SXSW is an accelerator and corporate venture arm. Based in Austin, Texas, United States. Among the 10 companies in the known portfolio are Xatoms, Allevi, Chptr, Applied Bioplastics, Astral and Heat it.
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Investment focus
- Focus
- AI ApplicationsEntertainmentEventTechGenerative AI
Contacts
Who to pitch at SXSW
SXSW portfolio companies (10)
- Xatoms
- Allevi
- Chptr
- Applied Bioplastics
- Astral
- Heat it
- CreditRich AI
- Spontivly
- Haptic
- Eventbase
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About SXSW
The firm's listing covers sectors AI, Consumer and Hardware, and focus areas AI Applications, Entertainment, EventTech and Generative AI; known deals cluster at Seed and Series A.
Of the 6 people on file at SXSW, Andy Kleinman (Advisory Board Member), Lupa Maki (Venture Capitalist) and Paul Evans (Advisory Board Member) are listed as the contacts to approach first.
Across the known portfolio, 20 co-investors appear alongside SXSW, including Ascend, Quantacet and BDC.
Frequently asked questions
What is SXSW?
SXSW is an accelerator and corporate venture arm based in Austin, Texas, United States, with a known portfolio of 10 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.
What does SXSW invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Consumer and Hardware; listed focus areas include AI Applications, Entertainment, EventTech and Generative AI. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.
What stage does SXSW invest at?
The known deals of SXSW include Seed and Series A rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.
Who should I pitch at SXSW?
3 of the 6 people on file at SXSW are listed as contacts for the firm. All 6 have their own profile page.
How do I contact SXSW?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 6 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.
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