evm capital hackathon, mumbai edition

a 24 hour hackathon where traction is the only metric. winner pitches directly to venture catalysts. no jury vibes, no best presentation award. one number decides everything: how many real users you pull before demo time. 🏆 what's on the table winning team gets a direct screening interview with venture catalysts( investors of bharatpe, fynd, shiprocket, beardo), one of india's most active early stage investors. most founders chase that meeting for months. you get it on a sunday. ₹1 lakh prize pool grants for top teams and bounty winners ⚡ the format build or scale anything you want. AI or not, we don't care. what counts is traction: signups, downloads, paying customers, strangers outside the venue actually using your product. if it fits on a screen and proves real people want the thing, it counts. 📅 schedule sat, oct 10, morning: kickoff. teams start building. venue open all night. sun, oct 11, afternoon: demo day. top teams pitch with their numbers on screen, in front of judges from the venture catalysts network. 🎟 getting in this room is curated. 50 to 60 builders only. registering here is your application, final list goes out by oct 5. 🚀 who we are evm capital backs young founders with grants of up to $1,000, usually before traditional investors find them. backed by ETHIndia Devfolio, Emergent Ventures and angel investors. 17 startups backed 4 into Y Combinator 1 acquisition 1 a16z backed founder 4 raised six figure VC rounds our july edition at localhost hq bangalore pulled 800+ applications and maxed out, with sponsors like ElevenLabs and .xyz, and judges backed by nikhil kamath and south park commons. support by venture catalysts.