The 50 Top Startups at SXSW 2019
The Forrest Four-Cast: March 20, 2019
The winners have been chosen for the 11th annual SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx, which brought together more than 50 of the world’s top startups before a panel of expert judges and a live audience on March 9–10.
Best of show honors went to Nebula Genomics, a San Francisco based startup that offers consumers and patients affordable personal genome sequencing and empowers them to control access to their personal genomic data.
See the other winners below along with all the participants for this exciting competition (along with links to their recent interviews on Medium).
Artificial Intelligence
Finalists:
WINNER: DerqPrevent, Dubai, UAE
Hendrix.ai, Edmonton, Canada — Read interview here
RoadBotics, Pittsburgh, PA
Sherpa, London, England — Read interview here
Vence, San Diego, CA — Read interview here
Alternates:
Clean Robotics, San Francisco, CA
Track, San Francisco, CA
XAIN AG, Berlin, Germany
Augmented and Virtual Reality
Finalists:
BehaviorMe, Gainesville, FL — Read interview here
WINNER: Healium by StoryUP, Columbia, MO — Read interview here
LinkVR Robot, Austin, TX — Read interview here
Obsess, New York, NY
Tunnelware, Cologne, Germany — Read interview here
Alternates:
myHouseby, Austin, TX
Screen Door, Los Angeles, CA
Verapy, Tampa, FL
Blockchain
Finalists:
Bext360, Golden, CO
Eggschain, Austin, TX — Read interview here
Knowbella Platform, Cincinnati, OH — Read interview here
WINNER: Nebula Genomics, San Francisco, CA — Read interview here
Nebula Genonics was also the winner of 2019 SXSW Pitch “Best in Show”
Steamchain, Milwaukee, WI — Read interview here
Alternates:
Bioverse, Miami, FL
Lucidity, Los Angeles, CA
NuID, San Francisco, CA
Enterprise and Smart Data
Finalists:
WINNER: Geospiza Swift, Denver, CO — Read interview here
Molecula, Austin, TX — Read interview here
Novo, New York, NY — Read interview here
Osano, Austin, TX — Read interview here
TransferFi, Singapore, Singapore — Read interview here
Alternates:
Clovis Technologies, San Francisco, CA
Inflect, San Francisco, CA
Kilroy Blockchain, Austin, TX
Entertainment and Content
Finalists:
Acciyo, Los Angeles, CA — Read interview here
Fantag, Sacramento, CA — Read interview here
SkyWeaver, Toronto, Canada — Read interview here
Stroly, Kyoto, Japan
WINNER: Tankee, Austin, TX — Read interview here
Alternates:
Ibble, Austin, TX
Immersive Systems, Los Angeles, CA
VIDGO, Atlanta, GA
Health and Wearable
Finalists:
Extend, San Francisco, CA
kegg, San Francisco, CA — Read interview here
WINNER: Pathware, Ann Arbor, MI — Read interview here
Portable Surgical Visualization System, Philadelphia — Read interview here
Zibrio SmartScale, Houston, TX
Alternates:
InvestAcure, PBC, New York, NY
Rhaeos, Chicago, IL
Triad Health AI, Boulder, CO
Hyper-Connected Communities
Finalists:
FT Aviator, Houston, TX — Read interview here
NODE, Seattle, WA — Read interview here
ObjectBox, Munich, Germany — Read interview here
WINNER: UbiGro, Los Alamos, New Mexico — Read interview here
Alternates:
Mesh++, Chicago, IL
RocketDollar, Austin, TX
TwentyTables, Washington, DC
Social and Culture
Finalists:
EnrichHER Funding, Atlanta, GA — Read interview here
MySideKick, Ann Arbor, MI — Read interview here
New Age Meats, San Francisco, CA — Read interview here
WINNER: Supportiv, Berkeley, CA — Read interview here
VOLO Career Volunteering Platform, London, UK — Read interview here
Alternates:
Explorest, San Francisco, CA
iAccess Innovations , Atlanta, GA
Tris Holdings, Los Angeles, CA
Sports and Performance
Finalists:
Bisecu Smart Bike Lock, Seongnam-si Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
CricFlex, Islamabad, Pakistan
Fan Controlled Football League, Los Angeles, CA — Read interview here
WINNER: MIRO — Human Body AI, Hong Kong — Read interview here
Learn2Play, Limassol, Cyprus — Read interview here
Alternates:
Mobalytics, Marina Del Rey, CA
Uru Sports, Denver, CO
Xplosion Technology, Missouri City, TX
Transportation and Delivery
Finalists:
Einride, Gothenburg, Sweden — Read interview here
Electristructure, Gothenburg, Sweden — Read interview here
WINNER: ENSO — Sustainable Tires for Electric Vehicles, London — Read interview here
Migo, Seattle, WA — Read interview here
Smart B/L, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Alternates:
Delfast, Dover, DE
Kaizen Health, Chicago, IL
Millebot, Inc., Orlando, FL
Hugh Forrest serves as Chief Programming Officer at SXSW, the world’s most unique gathering of creative professionals. He also tries to write at least four paragraphs per day on Medium. These posts often cover tech-related trends; other times they focus on books, pop culture, sports and other current events.
