March 1, 2015

Pittsburgh, PA— March 1, 2015 — Identified Technologies was selected as a finalist in the Enterprise and Smart Data Technologies category for the 7th annual SXSW Accelerator competition presented by Oracle, the marquee event of SXSW Interactive Festival’s Startup Village, where leading startups from around the world showcase some of the most impressive new technology innovations to a panel of hand-picked judges and a live audience. Hundreds of companies submitted to present at SXSW Accelerator, where Identified Technologies was selected out of 48 finalists in six different categories.

 

Identified Technologies delivers big insights for big jobs by automating site monitoring with drone based, end to end data scanning, capture, access, and data analytics solutions.

 

The two-day competition will be held the first weekend of SXSW Interactive, Saturday, March 14 through Sunday, March 15, on the sixth floor of the Downtown Austin Hilton. The pitch competition will then culminate with the SXSW Accelerator Awards Ceremony on Sunday evening, March 15, where winning startups from each category will be announced and honored. The Accelerator competition will feature finalists across categories including Enterprise and Smart Data Technologies, Entertainment and Content Technologies, Digital Health and Life Sciences Technologies, Innovative World Technologies, Social Technologies, and Wearable Technologies. SXSW Category Sponsors include Rackspace, Enterprise and Smart Data Technologies Category Sponsor; and IBM, Innovative World Technologies Category Sponsor and Dyn, Social Technologies Category Sponsor.

 

“Drones are not an industry, they are means by which customers solve problems better, faster and cheaper than alternative methods. Speed and customer service are keys to success and Dick Zhang and the team at Identified Technologies excel on these fronts. I am very excited to work with them.” – Ned Renzi, Founding Partner of Birchmere Ventures 

 

Identified Technologies will present alongside seven other companies in the Enterprise and Smart Data Technologies category.

 

“Over the past six years of companies competing in SXSW Accelerator, more than 50 percent have gone on to receive funding in excess of $1.7 billion and 12 percent of the companies have been acquired,” said SXSW Accelerator Event Producer, Chris Valentine. “This year’s finalists have all demonstrated the capability to change our perception of technology and we expect to see them achieve similar, if not greater, success than our past finalists.”

For more information about SXSW Accelerator and to view the complete list of finalists, visit the following site: http://sxsw.com/interactive/2015-sxsw-accelerator-finalists.

 

About Identified Technologies

Industrial leaders use Identified Technologies fully-managed commercial drone solution to increase project visibility and team productivity. Construction and excavation companies reduce their costs and win more business using job site data and analytics. Identified empowers ENR 400 companies, including PJ Dick, EQT, Vulcan, and Casella, with the ability to track progress on highways, well pads, mines, and landfills in near real-time. Identified’s integrated software and services take care of everything from FAA compliance and flight planning to advanced analytics.