SXSW

SXSW

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Overview

SXSW organizes conferences and festivals that celebrate the convergence of the interactive, film, and music industries. SXSW is a destination for global professionals. The event features sessions, showcases, screenings, exhibitions, and a variety of networking opportunities to promote businesses connected to music, film, and interactive media.

SXSW is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Highlights

Founded

1987

Industry

Music

Employees

501-1000

Investment

5

Lead Investment

2

Exits

1

Stages

Early Stage Venture, Seed

Investor Type

N/A

Location

United States, North America

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

SXSW, established in 1987 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Early Stage Venture, Seed investments across Network Security, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Identity Management, Software, Internet, Web3, Content Creators, Media and Entertainment, Financial Services, Venture Capital. The organization boasts a portfolio of 5 investments, with an average round size of $4.0M and 1 successful exits. Their recent investments include Reality Defender, Tellie, Upfront Ventures, Osage Venture Partners, Corazon Capital. The highest investment round they participated in was $1.2B. Among their most notable exits are Reality Defender and Tellie. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Anil Pereira

Anil Pereira

SXSW/TechCrunch/Wharton: Moderator/Judge/Coach/Pitchee

imagePlace Roland Swenson

Roland Swenson

Founder

imagePlace Joshua Butner

Joshua Butner

Senior Designer and Developer

imagePlace Hugh Forrest

Hugh Forrest

Director

imagePlace Michael Brown

Michael Brown

Vice President of Innovation

imagePlace Valerie Vacante

Valerie Vacante

Interactive Innovation Advisory Board

Investment portfolio

SXSW has made 5 investments. Their most recent investment was on Mar 12, 2023, when Reality Defender raised $4.0K.

SXSW has made 1 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Jun 14, 2022, when Tellie raised $10.0M.

investments

5

Diversity investments

1

Lead investments

2

Number of exits

1

Investments

5

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Jan 16, 2018
Allevi Allevi
Softwarenull
Apr 12, 2022
WearWorks WearWorks
Information Technologynull
Jun 14, 2022
Tellie Tellie
Software10.0M
Mar 12, 2023
Reality Defender Reality Defender
Network Security4.0K

Exits

1

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

5

Investors

0

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

5

SXSW has raised 5 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Mar 12, 2023 from a Grant - Reality Defender round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Jan 16, 2018
Venture Round - Allevi Venture Round - Allevi
-0-
Apr 12, 2022
Seed Round - WearWorks Seed Round - WearWorks
-0-
Jun 14, 2022
Series A - Tellie Series A - Tellie
-10.0M-
Mar 12, 2023
Grant - Reality Defender Grant - Reality Defender
-4.0K-

Investors

0

There is no funding round available on this profile

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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