For the first time in the UK, two King's College London societies team up to provide an Inter-University hackathon open to undergraduates across the country. Are you ready to trade your sleep and create something awesome?
Eligibility
Anyone registered to HackKing's can enter
Team Sizes: Max 4 people
Projects must be completed during HackKing's
Requirements
- A link to your app
- At least 2 screenshots of your app
- The platform / category it falls under. (Game for iOS)
Prizes
Top 3 Ideas
The top three ideas will get a chance to pitch their ideas to investors, and the best of those will receive a £15,000 investment! Steer is also going to be offering free mentoring for all three teams!
Grand Prize Winners
Get your team selected for Skype interviews with Codecademy. You can't put a price on this one.
Best Watch Hack
Everyone on the team gets a brand new Pebble!
Best use of JUST EAT API
A £100 voucher on justeat.co.uk
Onfido Prize
Get an office space in Central London to continue working on your idea! Sponsored by Onfider.
SendGrid Award
The best use of SendGrid's API get a wireless bluetooth speaker for each team member!
Best Design
TreeHouse Gold subscriptions and LiveCode subscriptions.
Best Comedy Hack
TreeHouse Silver subscriptions for everyone in the team.
Novoda Prize
Use of Novoda's open source API's get 0.5 BTC for the team!
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
How to enter
To create a HackKing's entry, you must register on this site by hitting the yellow "Register" button above and then confirming your registration on the subsequent page. After that, you'll be able to submit your entry.
Judges
Saul Klein
Investor, Index Ventures
Gerard Grech
CEO, TechCity
Peter O'Hearn
Software Engineer, Facebook
Amelia Humfress
CEO, Steer.me
Matthew Stafford
CEO, Student Upstarts
Steve Penna
Pebble
Judging Criteria
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TBC
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Design - 20%
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Originality/Creativity - 40%
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Technical Skill - 30%
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Presentation Skill - 10%
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