9 Startups Demoing Tomorrow At DreamIt Austin's Demo Day
Summary
Philadelphia-based FastFig calls itself “the word processor for math.” Its mission is to help students, teachers and professionals solve math problems, both easy and highly complex, online. Citing rapidly declining journalism jobs in the United States, Newscastic connects journalists with “paying story assignments in their area” which are paid for by local companies. Entering into the highly competitive video-sharing space, Pincam is an iPhone app which lets users “Pin” five second highlights from videos, which can be filtered and shared. The startup is targeting small businesses, and believes it “helps you take back 25% of your day.” Also hailing from NY, Stereotypes says its app lets you “enjoy the euphoric feeling of partying with your friends anytime you want.” The startup offers a music-centric group messaging service which lets users share songs and chat — “all the same things you might do at a party with friends.” TrendKite is an analytics and search-focused service which aims to help companies write better press releases. The Philadelphia-based startup touts that it can help predict the amount of traffic a release will drive, as well as how many tweets it will receive and how the media will react.