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Vision to Venture.

The startup and venture capital space impacts all the creative industries that form the core of the SXSW family of events

THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS NOW OPEN!

V2Venture is a fast-paced, two-day pitch event geared to take the most innovative startups through a rigorous review and rehearsal process before unleashing them on a live audience and panel of esteemed judges. Competing startups will go through an extensive online review process by the SXSW V2Venture Advisory Boards before being chosen to compete onsite. Finalists will square off for a no-holds-barred, Vegas-style showdown in Las Vegas, August 13-14, 2013.

TIMELINE

• Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - V2Venture application open
• Friday, May 31, 2013 - V2Venture application deadline
• Wednesday, July 3, 2013 - V2Venture finalists announced
• Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - V2Venture competition dry-run and coaching
• Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - V2Venture competition and awards ceremony

CATEGORIES

All SXSW V2Venture for 2013 applications must fall within one of the following categories.

Education Technologies

The Education Technology category highlights applications and technologies designed to make all forms of education more accessible to a wider range of people, and bring students and teachers closer together.

Health Technologies

The Health Technologies category focuses on patient-centric health applications and technologies that connect patients, families, physicians, pharmacists, care providers (hospitals, clinics) and benefit providers to share timely, relevant health data and drive better outcomes at affordable and sustainable cost levels.

Mobile and Tablet Technologies

The Mobile and Tablet Technologies category encompasses mobile applications and technologies which allow users to connect by portable devices such as tablets, phones, and other connected devices.

Culture and Entertainment Technologies

The Culture and Entertainment category includes applications and technologies for music, gaming, film, television, and digital storytelling, as well as new and hybrid forms of entertainment that are reinventing the ways in which we relax, unwind, and have fun. This category could also contain technologies that focus on other cultural sectors, such as sports, fashion and food, as they pertain to entertainment.

Innovative World Technologies

The Innovative World Technologies category includes applications and technologies that have the ambition to change the world as we know it. Right now we’re seeing lots of innovation in green tech, real-time search, augmented reality, the World Wide Web, artificial intelligence and the Semantic Web, recommendations technologies, personalization technologies, and “big data”.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

• A company's product / service must have launched no earlier than August 13, 2012.
• A company's product / service must not be launched after November 15, 2013.
• Companies will be allowed to submit only one product or service to the SXSW V2Venture.
• Companies who submit more than one product or service will not be eligible to participate in the SXSW V2Venture.
• Founders of the applying startup must retain some portion of ownership in the company to be eligible to participate.
• Must not have raised over five million in funds from combined funding sources.
• Product or service must fall within one of the SXSW V2Venture categories.
• Companies can not have presented in any of the following events: SXSW Accelerator, SXSW ECO Startup Showcase or LAUNCHedu pitch events.

If you have entered SXSW Interactive Accelerator, SXSW Music Accelerator, SXSWedu's LAUNCHedu and SXSW Eco's Startup Showcase, but have not been been chosen to compete, you are still eligible to enter SXSW V2Venture.

Apply Now!

MORE INFORMATION

As always, you are welcome to send your questions, comments, and suggestions to Christine Auten.

For more information on sponsoring SXSW V2Venture contact Katie King. For press inquiries, email press@sxswv2v.com.