evm capital hackathon, mumbai edition

about this event

A 24-hour hackathon where traction is the only metric. The 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: the 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; the 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. The 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. Supported by Venture Catalysts.

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