills NewsSusan Lahey has been a business journalist for decades, starting at the Kansas City Star and working for many regional and national publications. She's covered the Austin startup scene for Austin startup digital newspaper Silicon Hills for two years.

Monique Maley

PrincipalArticulate Persuasion

Laurence Patrick Noonan

Sr AssocAustin Ventures

Sunday March 9, 2014 9:30am - 10:30am CDT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Austin Chamber Offices

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag #PitchComp
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

9:30am CDT

SXSW Accelerator: Enterprise & Big Data Tech

SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Capitalists / Angel Investors. Three companies that have advanced from the previous day and earlier round within the Enterprise and Big Data Technologies category will dazzle a live audience, panel of three judges and co-emcees with their ideas, innovations, product and/or service on Sunday, March 9. A grand prize winner for each category will be selected at the end of the day as part of the evening SXSW Accelerator Awards Ceremony.

The Enterprise and Big Data Technologies category encompasses applications and technologies that facilitate comprehension and application of information. These startups seek to improve productivity and management of data, analytics, text, documents, and engagement for business and individual use.

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP994346

Speakers

Eric Hellweg

Managing Dir, Digital Strategy/Editorial DirHarvard Business Review

Brad King

Asst ProfessorBall State UniversityI'm a little bit country; I'm a little bit rock-and-roll. A former Wired and MIT Technology Review reporter, editor, and producer. Co-author of Dungeons and Dreamers. You can find out more about my life as a professor here: http://www.thedudeman... Read More →

Bob Metcalfe

Professor of InnovationThe University of Texas at AustinBob Metcalfe is an Internet Society Hall of Fame Pioneer. He started work on the Internet in 1970 at MIT, Harvard, and Stanford. He invented Ethernet at Xerox Parc in 1973. In 1979, the founded 3Com Corporation, which became... Read More →

David S Rose

Founder & CEOGustI am a serial entrepreneur and active angel investor, based in New York. As an inveterate startup guy, I’ve founded half a dozen companies since my first at age 10, and as ‘super angel’ technology investor, I have funded over 80 others. I am the founder and... Read More →

Sunday March 9, 2014 9:30am - 10:30am CDT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon AB

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag accel
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

11:00am CDT

ATI/Silicon Hills Austin Startup Pitch Finals

This is the final round of a pitch competition hosted by Austin Technology Incubator, Silicon Hills News and the Central Texas Angel Network for Austin startups. We’re looking for the top five companies that not only know how to woo investors but also interest media in their companies’ stories.
The five companies, chosen from 10 during a session at 9:30, will compete for the prizes:
Three month membership in ATI's Landing Pad Portfolio.
A series of profiles in Silicon Hills News, Austin’s digital tech newspaper with 20,000 monthly visitors.
Three coaching sessions from Monique Maley of Articulate Persuasion who has coached some of the area’s top startups.
A free spot in CTAN's next investor pitch day.
Companies will be judged not only by investors’ criteria of ideas, team and ability to execute, but also for whether they can communicate the hook—the human story that sets their startup apart from others scrambling to be covered by the media.

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP26232

Speakers

Tom Chederar

ReporterVenture Beat

Kyle Cox

DirAustin Technology IncubatorDirector of IT/Wireless/Development portfolios, Austin Technology Incubator, Kyle advises startups and works across campus with multiple courses. Decade of expertise as venture capitalist, board member, CEO, consultant for technology & healthcare companies... Read More →

Venu Shamapant

PartnerLive Oak Venture Partners

John Stockton

Venture PartnerMayfield Fund

Sunday March 9, 2014 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Austin Chamber Offices

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag #PitchATX
Theme Startup Village
Level Advanced
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

11:00am CDT

Brazilian Speed Dating #1

Meet 11 hand-picked startups from across Brazil in a speed-dating round designed primarily for members of the VC/entrepreneur/finance/business communities interested in Brazilian entrepreneurship and innovation opportunities. Participating companies in this session may include: BooBoo Box,Brain on Games, ChefsClub, Convenia, Dr Fun, Edools, E-like, EmpregoLigado, Fashion.me, FreshBroker, Get Ninjas, Love Mondays, Mercado Fresh,MobGeek,Netshow.me, Pay Parking,Sentimonitor, Site Apps,Smart Apps,
Vai Volta, Vortio.

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP994833

Sunday March 9, 2014 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon D

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag #SpeedDate
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

11:00am CDT

SXSW Accelerator: Health Technologies

SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Capitalists / Angel Investors. Three companies that have advanced from the previous day and earlier round within the Health Technologies category will dazzle a live audience, panel of three judges and co-emcees with their ideas, innovations, product and/or service on Sunday, March 9. A grand prize winner for each category will be selected at the end of the day as part of the evening SXSW Accelerator Awards Ceremony.
The Health Technologies category involves patient-centric health technologies that connect patients, families, physicians, pharmacists, care providers (hospitals, clinics) & benefit providers. These services enable people to share timely, relevant health data and drive better outcomes at affordable and sustainable cost levels.

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP994347

Speakers

Shirley Bergin

Partner, COO/CMOTEDMED

Ross Fubini

Venture PartnerCanaan Partners

Brad King

Asst ProfessorBall State UniversityI'm a little bit country; I'm a little bit rock-and-roll. A former Wired and MIT Technology Review reporter, editor, and producer. Co-author of Dungeons and Dreamers. You can find out more about my life as a professor here: http://www.thedudeman... Read More →

Bob Metcalfe

Professor of InnovationThe University of Texas at AustinBob Metcalfe is an Internet Society Hall of Fame Pioneer. He started work on the Internet in 1970 at MIT, Harvard, and Stanford. He invented Ethernet at Xerox Parc in 1973. In 1979, the founded 3Com Corporation, which became... Read More →

Cynthia Ringo

Managing PartnerDBL InvestorsCynthia Ringo is a Managing Partner of DBL Investors, a double bottom line venture capital firm delivering strong financial returns together with positive social, environmental, and regional economic benefits, which she joined in April 2008. Ms. Ringo... Read More →

Sunday March 9, 2014 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon AB

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag accel
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

12:30pm CDT

Brazilian Speed Dating #2

Meet 10 hand-picked startups from across Brazil in a speed-dating round designed primarily for members of the VC/entrepreneur/finance/business communities interested in Brazilian entrepreneurship and innovation opportunities. Participating companies in this session may include: BooBoo Box,Brain on Games, ChefsClub, Convenia, Dr Fun, Edools, E-like, EmpregoLigado, Fashion.me, FreshBroker, Get Ninjas, Love Mondays, Mercado Fresh,MobGeek,Netshow.me, Pay Parking,Sentimonitor, Site Apps,Smart Apps,
Vai Volta, Vortio.

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP994834

Sunday March 9, 2014 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon D

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag #SpeedDate
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

12:30pm CDT

SXSW Accelerator: Innovative World Technologies

SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Capitalists / Angel Investors. Three companies that have advanced from the previous day and earlier round within the Innovative World Technologies category will dazzle a live audience, panel of three judges and co-emcees with their ideas, innovations, product and/or service on Sunday, March 9. A grand prize winner for each
category will be selected at the end of the day as part of the evening SXSW Accelerator Awards Ceremony.
Any creative & innovative technology that does not fit in the another categories can be found here. Such as real-time search, augmented reality, the World Wide Web, sensor, security, space, robotics, artificial intelligence, the Semantic Web, recommendations technologies & personalization technologies.

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP994348

Speakers

Joan Gillman

EVP & Chief Operating Officer, TWC MediaTime Warner Cable

Theresia Gouw

PartnerAspect VenturesTheresia Gouw is an engineer, an experienced entrepreneur, and successful investor in the new mobility space, focused primarily on Consumer, Social Commerce, and Security opportunities.

Brad King

Asst ProfessorBall State UniversityI'm a little bit country; I'm a little bit rock-and-roll. A former Wired and MIT Technology Review reporter, editor, and producer. Co-author of Dungeons and Dreamers. You can find out more about my life as a professor here: http://www.thedudeman... Read More →

Bob Metcalfe

Professor of InnovationThe University of Texas at AustinBob Metcalfe is an Internet Society Hall of Fame Pioneer. He started work on the Internet in 1970 at MIT, Harvard, and Stanford. He invented Ethernet at Xerox Parc in 1973. In 1979, the founded 3Com Corporation, which became... Read More →

Pike Powers

CEOThe Pike Powers Group

Sunday March 9, 2014 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon AB

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag accel
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

2:00pm CDT

SXSW Accelerator: Wearable Technologies

SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Capitalists / Angel Investors. Three companies that have advanced from the previous day and earlier round within the Wearable Technologies category will dazzle a live audience, panel of three judges and co-emcees with their ideas, innovations, product and/or service on Sunday, March 9. A grand prize winner for each category will be selected at the end of the day as part of the evening SXSW Accelerator Awards Ceremony.
The Wearable Technologies category focuses on technology worn on, in, or around the body. As this major technology cycle advances we are seeking all types of wearable products that advance human performance and wellness, as well as those involved in apparel, accessories, fashion and lifestyle.

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP994349

Speakers

Brad King

Asst ProfessorBall State UniversityI'm a little bit country; I'm a little bit rock-and-roll. A former Wired and MIT Technology Review reporter, editor, and producer. Co-author of Dungeons and Dreamers. You can find out more about my life as a professor here: http://www.thedudeman... Read More →

Ethan Kurzweil

PartnerBessemer Venture Partners

Bob Metcalfe

Professor of InnovationThe University of Texas at AustinBob Metcalfe is an Internet Society Hall of Fame Pioneer. He started work on the Internet in 1970 at MIT, Harvard, and Stanford. He invented Ethernet at Xerox Parc in 1973. In 1979, the founded 3Com Corporation, which became... Read More →

Erick Schonfeld

Exec ProducerDEMO

Sunday March 9, 2014 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon AB

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag accel
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

3:30pm CDT

SXSW Accelerator: Entertainment & Content Tech

SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Capitalists / Angel Investors. Three companies that have advanced from the previous day and earlier round within the Entertainment & Content Tech category will dazzle a live audience, panel of three judges and co-emcees with their ideas, innovations, product and/or service on Sunday, March 9. A grand prize winner for each category will be selected at the end of the day as part of the evening SXSW Accelerator Awards Ceremony.
The Entertainment & Content Technologies category highlights technologies for news, publishing, gaming, music, film, television, video, streaming and digital storytelling, as well as new and hybrid forms of these ideas. These are reinventing the ways in which we learn, relax and enjoy our time. This category also contains technologies that focus on other cultural sectors such as sports, travel, mapping, publishing and food as they pertain to entertainment.

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP994350

Speakers

Brad King

Asst ProfessorBall State UniversityI'm a little bit country; I'm a little bit rock-and-roll. A former Wired and MIT Technology Review reporter, editor, and producer. Co-author of Dungeons and Dreamers. You can find out more about my life as a professor here: http://www.thedudeman... Read More →

Evan Lowenstein

Founder/CEOStageit

Bob Metcalfe

Professor of InnovationThe University of Texas at AustinBob Metcalfe is an Internet Society Hall of Fame Pioneer. He started work on the Internet in 1970 at MIT, Harvard, and Stanford. He invented Ethernet at Xerox Parc in 1973. In 1979, the founded 3Com Corporation, which became... Read More →

David Tisch

Managing PartnerBoxGroupDavid is the Founder and Managing Partner of BoxGroup, a New York City boutique seed-stage capital firm.

Sunday March 9, 2014 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon AB

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag accel
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

3:30pm CDT

SXSW Eco Startup Speed Pitches

Presented by Austin Energy and Austin Technology Clean Energy Incubator
Get a rapid-fire introduction to investment opportunities in cleanweb, greentech and social impact at this fast paced pitch event featuring three-minute presentations from the Finalists of the SXSW Eco Startup Showcase: AdBm Technologies, Bandwagon, Beyonic, California Safe Soils, Enervee, Faraday, Fluitec Wind, Framergy, GELI, GreenWizard, Librii, New Sky Energy, Portapure, SecureWaters, Sylvatex and Team Rubicon.

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP994369

Sunday March 9, 2014 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon D

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag eco
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

5:00pm CDT

SXSW Accelerator: Social Technologies

SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Capitalists / Angel Investors. Three companies that have advanced from the previous day and earlier round within the Social Technologies category will dazzle a live audience, panel of three judges and co-emcees with their ideas, innovations, product and/or service on Sunday, March 9. A grand prize winner for each category will be selected at the end of the day as part of the evening SXSW Accelerator Awards Ceremony.
The Social Technologies category includes technologies that enable personal connections. This category includes new and interesting uses, cases, products and services that push the boundaries of how we find, follow and share our lives with others.

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP994351

Speakers

Christine Herron

DirIntel Capital

Brad King

Asst ProfessorBall State UniversityI'm a little bit country; I'm a little bit rock-and-roll. A former Wired and MIT Technology Review reporter, editor, and producer. Co-author of Dungeons and Dreamers. You can find out more about my life as a professor here: http://www.thedudeman... Read More →

Benjamin Ling

PartnerKhosla Ventures

Bob Metcalfe

Professor of InnovationThe University of Texas at AustinBob Metcalfe is an Internet Society Hall of Fame Pioneer. He started work on the Internet in 1970 at MIT, Harvard, and Stanford. He invented Ethernet at Xerox Parc in 1973. In 1979, the founded 3Com Corporation, which became... Read More →

Sunday March 9, 2014 5:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon AB

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag accel
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

9:30am CDT

HATCH Pitch Competition for Tech Startups Part 1

HATCH pitch is the revolutionary competition for tech startups making life better. Join our well-connected audience as the first group of finalists present their business plans and receive feedback from esteemed entrepreneur, corporate, angel, and venture investor judges. The audience weighs in with comments and votes using mobile and web.
The program spans three SXSW sessions providing networking opportunities with fans, team members, mentors, advisors, and investors.
Finalists are selected from a pool of applicants from around the world. They prepare awesome pitches with education and coaching from experts to refine their business models and presentations. Judges select winners after hearing all the presentations. Prizes include hosting services, investor meetings, media exposure, office space, consultations, and mentoring. HATCH alumni have raised funds and made quite a splash. HATCH features startups from technology accelerators and incubators.
Come see the best of the best!

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP27040

Speakers

Adam DAugelli

Sr AssocTrue Ventures

Rami Essaid

CEO & Co-FounderDistil Networks

John Frankel

Founder & Partnerff Venure CapitalEarly stage venture capitalist. Love working with energetic entrepreneurs working to change the world.

Missy Krasner

Special AdvisorCanvas Venture Fund

Monday March 10, 2014 9:30am - 10:30am CDT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon A

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag #HATCHpitch
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

9:30am CDT

UK @ SXSW

UK Demo Day will showcase 20 of the UK’s best new technology ventures as they demo their products and look to meet potential partners, investors, clients and you. Come mix, mingle and meet those that lead the largest entrepreneurial community in Europe- UK start-up companies. Breakfast and beverages will be provided!

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP27034

Monday March 10, 2014 9:30am - 10:30am CDT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon E

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag #ukdemo
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

11:00am CDT

HATCH Pitch Competition for Tech Startups Part 2

HATCH pitch is the revolutionary competition for tech startups making life better. Join our well-connected audience as the second group of finalists present their business plans and receive feedback from esteemed entrepreneur, corporate, angel, and venture investor judges. The audience weighs in with comments and votes using mobile and web.
The program spans three SXSW sessions providing networking opportunities with fans, team members, mentors, advisors, and investors.
Finalists are selected from a large pool of applicants from around the world. They prepare with education and coaching from experts to refine their business models and presentations to make the best possible pitch. Judges select winners after hearing all the presentations. Prizes include hosting services, tablets, investor meetings, media exposure, office space, consultations, and mentoring. HATCH alumni have raised funds and generally kicked ass.
Come see the best of the best!

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP27044

Speakers

Nicole Glaros

Managing DirTechStars

Balaji Gopinath

VP Emerging TechnologyTurner Broadcasting System Inc

Rick Pleczko

Entrepreneur In ResidenceAustin Ventures

Rahul Sood

GMMicrosoft

Aya Zook

Principal, Microsoft VenturesMicrosoftMicrosoft Ventures. Ex-Bing. Future fiend. Crusader against evil robots (when they rise…because they will).

Monday March 10, 2014 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon A

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag #HATCHpitch
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

11:00am CDT

UK @ SXSW

UK Demo Day will showcase 20 of the UK’s best new technology ventures as they demo their products and look to meet potential partners, investors, clients and you. Come mix, mingle and meet those that lead the largest entrepreneurial community in Europe- UK start-up companies. Breakfast and beverages will be provided!

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP994445

Monday March 10, 2014 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon E

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag #ukdemo
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

12:30pm CDT

HATCH Pitch Competition Part 3 + Awards

HATCH pitch is the revolutionary competition for tech startups making life better. Join our well-connected audience as the last group of finalists present their business plans and receive feedback from esteemed entrepreneur, corporate, angel, and venture investor judges. Tension mounts as the judges select winners. The audience weighs in with comments and votes using mobile and web. Winners of the Qukku video contest are announced and we watch their 1-minute masterpieces. Then comes the big moment when the HATCH pitch winners are announced.
Finalists are selected from a large pool of applicants from around the world. They prepare with education and coaching from experts to refine their business models and presentations to make the most awesome pitch. Prizes include hosting services, tablets, investor meetings, media exposure, office space, consultations, and mentoring. HATCH alumni have raised funds and generally kicked ass.
Come see the best of the best!

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP27049

Speakers

Blair Garrou

Managing DirMercury Fund

Neal Murthy

Managing DirectorIndalo SolutionsNeal is concurrently the managing director of Indalo Solutions, an entrepreneurial strategy and innovation firm, and the chairman of Haven Holdings, a privately-held holdings company with assets across eleven countries on four continents. At Indalo... Read More →

Kerry Rupp

Managing PartnerDreamIt VenturesKerry Rupp is CEO at DreamIt Ventures. She manages the organization’s operations and fundraising efforts and leads the Austin program. Before DreamIt, Kerry was a marketing and strategy consultant to senior executives at AllRecipes, ReadersDigest... Read More →

Unity Stoakes

PresStartUp Health

Monday March 10, 2014 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon A

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag #HATCHpitch
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

12:30pm CDT

UK @ SXSW

UK Demo Day will showcase 20 of the UK’s best new technology ventures as they demo their products and look to meet potential partners, investors, clients and you. Come mix, mingle and meet those that lead the largest entrepreneurial community in Europe- UK start-up companies. Breakfast and beverages will be provided!

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP994446

Monday March 10, 2014 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon E

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag #ukdemo
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

3:30pm CDT

Student Startup Madness: Entrepreneurial Eight

Student Startup Madness (SSM) is the only nationwide tournament for college student digital media startups, culminating with the “Entrepreneurial Eight” national finals at SXSW. This year’s tournament was open to student startups from colleges across America with enrollment beginning in August 2013. The first two rounds of competition are conducted online, starting with a field of 64, then reducing to 32 semi-finalists. The tournament is promoted by regional host universities: Bucknell University, Georgia State University, Michigan State University, St. Louis University, Syracuse University, and The University of Texas at Austin. At SXSW 2014, the SSM Finals begin when the Entrepreneurial Eight pitch to a panel of well-known investors and entrepreneurs (including Pinterest’s first angel investor, head of a major accelerator program, a venture social medialite and more), and ends with the Championship Grill Session and the crowning of the new SSM National Champion. For more information please go to www.StudentStartupMadness.com.

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP27003

Speakers

Patrick Ambron

CEOBrandYourself.com

Brian Cohen

ChairmanNew York Angels

Melinda Emerson

PresidentQuintessence Group

Sandy Khaund

Sr Dir, Emerging TechnologiesTurner Broadcasting Media CampSandy Khaund is Senior Director in Turner Broadcasting’s Emerging Technologies team. Through business development, incubation, and applied research, he works with startups and established companies to define the next generation... Read More →

Monday March 10, 2014 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon A

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag #SXMadness
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge

5:00pm CDT

Student Startup Madness Finals & Championship

Student Startup Madness (SSM) is the only nationwide tournament for college student digital media startups, culminating with the “Entrepreneurial Eight” national finals at SXSW. This year’s tournament was open to student startups from colleges across America with enrollment beginning in August 2013. The first two rounds of competition are conducted online, starting with a field of 64, then reducing to 32 semi-finalists. The tournament is promoted by regional host universities: Bucknell University, Georgia State University, Michigan State University, St. Louis University, Syracuse University, and The University of Texas at Austin. At SXSW 2014, the SSM Finals begin when the Entrepreneurial Eight pitch to a panel of well-known investors and entrepreneurs (including Pinterest’s first angel investor, head of a major accelerator program, a venture social medialite and more), and ends with the Championship Grill Session and the crowning of the new SSM National Champion. For more information please go to www.StudentStartupMadness.com.

View official listing on sxsw.com
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP26994

Speakers

Patrick Ambron

CEOBrandYourself.com

Brian Cohen

ChairmanNew York Angels

Melinda Emerson

PresidentQuintessence Group

Sandy Khaund

Sr Dir, Emerging TechnologiesTurner Broadcasting Media CampSandy Khaund is Senior Director in Turner Broadcasting’s Emerging Technologies team. Through business development, incubation, and applied research, he works with startups and established companies to define the next generation... Read More →

Monday March 10, 2014 5:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon A

Interactive, Pitch Event

Hashtag #SXMadness
Theme Startup Village
Level Intermediate
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge