Tomorrow’s the Big Day!

The day we’ve all been waiting for is (almost) here. HATCH is tomorrow! We’re so excited to see the pitches, hear from our judges, and award some great prizes! Here’s a quick run-down of the schedule – and don’t forget to change your clock tonight!

9:30am Session 1: Pitches from 4 companies 10:30am  Networking Break 11:00am Session 2: Pitches from 5 companies 12:00pm Networking Break 12:30pm Session 3: Pitches from 3 companies followed by score tallying, display of the winning videos in the Qukku – "Are You Hatch-worthy" contest, and then the awards presentation. 1:30pm Official Close – but there will be some additional networking afterward.

Panel Speaker Judges: John Frankel, Joel Yarmon, Marc Weizer, Rahul Sood, Kerry Rupp, Nate Gross

Judges: Nicole Glaros, Balaji Gopinath, Aziz Gilani, Rami Essaid, Don Dodge

Best of luck to our teams and a special thanks to Missy Krasner, Executive in Residence, Morgenthaler Ventures, who will serve as our emcee tomorrow.

If you’ll be joining us in person, HATCH is part of SXSW's Startup Village in the Hilton Austin Downtown, 500 East 4th Street, Austin, TX 78701. The event will be in Salon D. If you can’t be with us live, be sure to follow us on Twitter via @HATCHpitch and #HATCHsxsw to keep up throughout the day and stay tuned to this blog and elsewhere when we announce our winners!