The SXSW Accelerator application fee is $175. All applications must be submitted no later than Sunday, November 20, 2011. Please read below for application details.

ELIGIBILITY


• A company’s product / service must have launched no earlier than March, 13, 2011.
• A company’s product / service must not be launched after June 13, 2012.
• Companies will be allowed to submit only one product / services to the SXSW Accelerator event. Companies who submit more than one product / services will not be eligible to participate in the SXSW Accelerator event.
• Founders of the applying startup must retain some portion of ownership in the company to be eligible to participate.
• Must not have raised over five million in funds from combined funding sources.
• Product or service must fall within one of the following categories below.

CATEGORIES

For the SXSW Accelerator during the Interactive Conference, companies must fall within this description:

Innovative Web Technologies: This category pertains to applications and technologies that have the ambition to change the Web as we know it. Right now we’re seeing lots of innovation in real-time search, augmented reality, the World Wide Web, artificial intelligence and the Semantic Web, recommendations technologies, personalization technologies, and “big data”.

Social Media and Social Networking Technologies: This category pertains to technologies that help people connect. With this category we’re looking for new and interesting uses, cases, as well as technologies that push the boundaries of how we find, follow and share information with others.

Entertainment Technologies: This category pertains to applications and technologies for film, television, digital storytelling and gaming, as well as new and hybrid forms of entertainment that are reinventing the ways in which we relax, unwind, and have fun.

Mobile Technologies: This category pertains to applications and those technologies related to that which allow users to connect by portable devices such as tablets, phones, and other connected devices.

Health Technologies: This category is about patient-centric health applications and technologies that connect patients, families, physicians, pharmacists, care providers (hospitals, clinics) and benefit providers - aka the care team - to share timely, relevant health data and drive better outcomes at affordable and sustainable cost levels.

News - Related Technologies: This category pertains to applications and technologies to support the dissemination of news and information for communities, both on the content side or on the underlying business model side (for example advertising). This could include technologies related to data, text, documents, mapping, engagement, among other areas.

PLEASE NOTE: SXSW reserves the right to place company applicants in the most relevant category at SXSW's sole discretion. This includes changing an applicant's category based on response to the event and/or the applicant organization choosing a non-relevant category.

CONFIDENTIALITY


All preliminary application information that is submitted is confidential and will be only viewed by SXSW Music staff and the selected judging panelist. 


APPLICATION FEE


A non-refundable $175 entry fee is required from all applicants who would like to be considered for participation in the event. All Accelerator entrants will be given the chance to register to attend SXSW Interactive at the lowest earlybird rate, if they are not chosen as an Accelerator finalist.


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