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Startups @ SXSW 2014

Review of the finalists of the Accelerator

Showcase byAgence Tesla, Bluenod,

Web School Factory et Innovation Factory

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Every year, more than 500 startups apply for a place in the finals of SXSW, one of the biggest tech festivals in the world

Twitter (2007) and Foursquare (2010) have been past winners, and overall, finalists have raised about $600m

SXSW 2014 takes place in Austin, from March 7th to 16thThe finals of the Accelerator takes place on the 8th and 9th

There are 48 finalists in 6 categories

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Enterprise & Big DataReview of startups @ SXSW 2014

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Enterprise & Big DataAddSearch, an on-site search engine

AddSearch is an on-site search engine, that you can also use from any mobile device

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Enterprise & Big DataAddy, a URL for each location and venue

Addy transforms a location in a unique URL, that you can share anywhere, for an event on Whatsapp, a delivery address for your business, and more

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Enterprise & Big DataDatabox, the mobile dashboard for businesses

Databox is a mobile dashboard for businesses to aggregate any kind of data they want: Analytics, business data, customer insights or any other source relevant to them

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Enterprise & Big DataShelfbox : when consumers demand promotions

Shelfbox turns round the typical promotion by putting into the hands of consumers, via a dedicated box in shops, the power to demand a promotion

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Enterprise & Big DataTrustev: better identification for lesser fraud

Trustev offers to improve identity authentification for e-commerce websites, to decrease fraud and increase sales

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Enterprise & Big DataEvosure makes underwriters go digital

Evosure has undewriters of the insurance industry go digital. So far, in the US, 200 000 underwriters deal most of their $280bn revenues on paper.

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Enterprise & Big DataFieldwire connects construction and collaborative platform

FieldWire help the construction industry to manage projects, dispatch tasks and track data on each worker

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Enterprise & Big DataMap-D, faster and better data-visualisations

Map-D enhances data-visualisations for any type of data-sets, social media flows of tweets to open-data sets from a city

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Entertainment & ContentReview of startups @ SXSW 2014

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Entertainment & TechnologiesArtiphone, half-instrument, half-interface, all customisable

Artiphon is an amazing new music instrument, fully customisable, which will help you to learn faster and better, and play with friends.

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Entertainment & TechnologiesEyeris reads people’s emotion when watching ads

Eyeris Technologies detects through a webcam the emotions of the user when he/she sees an advertising. A long-time pet theme for marketers and, to be true, a very boring one.

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Entertainment & TechnologiesFliptu optimizes the fan/star relationship

Fliptu aggregates the content of your favorite star and will distribute goodies whenever you share his/her news

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Entertainment & TechnologiesMentorMob for crowdsourced tutorials

MentorMob crowdsources tutorials in the Lifestyle categories, with an ambition, « access to all the world’s knowledge », just like Google or Wikipedia.

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Entertainment & TechnologiesNamoMedia for easy in-stream ads

NamoMedia is a great app which transforms the content of your website into in-stream ads, on Facebook and Twitter. Forget the banner creation and crappy placement on mobile games.

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Entertainment & TechnologiesPlayCanvas, a cloud-hosted 3D Games dev platform

PlayCanvas is a cloud-hosted 3D game development platform where devs can also interact and share files or tips

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Entertainment & TechnologiesSonarDesign, to embed your creations easily

SonarDesign help creatives to share and embed their creations easily on any device, and to monetize it

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Entertainment & TechnologiesWaygo, the Chinese-English translation app

Waygo, already a winner of Echelon in 2013, is an amazing app translating through the lense of the camera menus of Chinese restaurants.

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Health TechnologiesReview of startups @ SXSW 2014

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Health TechnologiesActiveProtective prevents your falls

ActiveProtective helps toddlers and the elderly to less suffer from falls with sensors combined to small cushion, like airbags, and you can wear them or position them in your house.

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Health TechnologiesAdhereTech, the smart pill box

AdhereTech is a smart pill box. It will remind you to follow your prescription with light signals, SMS, and e-mail notifications.

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Health TechnologiesKinsa, a connected thermometer

Kinsa wants to map in real-time the health of large population.

The thermometer will upload on a map all data taken, and it costs only $20

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Health TechnologiesPixie Scientific, the smart diapers

Pixie Scientific designed these smart diapers to follow track of your toddler’s health thanks sensors to detect, on the skin, a series of potential symptoms.

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Health TechnologiesPlantiga, the smart shoe

Plantiga, is a smart shoe which collects a lot of data on your motion, and also on your global balance. The dedicated app helps you to correct what can be.

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Health TechnologiesSensibleBaby to remote-control your baby

Sensible Baby helps parents track remotely their toddler’s health.

A small widget will be able to track the temperature of the room, the motion of the baby, and also its position (on the back, on the belly…)

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Health TechnologiesThriveOn, a smarphone coach

ThriveOn, helps us to follow the HBI program, which has been designed to be a sort of personal coach on wellness, with insights ranging from nutrition to psychology

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Health TechnologiesYingoYango improves patient/hospital relationship

Yingo Yango, connects patients and their hospital or caring institution to follow up on prescriptions and treatments.

The objective is to lower re-admissions, a costly phenomenon for both patients and the healthcare insurance system

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Innovative World TechnologiesReview of startups @ SXSW 2014

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Innovative World TechnologiesCubeSensors for a better environment control

CubeSensors are amazing cubes you can put wherever you want at the office or home. They will record indicators on humidity, temperature and air composition so that you can keep a healthy environment.

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Innovative World TechnologiesInsideMaps virtualizes your space to choose better furniture

InsideMaps helps you choose furniture by mapping out your office or home and then placing any type of new goods in a virtual space to check if it fits or look well

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Innovative World TechnologiesMonsieur improves your cocktail skills

Monsieur bartenders to improve and share their cocktail skills

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Innovative World TechnologiesOP3NVoice, the voice API

OP3Nvoice is an API to connect any developper or project holder to audio sources

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Innovative World TechnologiesPlum controls remotely your lights

Plum helps us to control remotely our lights (home or office). They look like Nest in a way, and have raised more than $300k on Kickstarter

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Innovative World TechnologiesSynbiota, a Github for DNA

Synbiota is an open-source sharing platform and library for professionals or hackers in the DNA and biosynthetics industry

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Innovative World TechnologiesEyeTribe, eye-controlled interfaces

The Eye Tribe helps user control interfaces through the motion of the eyes, so that you can relax your hands (and have a headache?)

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Innovative World TechnologiesViddyad, easy corporate videos for SMEs

Viddyad helps SMEs and business owners to create corporate videos on a budget and with almost no skills.

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Social TechnologiesReview of startups @ SXSW 2014

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Social TechnologiesAnsa, a Snapchat-like chat

Ansa is a Snapchat-like app which keeps conversations private and destructible.

Where it’s puzzling is that you can actually « recall » a destroyed conversation

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Social TechnologiesConnect puts our contacts on a map

Connect puts on the map the list of our contacts, from LinkedIn to Find my Friends on iOs. Hard to see the value except the fact *they* will get your contacts information

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Social TechnologiesFelt, the postcard designed on an iPad, sent IRL

Felt will make your iPad picture a postcard, with the possibility to write event a hand message on it.

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Social TechnologiesMobiSocial, a WhatsApp where we keep our data

MobiSocial is another of these social networks promising users they will keep their own data. Hard to see how they could get traction after App.net

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Social TechnologiesPPLConnect, put your smartphone anywhere

PPLConnect will make your smartphone (and its apps and call function) work from any device: tablets and desktop PCs

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Social TechnologiesSamba, reactive video messaging

Samba.me mixes video messages with a « reactive » feature which, still undevelopped, is hard to understand

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Social TechnologiesSurfly, easy screen-sharing with a unique URL

Surfly improves screen-sharing with a simple system of URLS, meaning you don’t need anymore a Skype Premium account to share a website and explain it. Useful for webinars and to show your grandma how to publish on Facebook

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Social TechnologiesTerranova, find what/who you like

Terranova wants to be your Personal Assistant to help you find things, meet people, like if you needed an app for that actually.

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Wearable TechnologiesReview of startups @ SXSW 2014

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Wearable TechnologiesNymi, heart rate as a password

Nymi is a wearable device which knows your heart rate and use it to authentify sessions, login online and even open your car

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Wearable TechnologiesFashion Lab to scan fashion on the go

Fashion Discovery Labs allows anyone with Google Glasses to scan a person, and know where his/her garments come from

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Wearable TechnologiesJonLou, when Italian design meet MIT

Jon Lou is a commong brand associating an Italian designer and a team from the MIT. No visual yet of the connected fashion they are designing.

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Wearable TechnologiesKiwi, the IFTTT for real life

Kiwi Wearable Technologies is an IFTTT for real life. When you wake up, it launches the coffee machine. When you get out of the fitness room, it records your data on any app you like. Superb device and set of triggers.

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Wearable TechnologiesThe Nex Band, a smart and customisable wristband

The Nex Band is a smart wristband you can actually customize. The different « pearls » can each fulfill one function, such as notify when you receive a Facebook message, or when a friend challenges you in a game, or when you are near a geofencing area.

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Wearable TechnologiesP. Von Dongen invents solar clothing

Pauline van Dongen is a designer mixing solar panel technology with clothing.

The result is completely absurd.

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Wearable TechnologiesPeople+, to know all about your contacts

People+ is a smart contact app which will enrich any of them with data from their social media or profile pages, so that you know more of them than a mere contact number

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Wearable TechnologiesSkully, the smart helmet for motorcycles

Skully Helmets launches a helmet with intelligent features, a backward facing camera and location/navigation data.


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