Discover startup competitions, hackathons, pitch contests, and innovation challenges across India. Compete, win prizes, and grow your startup.
Showing 32 competitions for Indian startups
Rusk Media & Recur Club
India's premier startup reality show is back for Season 2 — revenue-generating Indian founders pitch to a panel of investor "Tycoons" for ca…
Jharkhand Raksha Shakti University
An online technical quiz and coding competition for students and tech enthusiasts, offering a ₹22,500 prize pool.
Coding Ninjas 10X Club
A national-level online hackathon for students and professionals to build innovative solutions with mentorship from Google experts and a ₹3 …
USAII
A global online AI hackathon by USAII with a $15,000 prize pool — open to participants worldwide, including India.
Idustries
A cybersecurity and web-focused hackathon hosted by Idustries with a $18 prize pool, open to global participants online.
Railtown
A beginner-friendly online hackathon by Railtown — build agentic AI solutions for a chance to win CAD 500.
Wooble Software Private Limited
A beginner-friendly full-stack hackathon to build a real-time clinic queue management system — hosted by Wooble with a ₹3,000 prize pool.
GitLab
A global online hackathon by GitLab with a $20,000 prize pool — open to developers, DevOps engineers, and AI enthusiasts worldwide.
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
An online frontend coding competition by IIT Bhubaneswar, challenging developers to build and optimize web pages under pressure, with a ₹8,0…
Sraventix Technologies LLP
National-level online hackathon by Prakasam Police to build AI-driven solutions for public safety and policing challenges.
The TechShare Project
An online beginner-friendly hackathon by The TechShare Project with a $2,310 prize pool, focused on social good and low/no-code projects.
PhysicsWallah (PW) — School of Startups
Pitch your AI startup to PhysicsWallah for a shot at funding from a ₹10 Cr pool — open to seed–pre-Series founders and college students buil…
UiPath
A global online hackathon by UiPath with a $50,000 prize pool, focused on building AI agents using the UiPath platform.
Amazon
A global online hackathon by Amazon to build with Vercel v0 and AWS Databases — $80,000 prize pool.
Xavier School of Management (XLRI)
A case competition on digital transformation hosted by XLRI Jamshedpur — ₹30,000 prize pool for teams of 1–3.
Gappy AI
Build a real AI product using Lemma SDK, win ₹1 Lakh, and get hired by partner companies.
Creator Colosseum
A startup competition for student founders with a $575 prize pool, hosted online by Creator Colosseum.
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras
An online hackathon for BIMSTEC countries (excluding India) focused on AI-driven road safety solutions, with a ₹1 lakh prize pool.
Aethra
A global online hackathon by Aethra with a $33,532 prize pool — open to all, beginner-friendly, and focused on AI/ML and open-ended innovati…
Sphere Hive
A national-level Data-Centric AI hackathon for Indian students — ₹35,000 prize pool, two rounds, offline finale at Belagavi.
ACT House
A virtual hackathon by ACT House with a $1,000 prize pool, open to global participants including Indian teams.
Rusk Media & Recur Club
India's premier startup reality show is back for Season 2 — revenue-generating Indian founders pitch to a panel of investor "Tycoons" for ca…
Coding Ninjas 10X Club
A national-level online hackathon for students and professionals to build innovative solutions with mentorship from Google experts and a ₹3 …
Idustries
A cybersecurity and web-focused hackathon hosted by Idustries with a $18 prize pool, open to global participants online.
Wooble Software Private Limited
A beginner-friendly full-stack hackathon to build a real-time clinic queue management system — hosted by Wooble with a ₹3,000 prize pool.
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
An online frontend coding competition by IIT Bhubaneswar, challenging developers to build and optimize web pages under pressure, with a ₹8,0…
Youth Code Foundation
An online, beginner-friendly hackathon by Youth Code Foundation, challenging participants to build AI solutions with a $2,700 prize pool.
PhysicsWallah (PW) — School of Startups
Pitch your AI startup to PhysicsWallah for a shot at funding from a ₹10 Cr pool — open to seed–pre-Series founders and college students buil…
Amazon
A global online hackathon by Amazon to build with Vercel v0 and AWS Databases — $80,000 prize pool.
Gappy AI
Build a real AI product using Lemma SDK, win ₹1 Lakh, and get hired by partner companies.
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras
An online hackathon for BIMSTEC countries (excluding India) focused on AI-driven road safety solutions, with a ₹1 lakh prize pool.
Sphere Hive
A national-level Data-Centric AI hackathon for Indian students — ₹35,000 prize pool, two rounds, offline finale at Belagavi.
USAII
A global online AI hackathon by USAII with a $15,000 prize pool — open to participants worldwide, including India.
Railtown
A beginner-friendly online hackathon by Railtown — build agentic AI solutions for a chance to win CAD 500.
GitLab
A global online hackathon by GitLab with a $20,000 prize pool — open to developers, DevOps engineers, and AI enthusiasts worldwide.
Sraventix Technologies LLP
National-level online hackathon by Prakasam Police to build AI-driven solutions for public safety and policing challenges.
The TechShare Project
An online beginner-friendly hackathon by The TechShare Project with a $2,310 prize pool, focused on social good and low/no-code projects.
UiPath
A global online hackathon by UiPath with a $50,000 prize pool, focused on building AI agents using the UiPath platform.
Xavier School of Management (XLRI)
A case competition on digital transformation hosted by XLRI Jamshedpur — ₹30,000 prize pool for teams of 1–3.
Creator Colosseum
A startup competition for student founders with a $575 prize pool, hosted online by Creator Colosseum.
Aethra
A global online hackathon by Aethra with a $33,532 prize pool — open to all, beginner-friendly, and focused on AI/ML and open-ended innovati…
ACT House
A virtual hackathon by ACT House with a $1,000 prize pool, open to global participants including Indian teams.