Festival Details
Forty-two startups debuted or launched new products at the LAUNCH Festival on March 7 and 8, 2012.
Space Monkey won Best Overall 1.0 and Alltuition won Best Overall 2.0. See all the LAUNCH Festival winners here.
All companies that launched are in one handy spreadsheet [ by session # ].
And all the Festival photos are here.
LAUNCH Grand Jury and Judges
LAUNCH Nightime Events
Angel Dinner - Tickets
March 6th 6:30 PM
Hosted by Naval Ravikant of AngelList and Jason Calacanis for the presenting companies and a select group of Angels. This event is by invitation only. We have added ten tickets for this event, the proceeds of which will go to founder scholarships to @launch
Founder Dinner - Tickets
March 7th 6:30 PM
Hosted by David Sacks founder of Yammer, Jason Calacanis founder of Launch with support of Silicon Valley Bank. This event is for the presenting companies, partners, Judges and the Grand Jury. We've added ten tickets to this event, the proceeds of which will go to founder scholarships to @launch.
Closing Party presented by Bing
March 8th 6:30 PM
Join LAUNCH Festival host Bing for cocktails immediately preceding the Awards Ceremony. Open to all ticket holders, this event will take place at the Design Center.
Unofficial LAUNCH Decompression Party
March 8th 9:00 PM
We'll be heading to the W Hotel once everything is said and done for a post-event drink.
HOTELS
We do not have discounted rates at any area hotels, but these properties are relatively close to the Design Center.
- W Hotel San Francisco, 181 3rd St.
- The Westin San Francisco Market Street, 50 3rd St.
- The St. Regis San Francisco, 125 3rd St.
- InterContinental San Francisco, 888 Howard St.
- The Good Hotel, 112 7th St.
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LAUNCH 1.0 This competition is for completely new companies that have never had any press, public demos and whose services are currently in closed alpha or beta. |
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LAUNCH 2.0 This competition is for existing companies that are launching new products, such as an iPhone app, or significant new versions of an existing product. For example, Path 2.0 would qualify as a "significant new version" of an existing project. |
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DEMO PIT This competition is for existing companies that have already launched. A selection of companies from this group will be chosen by the Grand Jury to present on stage. |
LAUNCH Location
The LAUNCH Festival is taking place in the 125,000 square foot San Francisco Design Center's Concourse Exhibition Center located at 635 8th Street San Francisco, CA 94103 on March 7th and 8th 2012.