The 6th annual Disrupt SF (Sept. 21-23) kicks off Monday next week at Pier 70 in San Francisco’s Dogpatch. We expect record-breaking attendance. Maybe you should be there too, and here are four reasons why. Click here for tickets.
Speakers. TechCrunch’s editors dedicate half of each day at Disrupt to interviews with key figures in the startup ecosystem. Where else can you hear Snoop Dogg, Houzz’s Adi Tatarko, Dropbox’s Drew Houston, DST’s Yuri Milner, the Warriors’ Andre Iguodala, and Cowboy Venture’s Aileen Lee — along with 80 other speakers and Battlefield judges.
Startup Battlefield. Nearly 1,000 companies applied to TechCrunch’s startup competition, and the editors chose 25 to compete. One will win the Disrupt Cup and $50,000. All will join the amazing ranks of Battlefield alums, which currently number 543 companies, which all together have raised $5.7 billion and seen 69 exits. Look for the Battlefield SF’s contestants to be revealed on TechCrunch on Monday morning.
Startup Alley. TechCrunch’s showcase for startups fills the heart of the Disrupt exhibit area. This year we have a record number of companies exhibiting in every category.
- 294 in Startup Alley over Monday and Tuesday
- 49 in Hardware Alley on Wednesday
- 102 startups in pavilions from overseas.
Virtual Reality. So what are you going to do with that new Oculus Rift, coming in early 2016? TechCrunch wonders the same thing, which is why Disrupt will have 64 virtual reality experience creators exhibiting in our VR Pavilion. Here’s the full list (some companies exhibit on more than one day):
Monday
3DPUNKS | www.3dpunks.com
8i | www.8i.com
Anipany | www.anipany.com
byondata | www.byondata.com
Cerevrum | www.cerevrum.com
Eyllo | www.eyllo.com/website/eng/index.html
Innerspace | www.innerspacevr.com
InsiteVR | www.insitevr.com
inVR | www.invr.co
IonVR | www.ionvr.com
Membit | www.membit.co
MergeVR | www.mergevr.com
Mimesys | www.mimesysvr.com
NextVR | www.nextvr.com
Optinvent | www.optinvent.com
Otherworld Interactive | www.otherworldinteractive.com
Parle Innovation | www.parleinnovation.com
Retinad | www.retinadvr.com
Rival Theory | www.rivaltheory.com
Solirax | www.NeosVR.com
SpaceVR | www.spacevr.co
SurrealVR | www.surrealvr.com
Totwise Studios | www.totwisestudios.com
TRICK 3D | http://www.trick3d.com/
uSens | www.usens.com
Vantage | www.vantage.tv
VRChat | www.vrchat.com
Tuesday
Apotact Labs | www.apotact.com
Casino VR | www.casino-vr.com
Cerevrum | www.cerevrum.com
Deepstream | www.deepstreamvr.com
EEVO | www.eevo.com
Emblematic | www.EmblematicGroup.com
Fringefy | http://www.fringefy.com
GeoCV | www.geocv.com
gestigon | www.gestigon.com
Innerspace | www.innerspacevr.com
InsiteVR | www.insitevr.com
inVR | www.invr.co
IrisVR | www.irisvr.com
moBack | www.digital.moback.com/#/
Piazza Labs | www.piazza.io
Pinch VR | www.pinchvr.ca
Retinad | www.retinadvr.com
Solirax | www.NeosVR.com
triMirror | www.triMirror.com
Vantage | www.vantage.tv
Vision Board VR | www.visionboardvr.com
Voxon | voxiebox.com
VRChat | www.vrchat.com
VRLIVE | http://www.vrlive.tv/
Vufine | Vufine.com
Wednesday
360 Designs | www.smashing.com
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Machines | www.ai-machine.com
Ascape | www.ascapevr.com
Augumenta | www.augumenta.com
Bivrost | www.bivrost360.com/
Cerevrum | www.cerevrum.com
CubiCasa | www.cubi.casa
Discovr | www.disccovrlearning.com
DODOcase VR | www.dodocasevr.com
Emblematic | www.EmblematicGroup.com
Fringefy | http://www.fringefy.com
Funiot | www.chemi-on.com
Georama | www.georama.com/
GetVu | http://www.getvu.net/
Happy Goon | www.happygoon.com
I AM Cardboard | www.imcardboard.com
Inflight VR | www.inflight-vr.com/
Interana | http://www.interana.com/
inVR | www.invr.co
Lucid VR | www.lucidcam.com/
OBE | www.machina.cc/obe
Retinad | www.retinadvr.com
Rokoko | www.salto3d.com
Temple Gates | www.TempleGatesGames.com
TVRN | http://www.tvrn.co.uk/
Vantage | www.vantage.tv
Viorama | http://www.viorama.com/
VRChat | www.vrchat.com
It’s going to be an exciting year for Disrupt, hope to see you there!