DreamIt Ventures, a startup accelerator program akin to Y Combinator and TechStars, will soon make its debut in Austin, Texas with the first DreamIt Austin Demo Day. This demo day, which marks the accelerator’s ninth class overall since being founded in 2008, features nine young tech companies, all of which participated in the 14-week accelerator program at the Capital Factory. Ahead of the event, which will be held at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in front of roughly 650 people during SXSW, meet DreamIt Austin’s first class: Doccaster Doccaster, originally based in Orlando, FL, helps event organizers track “key activities at their event,” including exhibitor documents, attendee interactions and leads generated. Its goal is to help organizers attract more sponsors, exhibitors, and attendees to their events. Fast Fig Philadelphia-based FastFig calls itself “the word processor for math.” Its mission is to help students, teachers and professionals solve math problems, both easy and highly complex, online. Newscastic Citing rapidly declining journalism jobs in the United States, Newscastic connects journalists with “paying story assignments in their area” which are paid for by local companies. Hailing from Albuquerque, NM, Newscastic boldly believes it will redefine local news. Pincam Entering into the highly competitive video-sharing space, Pincam is an iPhone app which lets users “Pin”
DreamIt Demo Day: Meet the nine startups presenting tomorrow in Austin at SXSW
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