We monitor hackathons to surface founders before they go to market
Identify builders who've already proven execution under pressure - and reach them at the moment they're ready to turn their project into a company.
Here's what our hackathon signals reveal
We track thousands of global hackathons - from university competitions to corporate innovation sprints - monitoring participants, winning teams, and post-event activity that signals a project is becoming a real company.
Detect hackathon teams moving toward company creation
We flag teams that transition from competition to incorporation - tracking when a hackathon project gets a domain, a GitHub repository, or a trade registry filing in the weeks following the event.
Identify projects with real commercial potential
Not every hackathon project becomes a company - but the signals are there. We evaluate category, prize type etc. to surface the ones most likely to attract venture capital.
Connect hackathon builders to real identities
We map hackathon participants to their full online footprint - GitHub profiles, domain registrations, and past ventures - giving investors a complete picture of who's behind the project.
Customer testimonial
"Evertrace has transformed our sourcing by providing scalable access to a wide range of data sources. This has enabled us to spot founders even earlier. Additionally, the continuous improvements in the team view are enhancing our efficiency as a team. Overall, it has been a seamless experience!”
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We monitor hundreds of hackathons globally, from university competitions and independent community events to corporate innovation sprints and accelerator-run challenges. Coverage spans all major geographies and verticals.
We monitor post-event activity across multiple signals, including domain registrations, GitHub repository creation, and trade registry filings. This lets us detect when a hackathon project starts transitioning into a real company.
We evaluate multiple factors including winner status, repeat participation across events, team composition, and post-event activity. A single hackathon win is interesting. A winner who then registers a domain, creates a GitHub repo, and files a company is a strong
Results are processed and surfaced as soon as they become publicly available. Post-event signals like domain registrations and trade registry filings are then tracked continuously, so you see the full journey from hackathon project to company formation as it happens.
Yes. You can create searches and apply filters for hackathon signals the same way as for every other source on Evertrace, including geography, industry, founder tags, and more.
We combine multiple sources to complete the picture
Each data source reveals something different. Together, they create conviction.
See how Hackathon data reveals the next wave of founders
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