About the event

V2Venture is a fast-paced, two-day pitch event geared to take the most innovative startups through a rigorous review and rehearsal process before unleashing them on a live audience and panel of esteemed judges. Competing startups will go through an extensive online review process by the SXSW V2Venture Advisory Boards before being chosen to compete onsite. Finalists will square off for a no-holds-barred, Vegas-style showdown in Las Vegas, August 13-14, 2013.

** Application Deadline for Companies to Apply to SXSW V2Venture is Friday, May 31, 2013 at 5pm CST **

Event Categories

Culture and Entertainment Technologies

Here we go peeps! This is our thing right? Let’s do this.

The Culture and Entertainment category includes applications and technologies for music, gaming, film, television, and digital storytelling, as well as new and hybrid forms of entertainment that are reinventing the ways in which we relax, unwind, and have fun. This category could also contain technologies that focus on other cultural sectors, such as sports, fashion and food, as they pertain to entertainment.

Mobile and Tablet Technologies

Mobile warriors show me what ya got!

The Mobile and Tablet Technologies category encompasses mobile applications and technologies which allow users to connect by portable devices such as tablets, phones, and other connected devices.

Education Technologies
The Education Technology category highlights applications and technologies designed to make all forms of education more accessible to a wider range of people, and bring students and teachers closer together.

Health Technologies
The Health Technologies category focuses on patient-centric health applications and technologies that connect patients, families, physicians, pharmacists, care providers (hospitals, clinics) and benefit providers to share timely, relevant health data and drive better outcomes at affordable and sustainable cost levels.

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

Website
http://sxswv2v.com/venture

Panel: The Top Ten Web Music Companies of 2013
Day: Wednesday, March 13
Room: Room 10C Austin Convention Center
Start Time: 11:00 AM End Time: 12:00 PM

2) I’m having a Meet-up with my new “Avenue Live” team at the convention center and we want to tell you about our new upcoming mobile platform. Free BEER for artists, managers, promoters, venues, and digital strategy consultants!

Reimagine Local Radio: Artists, Promoters, Venues, Colleges Radio, Blogs
Austin Convention Center
Meet Up Pavilion EH 3/4
3:00PM – 4:00PM

3) And to top it all off a PARTY! Avenue Live is having a party and you can request a RSVP here.

Avenue Live Official SXSW Party at SoHo Lounge Thursday 3/14 from noon-5PM featuring Lucius, The Paths, DeeJay Theory, Soulmind (Germany), and some very special guests. Avenue Live is powered by Live365, Inc.

Hope to see you all there.

If you are attending SF MusicTech on Tuesday February 19th I hope you can connect with myself, Nick Fonerev, or Ryan Settles from Live365′s new “Avenue Live” team. Avenue Live is a new mobile platform we are working on that should launch this Summer. If you are a musician, artist, artist manager, digital strategy person, label, etc. we would love to connect with you. Tweet at us and let’s try to connect at SF MusicTech or look for our names while badge gazing in the crowd!

Cheers!

Todd

Take advantage of the opportunity to showcase your emerging technology product or service in front of industry leaders by participating in the 2013 SXSW Accelerator. This event takes place on March 13 as a part of the SXSW Music Festival, during which you can improve your product launch, attract venture capitalists, polish your elevator pitch, receive media exposure, build brand awareness, network, socialize and experience all that SXSW Interactive has to offer. Read more and register HERE. Or better yet CONTACT ME and I will vet your Startup and recommend your company into the competition after I evaluate it. Either way more info is below:

1) ***UPDATE*** Deadline: Sunday, November 11 at 11:59pm CST

2) Launch date eligibility requirements:
a. A company’s product / service must have launched no earlier than March, 15, 2012.
b. A company’s product / service must not be launched after June 15, 2013.
c. 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.
d. Founders of the applying startup must retain some portion of ownership in the company to be eligible to participate.
e. Must not have raised over five million in funds from combined funding sources.

3) Is there an application fee? Can it be waived?
a. Yes, a non-refundable $200 entry fee will be required from all applicants who would like to be considered for participation in the event.
b. Contact Todd.

4) Applicants must be within one of the six categories:
Music Technologies-This category pertains to applications and technologies specifically designed for the use of musicians and music business. These companies seek to advance the creation, distribution and promotion of recorded music, to facilitate licensing and payment for use of recordings, or to aid in booking, logistics and promotion of live performance

5) Will SXSW announce the Judges and Emcee before the event?
Yes, the Judges and Emcees who are industry experts and/or investors from the financial community will be announced later this year on the SXSW website. Here is an example of past Judges and Emcees – Michael Robertson of MP3tunes, Amy Ray of Indigo Girls, Larry Marcus of Walden Venture Capital, Jed Carlsen of ReverbNation, Ian Rogers of TopSpin, Hany Nada of GGV Capital, Kristen Hersh of Throwing Muses / CashMusic.org and Sean Moriarity of Mayfield Fund (Fmr CEO of Ticketmaster) to name a few.

Where can I get more information:
Visit the Accelerator website at http://sxsw.com/music/startupvillage/accelerator

Now for an irrelevant but humorous video:

It’s about that time again. Yes indeed it’s the 11th SF MusicTech Summit on Tuesday October 9th. Should be a great day I can’t wait! The speaker list is shaping up and the schedule soon to be published.

I can’t put it across any better than what is on the Website: “The SF MusicTech Summit brings together visionaries in the evolving music/business/technology ecosystem, along with the best and brightest developers, entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, journalists, musicians, and the organizations who work with them at the convergence of culture and commerce. We meet to do business and discuss, in a proactive, conducive to dealmaking environment.” Sound like your thing? Please join us.

Get your dance on with the SF MusicTech Summit’s opening party: the SFDJ Showcase! Presented by California Music and Culture Association, the event raises funds for San Francisco’s first major DJ street music festival. Head over to Mighty on 10/8, support local DJs, and enjoy some great electronic dance music. http://sfdjshowcase.eventbrite.com/

OR join us at the opening night gathering!

Registered SF MusicTech Summit attendees only.

Monday, October 8, 2012
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Yoshis Jazz Club & Japanese Restaurant, Sake Lounge (Mezzanine Level)
1330 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, CA 94115-4113
(415) 655-5600

MusicTech Developers! Are you going to “SF Music Hackday” the day before the SF MusicTech Summit? Check it out and register here: http://sfmusictechhackday.com

Start-ups! Enter the SF MusicTech Startup Challenge today! Check it out and register here: http://sfmusictech.wufoo.com/forms/sf-musictech-summit-xi-startup-challenge/

The day after SF MusicTech we have digitalmusic.org‘s Music Startup Academy in San Francisco on Wednesday October 10th. Are you an entrepreneur, music startup or app developer looking to break the barrier of entry into the music industry? Get a grasp on the core topics you need to create a viable and legal music service or app by attending Courses include labels and publishing, content acquisition, business development and operations. Plus, get the down and dirty on how to program for Spotify, Rdio and Rovi during the API Meetups. For more info and to register,visit http://1010sfmusicstartupacademy.eventbrite.com/. Use code ‘toddtate-25′ for a 25% discount.

Check out all the event’s going on during SF MusicTech Week!

I have two panels in the Panel Picker this year. One I submitted and another I may appear on submitted by the good folks out at BAMM.tv.

Please vote AND COMMENT on my 2013 SXSW Festival Panel that I submitted to the Panel Picker. And check out BAMM.tv’s submission also!

“The Top 10 Web Music Companies of 2013″
Featuring:
Brian Zisk – SF MusicTech Fund
Ethan Kaplan – Live Nation Labs
Mark Montgomery – Flow Thinkery
Paul Resnikoff from Digital Music News
Chris Wiltsee of BandPage !

With your truly as the Moderator!
Vote NOW! http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/3296

And Bamm.tv’s submission:
“Silicon Valley isn’t the enemy (anymore)”
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/3139

I appreciate it! See you at SXSW 2013!

Developer friends! Check out this sweet contest!

HackLolla 2012 – Lollapalooza is challenging software developers to create cool festival apps that help music fans get the most out of the Lollapalooza experience. The Best Overall App and the Popular Choice App will each receive 2 VIP passes to Lollapalooza plus promotional exposure. The Best Overall App will also receive flight & 4-night hotel stay for two, and designation as The Official Fan App for Lollapalooza 2012. Submission deadline: June 25.

Register to enter: http://hacklolla.com

I had a great time chatting with John Luchetti from the Blog “Backstage Business”.

Check it out here when you get a chance!

http://backstagebiz.com/2012/05/music-tech-and-marketing-with-todd-tate/

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