The Austin Startup Crawl, also known as ATX Startup Crawl, took place Thursday night showcasing more than 70 startups.
And it was the largest startup crawl ever with more than 5,000 people registered to attend.
The crawl kicked off at 5 p.m. with shuttles that ran until 10 p.m. to various venues scattered throughout downtown Austin.
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After the action-packed Capital Factory Demo Day, techies hit the hotspots on the Austin Startup Crawl tour to network, nosh on snacks and drink.
More than 700 people RSVP’ed to the event on Facebook and Plancast, said Josh Baer, one of the Austin Startup Week founders.
Bob Metcalfe talks with entrepreneurs
San Antonio-based Rackspace sponsored the event which included shuttle buses taking people from stop to stop. The event was very well organized and a lot of fun.
One of the largest stops was at Capital Factory’s offices on the eighth floor of the Omni Building downtown. All of the Capital Factory finalists were in attendance to talk about their companies along with some other startups. Bob Metcalfe was there too. People mingled and ate pizza, drank beer and margaritas.
The next stop was Infochimp’s offices. It just bought another Capital Factory alumni, Keepstream. They served up beer from a keg and had a bottle of vodka on ice.
Visitors hanging out at Infochimps offices
Other shuttle bus stops included HomeAway’s offices, UShip, Cloudmasons and more. For the complete list of companies participating in the Austin Startup Crawl visit its Facebook page.