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, a panel of judges with their ideas, innovations, product, and/or service on Saturday, March 12th in Salon DE on the 4th floor of the Hilton Hotel. We will announce all category winners at the SXSW Pitch Awards Ceremony on Sunday, March 13th at 5:30 pm in Salon H on the 6th floor of the Hilton Hotel.

Social and Culture 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, family-tech, dating and friendship, travel and hospitality, environment and climate change, home, fashion, and consumer tech. This category also covers social enterprise technologies that aim to solve social or societal problems, impact positive change, and improve lives. This category also covers social enterprise technologies that aim to solve social or societal problems, impact positive change, and improve lives, sustainable fashion, tourism, and food. environment and climate change.