Information Management for SXSW Interactive Business & Tech Event

My industrial capstone project focuses on researching global startups and potential speakers for SXSW Interactive 2023 (business & technology events) at Austin, TX. As planned, I was responsible for startup information research, screening, recording, analyzing and evaluating to create a large scale startup dataset for South by Southwest business and technology events in Spring 2023. To make sure the startup data is completely accurate, adequate and high-quality for SXSW, I have to fulfill three main criteria: First, each startup should be founded after March 2021, for SXSW aims to find startups in the seed or pre-seed stage all over the world; Second, the current funding status of each startup cannot exceed 8 million dollars; Third, each startup should belong to any one of these eight categories: (1) Artificial Intelligence, Voice and Robotics; (2) Enterprise and Smart Data; (3) Entertainment, Media and Content; (4) Food, Nutrition and Health; (5) Future of Work; (6) Innovative World Technologies; (7) Metaverse and Web3; (8) Smart Cities, Transportation and Sustainability for technology diversity and inclusion. I have accomplished this startup information research project in the past month using several platforms such as Crunchbase, PitchBook, social media and tech news websites.