Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco Startup Showcase

Call closed 11:59pm 02/24/2011 PST.

This year for the first time at Web 2.0 Expo SF, we’re hosting Startup Showcase. It was a huge hit at Expo NY 2010, and we expect it to explode in SF. Highlighting the startup ecosystem’s creativity and variety, the Showcase gives you a chance to get in front of hundreds of potential users and a couple of high-profile investors. On Tuesday night, March 29th, we’re going to have 30 startups demoing in one large room. We’ll provide you with a small table and two passes to get into the show—you’ll bring a laptop (or two) and a founder (or two).

Expo attendees will have 60 minutes to see your demos. As they walk around, attendees will vote on their favorite demos. At the end of the hour, Tim O’Reilly and Ann Winblad will announce their top four picks and the audience favorite. These five startups will each give a one-minute pitch to the audience and will have a short time onstage to get feedback from Tim and Ann.

How do you qualify? We’re looking for:

  • Relatively young startups that aren’t drowning in investment (yet)
  • Companies in all technology areas: hardware, software, B2B, B2C, mobile (just to name the most obvious categories)

If selected:

  • You’ll supply your own laptop for the demos (we won’t provide power, so we recommend bringing two laptops)
  • You’ll bring a maximum of two people (at least one of whom must be a founder or C-level equivalent; ideally, one of them would also be a woman)
  • The week prior to the event, you’ll supply us with a presentation of 2-4 slides that includes screenshots for your onstage pitch in case you are selected by Tim and Ann

If you’re among the five winners, you’ll give a one-minute pitch onstage and get direct feedback from Tim and Ann

Sponsors
  • Bundle
  • Microsoft Corporation
  • Rackspace Hosting
  • .CO
  • Serve (amex)
  • Tagged
  • Berlin Partner
  • IBT
  • OpenSRS
  • PR Newswire
  • RIM
  • SoftLayer
  • StrataScale Inc.
  • TokBox

Ally Parker
aparker@techweb.com

Kaitlin Pike
(415) 947-6306
kpike@techweb.com

View a complete list of Web 2.0 Expo contacts.