11 startups pitch at SXSW

Here are 11 S.F, Silicon Valley startups pitching at SXSW

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Attendees work on startup projects at the South By Southwest Conference in Austin, Texas, on Sunday. The 20th annual SXSW Interactive Festival takes place through Tuesday and includes 11 Bay Area companies who are making pitches in the startup competition.

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Cromwell Schubarth

Senior Technology Reporter- Silicon Valley Business Journal

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South by Southwest hits the startup accelerator on Monday and Tuesday, when nearly 50 companies compete for best of show in six categories.
There are 11 startups for the Bay Area among the finalists culled from more than 500 applications that festival organizers say they got. Some others are going to the festival as "alternate" presenters.
That is a low percentage of startups from the San Francisco and Silicon Valley areas, compared to the huge portion of U.S. startups from the region that get funded each year.
But new companies here get a shot at pitching in front of Valley angels and VCs nearly every day of the week. More than 250 pitched just last week at the Launch Festival in San Francisco.
For folks from other parts of the country, however, this if the big show.
Here is a list of who made the “Nerd Bird” flights from the Bay Area’s three airports to Austin-Bergstron International Airport.

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Audio Tag, San Francisco: Founder and CEO Erik Duisenberg has technology that broadcasters can embed on their content or ads to delivers the signal to smartphones and tablets. Website: audiotag.com .
Contextly, San Francisco: Founded by Wired editor and writer Ryan Singel, helps publishers better promote and manage their content. Website: contextly.com .
Meograph, San Francisco: Founded by Misha Leybovich, Meograph offers a digital storytelling tool that makes it easy to create interactive video out of video, audio, pictures, text, maps, timelines, and links. Website: meograph.com .
Watchup, Menlo Park: Founder Adriano Farano has a tap-and-play interface on an iPad that lets users create newsreels from news channels around the world. The company was incubated at the Stanford student accelerator, StartX. Website: watchup.com .

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Cromwell Schubarth is the Senior Technology Reporter at the Business Journal. His phone number is 408.299.1823.