The largest Hackathon in the World! by Angel Hack Bangkok
Posted By: vixtrz On 27 June 2014 Under: Angel Hack Bangkok , Challenge , Developer , Hackathon , Hubba
AngelHack, the largest hackathon in the world held in 35 cities and 10,000 developers competiting globally is back in Bangkok this Saturday, July 5 & Sunday, July 6. With thousands of dollars in prizes, press conference, free coworking space membership at HUBBA and much more up for grabs, the top team may be invited to a 12 week HACKcelerator program to help turn their hacks into market ready startups.
AngelHack organizes massive hackathons around the world and has been written about in over 30 publications including Forbes, TechCrunch, and Wired. In 2012, we hosted 20 hackathons in 6 countries and brought together over 4,000 hackers. In 2013 we hosted 70+ hackathons with 10,000 attendees, and this was the first year the AngelHack came to Thailand at Bangkok University, Kluaynam Thai campus on June 1st & 2nd, 2013 with a turnout of almost 100 attendees.
For 2014, Pocket PlayLab, one of the leading social games production houses in South East Asia, is our venue sponsor and HUBBA Thailand is a coworking space sponsor.
What makes AngelHack the best hackathon series on the planet?
- Developer bootcamps to teach development.
- 100′s of developers and designers at the event for you to work with.
- Incentives throughout the event to encourage teams helping one another.
- $100,000s in sponsor prizes including free coworking space membership at HUBBA Coworking space.
- Fun toys and games spread throughout the venue.
- Great food and lots of it.
- Coding through the night (with pillows).
- Top teams entering the HACKcelerator pre-accelerator program.
- Sponsor awards, breakout sessions, and post-event parties
- Mandatory Demos. Banning of slide decks. And code reviews to ensure winning teams are within the rules.
Grand Prize
Acceptance into Spring 2014 HACKcelerator programHACKcelerator is a global pre-accelerator program designed to help top hackathon teams turn their hacks into market ready products. If you win AngelHack you win our full support for whatever product you’d like to have us help you develop. You’re in. We’ll provide you the platform for connecting with amazing mentors and a series of events in Silicon Valley to connect with investors and media. This will be your shot at glory.
Event Details
Dates: Saturday, July 5, 2014 at 9:00 AM - Sunday, July 6, 2014 at 6:00 PM (ICT) (sleeping overnight NOT required)
Participants : 80-100 PeopleVenue: Pocket PlayLab (http://pocketplaylab.com/) // Google map
Judges and Mentors:
- Benjamin Ranck : CTO, Jetabroad
- Thanachat Tangsriwong : Investment Associate, Cyberagent Ventures
- Adrian Stewart : Entrepreneur in Residence, Galaxy Ventures
- Vachara Aemavat : CEO, Computerlogy
- Oranuch Lerdsuwankij : Cofounder, Thumbs up in Thailand
- Max Pattraporn Bodhisuwan : Founder of Makerzoo
- Charkrid Thanhachartyothin: CEO & Founder