An invite only program that starts with a hackathon and continues into the next level through the incubator

Part 1

Hedera Incubator

$550,000 IN PRIZES. 3 CHAPTERS.
1 EPIC INNOVATION JOURNEY.

Origins

Hackathon

Everyone is welcome — whether this is your first hackathon or you’re a returning Hedera builder!

Hedera Incubator

Part 1

Everyone is welcome — whether this is your first hackathon or you’re a returning Hedera builder!

Hedera
Incubator

Hackathon

Hedera has followed your journey across multiple hackathons. We’ve seen you join, learn, build, and persist, showing up for workshops, AMAs, and mentorship sessions while continuously improving your ideas and solutions.

Now it’s time for the next step. We’ve invited selected builders to the Hedera Incubator Program, an invite-only initiative designed to take promising Hedera hackathon projects beyond early-stage development. This program is built to help you refine your solution, strengthen your product, and scale it toward real-world impact, with the goal of preparing it for investor readiness and potential funding opportunities. Throughout the program, teams will  follow a structured curriculum designed to elevate their work, supported by exclusive mentorship covering technical development, business strategy and acumen, marketing planning, and more.

The first cohort runs from May to June, and we’ll be sharing more updates as the program unfolds. We hope you’ll consider joining us on this next stage of the journey.

A new Hedera Hackathon and future incubator programs are also coming soon. Register your interest https://airtable.com/apprTNTDBfkaC7n7C/page63UQB7w1USfqy/form to stay updated and gain early access to opportunities.

About Hedera

Hedera is the most used, sustainable, enterprise-grade public network for the decentralized economy. Powered by a unique Hashgraph consensus algorithm, Hedera delivers unmatched speed, low fees, and carbon-negative performance—making it an ideal platform for building secure, real-time applications across industries.
With robust support for tokenization, smart contracts, and decentralized file storage, Hedera is trusted by startups, enterprises, and governments alike to power innovative use cases in finance, supply chain, sustainability, identity, and beyond.

Learn more at hedera.com.

Why Join the Hedera
Builders Program?

Why Join the Hedera
Builders Program?

Why Join the Hedera
Builders Program?

Start with a hackathon. Build on Hedera

Start with a hackathon. Build on Hedera

Start with a hackathon. Build on Hedera

Hackathons come with prize pools, offering both recognition and incentives that reward your work and keep you motivated.

Hackathons come with prize pools, offering both recognition and incentives that reward your work and keep you motivated.

Hackathons come with prize pools, offering both recognition and incentives that reward your work and keep you motivated.

Real Projects, Real Outcomes

Real Projects, Real Outcomes

Real Projects, Real Outcomes

Go beyond quick hacks—turn ideas into scalable dApps and ventures with long-term potential.

Go beyond quick hacks—turn ideas into scalable dApps and ventures with long-term potential.

Go beyond quick hacks—turn ideas into scalable dApps and ventures with long-term potential.

Global Exposure

Global Exposure

Global Exposure

Get seen by industry leaders, ecosystem partners, and potential backers around the world.

Get seen by industry leaders, ecosystem partners, and potential backers around the world.

Get seen by industry leaders, ecosystem partners, and potential backers around the world.

Powered By Hedera

Powered By Hedera

Powered By Hedera

Fast & Scalable

Fast & Scalable

Fast & Scalable

Finality in seconds, low fees, and throughput that supports real adoption.

Finality in seconds, low fees, and throughput that supports real adoption.

Finality in seconds, low fees, and throughput that supports real adoption.

Secure by Design

Secure by Design

Secure by Design

With asynchronous BFT and enterprise-grade infrastructure.

With asynchronous BFT and enterprise-grade infrastructure.

With asynchronous BFT and enterprise-grade infrastructure.

Sustainable

Sustainable

Sustainable

Build on the world’s most energy-efficient public network.

Build on the world’s most energy-efficient public network.

Build on the world’s most energy-efficient public network.

Everything You Need to Build

Everything You Need to Build

Everything You Need to Build

Tools & Stakeholder Support

Tools & Stakeholder Support

Tools & Stakeholder Support

Access to developer tools, APIs, and SDKs. Support from Mentors, Experts and Community Leaders.

Access to developer tools, APIs, and SDKs. Support from Mentors, Experts and Community Leaders.

Access to developer tools, APIs, and SDKs. Support from Mentors, Experts and Community Leaders.

Format

Format

Format

Themed Tracks, Technical Workshops, and Ecosystem Bounties

Themed Tracks, Technical Workshops, and Ecosystem Bounties

Themed Tracks, Technical Workshops, and Ecosystem Bounties

Opportunities

Opportunities

Opportunities

Gain possible opportunities for follow-on funding, grants and incubation

Gain possible opportunities for follow-on funding, grants and incubation

Gain possible opportunities for follow-on funding, grants and incubation

Go beyond the Hackathon. Get selected for the Incubator Program.

Go beyond the Hackathon. Get selected for the Incubator Program.

Go beyond the Hackathon. Get selected for the Incubator Program.

The Hedera Incubator Program is designed to help you refine your solution, strengthen your product, and scale it toward real-world impact. Through structured support and mentorship, you’ll develop your project into a more complete, market-ready product, with the goal of preparing for investor readiness and potential funding opportunities.

The Hedera Incubator Program is designed to help you refine your solution, strengthen your product, and scale it toward real-world impact. Through structured support and mentorship, you’ll develop your project into a more complete, market-ready product, with the goal of preparing for investor readiness and potential funding opportunities.

The Hedera Incubator Program is designed to help you refine your solution, strengthen your product, and scale it toward real-world impact. Through structured support and mentorship, you’ll develop your project into a more complete, market-ready product, with the goal of preparing for investor readiness and potential funding opportunities.

Joining the Hedera Builders takes you beyond the hackathon, giving you a structured path to develop your idea into something real and impactful. High potential projects can continue their journey from the hackathon into the incubator, where they are further refined and grown.

Joining the Hedera Builders takes you beyond the hackathon, giving you a structured path to develop your idea into something real and impactful. High potential projects can continue their journey from the hackathon into the incubator, where they are further refined and grown.

Joining the Hedera Builders takes you beyond the hackathon, giving you a structured path to develop your idea into something real and impactful. High potential projects can continue their journey from the hackathon into the incubator, where they are further refined and grown.

Mentors

Jake Hall

Senior Developer

Relations Engineer

Hashgraph

Luke Forrest

Developer Relations

Engineer

Hashgraph

Lindsay Walker

Developer Advocate

Hashgraph

Ejaz Merchant

Developer Advocate

Hashgraph

Fermin Dietze

Community Manager |
Developer Relations

Hashgraph

Luis Alfredo Molano Vega

Community Manager

Hashgraph

Business and Marketing Experts/ Mentors

Tudor Holotescu

CEO

Buidler Labs

John Kikko

Senior Director, Investments

Hashgraph Foundry Inc.

Will Vaz-Jones

Sr. Director

Hashgraph Foundry Inc.

Manu Cabrera

CEO

Kabila

Jake Hall

Senior Developer

Relations Engineer

Hashgraph

Ejaz Merchant

Developer Advocate

Hashgraph

Luke Forrest

Developer Relations

Engineer

Hashgraph

Fermin Dietze

Community Manager |
Developer Relations

Hashgraph

Lindsay Walker

Developer Advocate

Hashgraph

Luis Alfredo Molano Vega

Community Manager

Hashgraph

Origins

Ascension

Apex

Have a question? Drop us at email at support@hellofuturehackathon.dev.

Have a question?
Drop us at email at support@hellofuturehackathon.dev.

Origins

Ascension

Apex

Have a question?
Drop us at email at support@hellofuturehackathon.dev.

FAQ

Hackathon
Participation

Hackathon Participation

Now that I’ve registered for the hackathon, how can I get started?

Now that I’ve registered for the hackathon, how can I get started?

How can I communicate on Discord, reach out to the mentors, or the organising team?

How can I communicate on Discord, reach out to the mentors, or the organising team?

Can I already start building this early?

Who is eligible to participate in the event?

Can non-developers/engineers participate in the event?

Can non-developers/engineers participate in the event?

Who can I contact if I have any questions?

Who can I contact if I have any questions?

Teams

What is the total number of participants I can have on my team?

What is the total number of participants I can have on my team?

How can I go about forming my team?

How can I go about forming my team?

Can I belong to more than 1 team?

Can I belong to more than 1 team?

Do all members of my team have to register for the event?

Do all members of my team have to register for the event?

Project Submission

What is StackUp username and where can I find it?

What is StackUp username and where can I find it?

Can I submit for more than 1 main track?

Can I submit for more than 1 main track?

Can I submit for a bounty without submitting for a main track?

Can I submit for a bounty without submitting for a main track?

Can I submit for 1 main track and 1 bounty?

Can I submit for 1 main track and 1 bounty?

Our team submitted for 1 main track. Are individual team members permitted to submit separate bounty entries?

Our team submitted for 1 main track. Are individual team members permitted to submit separate bounty entries?

Do I need a team to join the bounty?

Do I need a team to join the bounty?

Can I submit for the side quests without submitting for the main track?

Can I submit for the side quests without submitting for the main track?

I’m already an Origins and Ascension participant and want to rework my project. Can I join?

I’m already an Origins and Ascension participant and want to rework my project. Can I join?

What if my team has more than 1 project that we’d really like to build and submit for this event?

What if my team has more than 1 project that we’d really like to build and submit for this event?

Can I submit an existing project?

Can I submit an existing project?

What happens to the projects developed during the hackathon after the event?

What happens to the projects developed during the hackathon after the event?

Prize Administration

Who will I be expecting the prize money to be administered by?

Who will I be expecting the prize money to be administered by?

What currency will the prize money and bounties be in?

What currency will the prize money and bounties be in?

When will the prize money be administered?

When will the prize money be administered?