SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event 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. Five companies will dazzle a live audience, panel of judges with their ideas, innovations, product and/or service on Saturday, March 10th. We will announce the winner of the Sports and Performance Technologies category at the SXSW Accelerator Awards Ceremony on Sunday, March 11th at 7pm in Salon AB.

Sports & Performance Data Technology startups are impacting the before, during, and after in the sports and athletics sector. Whether geared towards novices or elite professionals, innovations in this field include (but are not limited to) the way we experience, prepare for, and participate in sports and outdoor recreation by using hardware or software applications focused on data-centric intelligence, measurement, and other analytical forms.

Finalists
DashTag-Rotterdam, Netherlands
KidzToPros-Fremont, CA
Nix-Boston, MA
Tellyo-Helsinki, Finland
UPGRADED-Walnut Creek, CA

Alternates
Hustle -Pittsburgh, PA
myKicks-Perth, Western Australia
Torq Labs-Madison, WI

[Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SXSW.]