SXSW Pitch 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 14th in Salon DE on the 4th floor of the Hilton Hotel. We will announce the winner of the Social & Culture Technologies category at the SXSW Pitch Awards Ceremony on Sunday, March 15th at 6:30pm in Salon H on the 6th floor of the Hilton Hotel.

Technologies that explore and expand the boundaries of how humans experience life as individuals, as communities, and as global citizens. Examples of such sectors include but are not limited to social media and networking, dating and friendship, travel and hospitality, environment and climate change, home, and fashion. This category also covers social enterprise technologies that aim to solve social or societal problems, impact positive change, and improve the lives of individuals and groups.