We are delivering the festival's first annual SportsTech hackathon experience in best place for sports and technology to intersect. At SXSW we will provide a platform for the most innovative companies with a focus in sports to have their products deployed by experienced hackers from across the country.

[NOTE] We made the hackathon a public event. You do not have to be registered for SXSW to participate.

We are targeting companies or industries in the following area that will make up our 3-5 challenges presented to the hackers to solve.

• Wearables 
• AR/VR
• Analytics/Data
• Nutrition/Wellness
• Fitness/Performance 
• Digital / Media
• IOT
• E-Sports / Fantasy 
• Smart Cities
• Sports Venue 
• Sports Equipment 
• Payment/Ticketing 

Interested in being a partner or sponsorship? Contact tye@riiseventures.com

Be sure to sign up here as well. bit.ly/stxhack

• Idea/Concept
  How original, concrete or realistic is the idea or concept
• Completeness
  How complete or how much of the idea or concept did the group complete that they presented.
• Difficulty
  How challenging or hard was the idea/concept that they presented and how technically challenging is their product.
• Impact to the event
  How much does this project help with the event or provide value to the overall goals and challenges to either the event or the real world.
• Presentation
  How well did the group present their idea or concept.
• Viability
  How reasonable, sustainable or realistic is this idea or concept.