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title: 'Applications for SXSW Pitch 2025 are due November 3, 2024'
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# Applications for SXSW Pitch 2025 are due November 3, 2024

It’s never too early to be thinking about next year. So if you’re working on a startup that would benefit from taking the stage at SXSW in March 2025, you’re going to want to get your [application for SXSW Pitch 2025](https://www.sxsw.com/pitch/) submitted soon. Like really soon. They’re due November 3, 2024.

> **SXSW Pitch** returns for its 17th year to showcase some of the global startup ecosystem’s most exciting, innovative, and cutting-edge technology from **March 8-9, 2025** in Austin, TX during SXSW 2025.
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> According to Pitchbook, finalists involved in the SXSW Pitch competition have raised more than **$23.2 billion in funding** since 2009. This competition provides an outlet for early stage startup companies to present their emerging innovative technology across nine categories to a panel of industry technology experts, high-profile media personnel, and venture capitalists/angel investors.

The application fee to apply is $220, which comes with two free tickets for selected companies and a discount on ticket prices for anyone who applies.

For more information or to submit your application, visit SXSW Pitch 2025.

*\[Full disclosure: I serve as an advisor for SXSW Pitch.\]*

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