News Technologies start-up companies pitching their products and/or services in round one to high profiled industry expert judges.

Emcee: Tony Conrad
Judges: John Cantarella, Vivian Schiller, Andrew Rasiej
Finalist: Meograph, Phone2Action, ShoutAbout, Watchup

For more information about the SXSW Accelerator event click here - http://sxsw.com/interactive/startupvillage/accelerator