• 2021 Serendipity & Innovation

    Thank you for joining us during our 11th year of producing events during SXSW! Recordings will be posted to est.us/YouTube soon. Make sure to subscribe to receive an alert.

  • Woohoo! What a great two days!

    Register for Government Funding Opportunities for Startups on March 15, 2021 during Established's SXSW programming.

    Startups & Government: Compatible at Last

    Take advantage of Government Funds Designed for Startups

    March 15 (2 - 4 PM EST)

    • Five government agencies discuss their funds designed for startups
    • You can be in the room with representatives from Small Business Administration (SBA), Department of Energy (DOE), National Institutes of Health (NIH), NASA, and National Science Foundation (NSF)
    • Get your questions answered during breakout Ask Me Anything sessions
    • Cultivate connections with like-minded innovators and ecosystem builders
    • Get tips on the application process for America's Seed Fund
    RSVP for Established's Venture Capital Reverse Pitch Event on 3/15/21.

    Tables Turned: Top VCs Pitch to You and Startups, Live!

    What would it be like if the VCs were up on the stage and the Startups were in the audience? Let's see!

    March 16 (2 - 4 PM EST)

    • Top VCs will pitch their funds
    • Hear why startups should let VCs invest with them
    • Select companies from our Startup of the Year Community will have the opportunity to personally connect with the presenters during breakout sessions
    Participating VCs: Allie Burns, CEO at Village Capital; Clay Gordon, Partner at Stout Street Capital; Dan Kerr, Partner at Flyover Capital; Heather Buffo, Venture Growth & Partnerships Lead at Republic; Mary Grove, Partner at Bread & Butter Ventures; Carlos Antequera, Co-Founder & Managing Director at Novel Growth Partners; Erica Duignan Minnihan, Founder of Reign Ventures  

    Thank you to Finmark (2020 Top 5 Startup of the Year Finalist) for your sponsorship of this event!

    Sign-up for updates for Established's SXSW online programming and Clubhouse events.

    Startup Community Club in Clubhouse with Established

    • March 15 (4 PM EST)
      Q&A America's Seed Fund - Non-Dilutive Startup Funding
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    • March 16 (4 PM EST)
      Venture Capital & Investor Reverse Pitch Q&A
      Connect here
  • It's our 11th year to produce events during SXSW!

    Enjoy the sizzle reel above to catch the SXSW vibe.

  • Tables Turned VC Pitch Presenters

    Meet just some of our experts...

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    Venture Growth & Partnerships Lead

    Republic

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    Partner

    Stout Street Capital

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    CEO

    Village Capital

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    Partner

    Flyover Capital

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    Managing Partner

    Bread & Butter Ventures

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    Co-Founder & Managing Director

    Novel Growth Partners

  • Venture Capital Firms

    Thank you for participating in our Reverse Pitch event on March 16!

  • Government Agencies

    Thank you for sharing your startup funding opportunities with our community on March 15!

  • Startup of the Year™ Virtual Competitors

    Startup of the Year embraces inclusivity and honors diversity. We know that innovation stems from everyone with the 'oomph' and courage to take that leap, which is why we scout far and wide in order to find the best startups ranging in industry with diverse leadership to invite to apply to Startup of the Year, to participate in fast-track events (such as SXSW), and to highlight in our Daily Dealflow and Podcast.

     

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    Canairy

    New York, NY

    Canairy provides end-to-end care between patients with chronic respiratory illnesses and their provider by training personalized voice models for each patient to detect changes in voice and cough severity over time.

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    CarpeDM

    Washington, D.C.

    CarpeDM (Seize the dating!®), is the first and only dating app that provides users a shortcut to chemistry™ by requiring a real-time 5-10 minute video chat between matches before they can text!

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    Cloud Campaign

    Portland, OR

    Cloud Campaign is a digital platform that helps marketing agencies streamline social media management so they can increase the number of brands they manage and charge a higher retainer with a leaner team.

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    Collective Liberty

    Washington, D.C.

    Collective Liberty is a national and international award-winning non-profit that uses data and intelligence to stop human trafficking. The organization collaborates with others in the anti-human trafficking industry to provide data-driven solutions to help stop the practice.

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    ConverSight.ai

    Indianapolis, IN

    ConverSight.ai delivers pro-active business insights through a propriety conversational AI-based intelligence platform. Athena, is an intelligent AI BOT that connects to existing ERP or CRM systems, analyzes the data, and delivers insights through a simple, natural language conversation.

    https://www.earbudsmusic.com/

    EarBuds

    Austin, TX

    EarBuds allows people to listen along LIVE with their favorite music curators in key moments: Athletes in pre-game warm-ups, musicians on the tour bus, or friends while working out together.

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    Gardenio

    Austin, TX

    Gardenio is a garden club offering a membership that sends you everything you need to start growing organic food on your patio or balcony – including live plants – with an app and community to support you as you grow.

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    Hoy Health

    Morristown, NJ

    Hoy Health tech company is transforming the way primary care is delivered to underserved populations. We offer a comprehensive set of digitally accessible, bilingual, and culturally relevant cash-based healthcare access programs.

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    Jeenie

    Washington, D.C.

    Jeenie is a gig-economy, global community of language experts standing by 24/7 to jump on a voice or video call to help you with any of your communication needs. We are the first gig-economy marketplace app to provide language and culture support to the Deaf Community and people needing spoken language interpretation.

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    KnowRX

    Austin, TX

    knowRX consumer app delivers medication and wellness content to patients while allowing them to connect wearable devices and conduct real-life correspondence with their care providers.

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    Sports Sonar

    San Antonio, TX

    Safe Wave is the fastest and most accurate security alert tool available. Safe Wave uses high-frequency sounds, inaudible to the human ear. It emits a silent alert signal to trained personnel, through any sound system. It has been designed as a Fault-Tolerant System which combines a high-frequency sound wave, internet and messaging.

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    Techless

    Austin, TX

    Techless is the creator of Wisephone; a minimalist mobile OS with no apps, no addictions and no distractions. Wisephone completely transforms your smartphone and helps people break free from app addiction, flat-out skipping all social media, apps, and digital compulsions.

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    The Tuesday Company

    Washington, D.C.

    The Tuesday Company builds Team to help organizations strengthen relationships with supporters to drive community, activism, and fundraising. Team empowers organizers to form action-taking digital communities that are tracked and scaled.

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    Velour Imports is an online marketplace of beverages wholesale. Using the same concept as Uber Eats, Latin American importers order pallets of craft beer, wine, hard cider, and spirits from a digital menu and then watch orders arrive from any smartphone or web device.

  • Startup of the Year® 2020 SXSW Virtual Judges

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    Carolyn Rodz

    Founder and CEO, helloalice.com

    https://twitter.com/@brentwistrom

    Brent Wistrom

    Senior Editor, American Inno

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    Ronnie Johnson

    VC Analyst, CEAS Investments

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    Dan Myers

    Managing Director, Lighthouse Labs

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    Cezara Windrem

    Head of VR, AARP Innovation Labs

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    Sarah Kunst

    Managing Director, Cleo Capital

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    Dr. Richard Munassi

    Director, Tampa Bay WaVE

    https://twitter.com/@lisabesserman

    Lisa Besserman

    Head of Program, Incubator, Indeed

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    James Phelan

    Multiple Hat Wearer, Founder Institute, Startup Grind, Plasyn

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    Aisha Lewis

    Director of Strategic Programs, Notley Ventures

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    Lesa Mitchell

    Managing Director, Techstars

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    Alex Euler

    Investment Director, CIT GAP Funds

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    Lawrence Johnson

    SVP & Head of Fintech Engagement,

    Morningstar

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    Danielle Hill

    Chief Operating Officer, The Riveter

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    Peter Hughes

    Chief Technologist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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    Kerry Rupp

    General Partner, True Wealth Ventures

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    Laura Hill

    Angel Investor, Southwest Angel Network & 37 Angels

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    Jose Vieitez

    Co-Founder & Director, Boomtown Accelerators

    https://twitter.com/Amy Hopper

    Amy Hopper

    Program Officer, Winrock International

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    Thomas Flake

    Serial Entrepreneur & Investor

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    Conor Cawley

    Senior Writer, Tech.co

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    Kira Blackwell

    iTech Program Executive & OCT Innovation Lisason, NASA

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    Matt Blomstedt

    Managing Partner, SpringTime Ventures

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    Jennifer O'Daniel

    Investment Director, CIT GAP Funds & MACH37

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    Whurley

    General Partner, Ecliptic Capital

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    Lindsay Eulenfeld

    Senior Director of Operations, Mass Challenge Texas

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    Joe Merrill

    Partner, Sputnik ATX

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    Katherine Milligan

    Chief of Staff, Start Co.

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    George Moncrief

    Tech Scout & Innovation Manager, AFWERX

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    Gordon Finnegan

    Principal, Harbor Light Capital Partners

  • Past SXSW Judges

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    Andy Stoll

    Senior Program Officer, Kauffman Foundation

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    Siggi Hindrichs

    Investor, Samsung NEXT

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    Drew Solomon

    Senior Vice President, Launch KC

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    Kimberly Strong

    Angel Investor, Strong Connexion, LLC

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    Kira Blackwell

    iTech Program Executive & OCT Innovation Lisason, NASA

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    Don Dodge

    Google Capital & Angel Investor

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    Lisha Bell

    Angel Investor, Pipeline Angels

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    Eric Mathews

    Founder, Start Co.

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    Felecia Hatcher

    Co-Founder of Code Fever & Blacktech Week

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    Andrew Hong

    Investor, Daimler US's M&A Technology & Venture Group

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    Sarah Koch

    VP Social Innovation, Case Foundation

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    Tarik Sultan

    Founding Partner, Sultan Ventures

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    Darlene Gillard Jones

    Founder, digitalundivided & Gillard Jones Agency

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    Alice Turinas

    Angel Investor, Pipeline Angels

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    Mateusz Kaliski

    Investor, Rubicon Venture Capital

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    Concetta Rand

    Chief Revenue Officer, iFundWomen

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    Kelly Keenan Trumpbour

    Investor, See Jane Invest, LLC

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    Elizabeth Jennings

    VP of Marketing, Venture Atlas Labs

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    Thomas Flake

    Serial Entrepreneur & Investor

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    Ashley Bowling

    Founding Member, NextGen Venture Partners

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    Joanne Chen

    Partner, Foundation Capital

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    Marissa Lowman

    Education Leader, Village Capital

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    Andre Fowlkes

    President, Start Co.

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    Amy Lesnick

    Chief Executive & President, Pledge1%

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    Adam Palmer

    Federal Business Development Manager, Startup Arlington

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