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# Deadline For SXSW Accelerator Startup Pitch Event Nears
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/deadline-for-sxsw-accelerator-startup-pitch-event-nears/
- Published: 2016-10-31T13:52:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-10-31T13:52:00.000Z
- Description: Calling all startups! Enter the 9th annual SXSW Accelerator Live Pitch competition. An incredible 71% of SXSW Accelerator alumni have gone on to secure a collective $3.1 Billion in funding.
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Conventions & Awards, Music Tech, Startups & Funding, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Associated Press, Austin, Bad Blood (Taylor Swift song), Ballet, Barack Obama, Roku, south by southwest, startups, SXSW, Tech Stories, Texas, #Haiti, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:13

[![Crowd-SXSW-Accelerator-by-Tim-Strauss-640x360](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb094d88e5970d-150wi "Crowd-SXSW-Accelerator-by-Tim-Strauss-640x360")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb094d88e5970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)**Calling all startups!** Enter the 9th annual **SXSW Accelerator Live Pitch** competition. An incredible **71% of SXSW Accelerator alumni** have gone on to secure a collective **$3.1 Billion** in funding. [![Sxsw ACCELERATOR](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c8aa8c92970b-450wi "Sxsw ACCELERATOR")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c8aa8c92970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)  

 I've been proud to be a part of the SXSW Accelerator Advisory Board for several years now and here are **this year's** **details:**

Application deadline is Friday, November 11, 2016. 

Competition takes place March 11-12, 2017 during the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas

**More @ [http://www.sxsw.com/interactive/awards/accelerator](http://www.sxsw.com/interactive/awards/accelerator?ref=hypebot.com)**

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