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.