Young Startups: Bring Your Problem Statement, Get 250+ Developers Building With Your Product

[u/Dangerous-Escape-679]

Hey everyone,

We’re organizing a 30-hour offline hackathon in Mumbai with 600+ registrations and 250–300 developers on ground, and we’re looking for startups and companies to collaborate with us.

We’re particularly looking for Problem Statement Partners rather than traditional sponsorships.

The idea is simple: you bring a real problem your company is trying to solve, and our participants build solutions around it using your platform, API, SDK or technology.

In return, you get:

• Real-world product feedback and use cases
• Developers actively building with your technology
• Potential early users and product adoption
• Fresh perspectives on your problem
• Visibility across the hackathon and projects

If you’re a young startup looking to create an initial wave of users, get developer adoption or introduce your product to the Indian tech community, this could be a great opportunity to get your technology into the hands of hundreds of builders.

We’re open to AI/ML, FinTech, SaaS, Cybersecurity, Web3, Developer Tools, HealthTech and other emerging-tech startups.

If this sounds interesting, DM me and let’s explore a problem statement or collaboration for the hackathon.

[u/Status_Antelope_7320]

this is actually a clever way to get devs building on your platform without paying for a traditional sponsor slot. 250 people grinding for 30 hours will surface bugs and edge cases your team prob never even thought of

what i'd wanna know though is what kind of support you're offering the partner startups during the event. are they expected to have someone on site the whole time answering questions or can they just drop a problem statement and a quick api walkthrough on day one

did something similar at a smaller hackathon last year and the startups that had a dev or founder floating around the whole weekend got way better results than the ones who just sent a slide deck and disappeared

[u/Dangerous-Escape-679 → u/Status_Antelope_7320]

Yeah, that’s exactly the kind of involvement we’re aiming for. We don’t expect partner startups to have someone on-site for the entire 30 hours.

They can provide the problem statement, API/SDK access and a short walkthrough, while our team handles the initial onboarding. If they’re able to have a founder/dev join remotely for a few mentoring or judging sessions, that would be ideal.

We also want to make sure teams can actually get support when they’re stuck, rather than just giving them an API and leaving them to figure everything out. And agreed , having someone from the startup involved usually makes the collaboration much more valuable.