Mark your calendars for the second annual TechCrunch launch conference, co-produced between TechCrunch and Jason Calacanis: TechCrunch50 at the San Francisco Design Center on September 8-10, 2008.
Like last year at TechCrunch40 (except there will be ten more startup launches), fifty new startups and products will launch over three days. All finalists will be chosen solely on merit; they are not charged to attend or present at the event. The top startup to launch at TechCrunch50, as chosen by the judges and organizers, will receive a $50,000 cash prize (last year’s winner was Mint).
The 40 startups that launched at last year’s event have now raised at over $143 million in venture capital (not all has been disclosed publicly). That’s mostly because they were all excellent startups. But the press and blogger coverage from the event certainly didn’t hurt, either.
We will also be bringing back expert panelists to speak at the event and judge startup demos. Last year’s experts are here. Many of these people will be returning, along with a number of new judges as well. Announcements of attending experts will be made over the next few months.
New Venue, New Format
TechCrunch50 is a three day conference to accommodate the ten additional startup launches, as well as more panels and workshops. We’re changing locations this year. The event will be held at the San Francisco Design Center, a huge and beautiful venue that can accommodate over 1,000 attendees with ease.
We’re incredibly lucky to have the support and backing of a great and growing group of corporate partners. Sequoia Capital, Mayfield Fund, Clearstone Venture Partners, Charles River Ventures and Fenwick & West all returned quickly to support us for the second year in a row. Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo reached out as well, and we’re very grateful for their new commitment to our merit-based conference format.
Is Your New Product Right For TechCrunch50?
If your startup or product is launching in the late summer or Fall, TechCrunch50 may be the perfect launchpad for you. The important factor is that the startup has no previous public exposure before the event – the 50 slots are reserved for new products that the audience hasn’t seen before. If launching on the actual date of the event is too soon, we will make a limited number of exceptions to allow you to show a demo of the product at the event instead.
Things To Know:
Official Site: TechCrunch50
Dates: September 8 – 10, 2008
Tickets To Attend: TechCrunch50 Tickets
Application to Launch Startup/Product: Company Application Form
Applications Deadline: Friday, June 27, 2008 (early consideration deadline June 13)
Conference ticketing courtesy of EventBrite
Will 50 Cent be there?
No but I’ll bet MC Hammer will! He seem to be around every corner we turned.
Last year’s event was great. This is a great service you do for the tech community. I know that many of us especially appreciated that you went out of your way to bring in co’s from all over the country and world, not just sv.
How much is it to attend? Need to get my site out there
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Be prepared for a Greek Start up presentation at Techcrunch 50.oh i forgot, for the winning place!
The online company submission form is now available for Safari browsers. Just make sure your product demos work in IE and Firefox too
This is cool! I’m lucky I will be at San Frans during that time. Keeping a watch out for it. Any of you guys be there too?
Fara – http://www.pickmeuptoday.com
The date is a week or two earlier than last year. As it happens, it is directly opposite DemoFall 2008 in SF (2 of 3 days for each conference overlap). Too bad for those of us who have been planning to apply to present at both. Perhaps schedules can be worked out…
Michael – Do you define “launch” as a marketing launch with the associated PR activity or simply product/service availability? Our service will be available as a closed beta for the next six months while we continue product development and raising our Series A round. We expect several hundred users on the platform, including developers, acquired through word-of-mouth and targeted outreach. We will not have a formal marketing launch but we will be accessible through a password-protected login. Do we qualify to apply for consideration since there will have been no press or are we disqualified because we are publicly accessible albeit in semi-stealth mode?
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Have to agree with Chris#14 and #5! Very expensive for some startups… that’s not in the SF area if you include travel. Also 5 months is a long time wait if you’re ready to launch and your goal is to get to critical mass of traffic to the site!!!
Michael,
We’ve decided to delay until Techcrunch50 and use the time to develop some very unique features to the site which we had only planned for the Alpha further down the line. So no launch for trade2save in June.
Will advice shortly on our blog http://trade2savetheplanet.com
Michael, We are going to delay our launch until the TechCrunch 50 also.
how about TC50 changes the rule to include early stage startups ?