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.
Presenters
Harry McCracken
Editor at Large
TIME
Karin Klein
Partner
Bloomberg Beta
Kay Koplovitz
Co-Founder & Chairman
Koplovitz & Co
Kay 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 by introducing the concept of two revenue streams – licensing and advertising. . Ms. Koplovitz served as Chairperson & CEO until the company was sold for $4.5 Billion in 1998. Presently, Ms. Koplovitz is the Chairman of the Board of Fifth & Pacific (Formerly Liz Claiborne Inc.) She is a Board Member of CA Technology, as well as ION Media. She has also served on the boards of Oracle, Nabisco, Instinet and General Re.
In 1998, President Clinton appointed Ms. Koplovitz to chair the National Women in Business Council. While serving in that capacity, in 2000, Ms. Koplovitz co-created Springboard Enterprises to raise venture capital for women entrepreneurs. Springboard Enterprises has raised over $5.billion in new capital. She is the author of, Bold Women, Big Ideas (May ’02), Re-released Oct. 2011 as an e-book, which she wrote to inform and inspire women entrepreneurs to create wealth through equity. Ms. Koplovitz is a frequent speaker and contributor on media, capital formation, corporate governance and leadership.
Ralph Simon
CEO
Mobilium Global Limited
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