LAUNCH Festival 2013 is the place to be in the San Francisco Bay Area for VCs, angel investors, and start-ups. On Monday, March 4 registration started early. The Festival was sold out the weekend before the event.
Image credits: Julie Blaustein
Early-stage companies at LAUNCH participate in a pitch fest and existing start-ups show their wares in a demo area. Keynotes speakers were Chamath Palihapitiya, founder and managing partner of The Social+Capital Partnership, Evan Williams, co-founder of Twitter and Obvious. David Sacks Founder and CEO of Yammer speaks on Wednesday, March 6, 1:30 p.m.
This year is the first LAUNCH Hackathon with AngelHack for more than 500 developers and designers. Before the event, 218 teams signed up. More teams were created on site. The Hackathon started on Saturday March 2 and ended March 4. The five finalists will be on stage at 4:45 p.m. today competing for three grand prizes of $25,000 investment or $10,000 from Jason Calcanis, founder of LAUNCH, Dharmesh Shah, and Barracuda Ventures. Prizes are subject to change.
Massages and unlimited food are included.
Team Stewie and Friends signed up to create a courier service app. Team members Gabe K., Michael M., Johnson C., and Vasily M. take a break outside the Design Center in San Francisco.
Can’t make it to the event? Follow along with the live stream below or on Twitter @launch. You can find LAUNCH with hashtags: #launch2013 #launchhackathon
The LAUNCH Festival
San Francisco Design Center Concourse
635 8th St, San Francisco, CA 94103
