Yesterday werevealeda great opportunity for startups at SXSW, a chance to pitch Albert Wenger of well known VC firmUnion Square Ventures. These ‘elevator pitches’ would take place in actual elevators, with each startup having until they reached the top floor to finish.
The first twenty startups that got in touch were contacted and Albert recorded the pitches at various locations in Austin, uploading each one right away. In the end fifteen startups pitched, and you can listen to them all here.
Starting off at The Four Seasons
There were pitches fromWahwah.fm,Meet GatsbyandAppetition.
Wahwah.fm at Four Seasons Hotel Austinbyalbertwenger
Meet Gatsby at Four Seasons Hotel Austinbyalbertwenger
Appitition at Four Seasons Hotel Austinbyalbertwenger
Moving on to the Radisson
We hear fromNew York Rock Exchange,EventBacker,MeepMeandBee.tv.
New York Rock Exchange at Radisson Hotel & Suites Austin-Town Lakebyalbertwenger
EventBacker at Radisson Hotel & Suites Austin-Town Lakebyalbertwenger
Meep me at Radisson Hotel & Suites Austin-Town Lakebyalbertwenger
Bee.tv at Radisson Hotel & Suites Austin-Town Lakebyalbertwenger
At The Hampton Inn
Pitches fromCartomapicandLeetto.
Cartomapic at Hampton innbyalbertwenger
Leetto at Hampton Inn (Downtown)byalbertwenger
At the Marriott
WithAgora,Balloonand InvestorDOJO.
Agora at Courtyard by Marriott Austin Downtown (Convention Center)byalbertwenger
Balloon at Marriott Courtyardbyalbertwenger
Investor dojo at Courtyard by Marriott Austin Downtown (Convention Center)byalbertwenger
On to the Hilton:
The final set of pitches came fromSeevl,Planzai,DealeryandSoundtrackr.
Seevl at Hilton Austin Hotelbyalbertwenger
Planzai backup at Hilton Austin Hotelbyalbertwenger
Dealery backup at Hilton Austin Hotelbyalbertwenger
Soundtrckr at Hilton Austin Hotelbyalbertwenger
If you didn’t get to meet Albert Wenger in person, you can still pitch your startup. Just install SoundCloud’siPhoneorAndroidapp (both free), record your elevator pitch (taking no more than the time the elevator takes to get to the top floor), check-in at your current location using the Foursquare integration and add a photo to prove that you really were in an elevator. You then need to mark your recording as ‘private’ and share it with the following email address from the app:pitch@soundsbysouthwest.com.
Selected pitches will be published on The Next Web and listened to by the team at Union Square Ventures. You’ll be informed if yours gets chosen.
Story byMartin SFP Bryant
Martin SFP Bryant is the founder of UK startup newsletter PreSeed Now and technology and media consultancy Big Revolution. He was previously(show all)Martin SFP Bryant is the founder of UK startup newsletterPreSeed Nowand technology and media consultancyBig Revolution. He was previously Editor-in-Chief at TNW.
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