We came.
We built.
120 builders. 24 hours. 3 winners with real products and £30,000 in grants to keep building. Here is how it went.
One Sunday in 80 seconds.
The build, the energy, the demos, the win. Press play.
Congratulations to our winners.
Three builders. Three £10,000 grants. Three products with a real shot at going the distance.
Debt Relief
Hodo Elmi Aden
Original, and aimed at a problem the market has not cracked. Strong adoption pull, a clear path to keep building, and a real shot at owning a key gap.
Mars
Hania M
Sometimes passion makes you believe in anything. This is one of those times. With Hania it is not a matter of if, but when. We think she is one of the people who helps get us to Mars.
Bloom
Isra Zughyer
Original, and it answers several real problems at once. It plugs a genuine gap. With more work and a little disruption, it goes far.
Every team that demoed enters the pipeline below. Testimonials and the build showcases are on the way.
Judged by operators who have done it.
One panel across all three Lines, scoring every live demo. Thank you to our judges.
Sujude Dalieh
Strategic Growth at Replit
Scientist turned product leader turned investor, now driving global strategic growth at Replit, the platform builders use to ship at the Buildathon. A Berkeley-trained chemist and former Berkeley Lab researcher, she led the Jupyter Project integration at the Berkeley Institute for Data Science before investing at JAZZ Venture Partners and Lux Capital across frontier tech and health. She holds an MEng from Stanford and guest lectures at both Stanford and Berkeley.
Shahed Amanullah
Founder, Zabihah · MD, Elian Capital
Built Zabihah into the world's largest halal restaurant guide (acquired by River) and founded Affinis Labs and Zakatify. Former Senior Tech Advisor at the US State Department. Now Managing Director at Elian Capital.
Nida
CEO, Karmic
CEO of Karmic, designing and building innovation ecosystems. Scaled multibillion-dollar CPG brands inside Fortune 200s and invested as an early-stage VC at a $400M fund. Her portfolio has raised $75M in venture funding and $51M in federal grants.
Scoring Framework
Built with. Thank you.
None of this happens without the partners who backed it. Grateful to every one of them.
The Shared Futures Foundation
UK charity, registration in process. Research, fund, and launch ethical alternatives to top-100 products.
0M+ eyes on this Buildathon
Combined social reach across the Foundation, our partners, and community channels. Every team that demos gets amplified, press, socials, direct intros. Distribution is built in, not bolted on.
Become a Buildathon sponsor.
Back a Line. Fund mentors. Underwrite an award. Name a prize. Sponsor packages available for founding partners, with direct access to 120 builders and amplification across a 4M+ combined audience.
A Shared Futures Foundation initiative · More partners TBA
The event was the beginning.
Every team that demoed is now in the pipeline. This is what separates us from every other hackathon.
All Finalists
Top 4-6 Teams
Top 2 Teams
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