Investors vs. Startups Digital Turf War: SXSW Edition
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Request to join the very first “Investors vs Startups” Digital Turf War during SXSW! For a week in March 2023, investors and startups will be out and about in downtown Austin, Texas, during the week-long SXSW conference… but now they’re taking credit for how much ground they actually cover and competing!
Via special partnership with Card.io, an Austin startup app that turns your walking and running into areas of town you claim for your company, we’re pitting the venture community against startups to see who covers the most grounds during the festival/conference. Thousands of people will attend many panel sessions, networking events, coffee meetings, after parties, and everything in between… but which team will cover the most distance: investors or founders? Share your interest to partake in this friendly competition, represent your team and company, and invite your friends to join, via the form below.
Duration: March 10-15, 2023
Turf War: What is a turf war? It’s a dispute between rival groups over territory or a particular sphere of influence. A digital turf war is when you’re able to see grounds covered by teams via map on the app.
Rules: Participants must either be a founder of a startup or an individual from the greater venture community: venture capital firms, accelerators, incubators, angel investor, startup studio, family office, etc. If you are both, indicate this by checking both in case we need to organize a more balanced team. Service providers in the startup & venture community may participate as well for $100 per entrance.
Prizes
Venture Swag
Bragging rights for you and your company (we will blog post some of the results— this moment will go down in history!)
Top 10 winners receive a venture membership to Texas Venture Association
Download the app here.
About Card.io
Card.io is a gamified cardio fitness app turning outdoor cardio into a community-based game of team turf war. Any walking, running, or biking you do turns into areas you can claim for your team, and steal from other teams. Claim areas for team “Founders” & team “Investors” and dominate the downtown Austin map during SXSW! Don’t forget to share with your friends for extra competition or dominance!