Please create your team and submit your project proposal on or before 9/30/2018. The RouteOne judging panel will approve projects for the Codeathon based on creativeness, the technology used, and potential business value. Project proposal can be submitted through the Devpost website or mail it to  [email protected] 

Suggested Project areas.

1. Advanced Reports (Next gen ETL)

2. Data Mining & Analytics

3. Web Application

4. High Availability Database Architectures and Solutions

5. Machine Learning

6. Business Intelligence

7. Mobility

8. Data Security and Transmission.

Codeathon Success Stories

1) Carousell

What are the odds of winning your first codeathon? Lucas Ngoo and Quek Siu Rui found the answer at their very first codeathon conducted by Startup Weekend in Singapore in 2012. Their idea for Carousel, an app to simplify the process of selling unwanted household clutter, won the first place in the codeathon and turned into a successful startup. They closed their series C funding at around $70-$80 million.

2) GroupME

Conceived by Jared Hecht, and Steve Martocci at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2010, GroupMe raised over $10.6 million in funding. One year into the venture, the popular group messaging app was acquired by Skype for a whopping $80 million.

3) Docracy

Docracy is another product of the TechCrunch codeathons. Designed by Matt Hall and John Watkinson, Docracy is an app that allows businesses to locate legal documents safely. Seven months after winning the codeathon, the founders raised around $650,000 in funding.

4) Zaarly

The winner of LA Startup Weekend 2011, Zaarly is an app designed for hiring and scheduling different kinds of local services. Creators Bo Fishback, Eric Koester, and Ian Hunter raised close to $15.1 million from investors including Ashton Kutcher, Felicis Ventures, Paul Buchheit, Bill Lee, Naval Ravikant, and Lightbank.

5) Appetas

The winner of AngelHack in 2012, Appetas is a website builder for restaurants. Founders Keller Smith and Curtis Fonger raised a funding of $120,000. The startup was later acquired by Google in 2014 for an undisclosed amount.

6) EasyTaxi

EasyTaxi was born out of the Startup Weekend Rio in 2011, where Creators Tallis Gomes and Dennis Wang started out with an idea of a bus monitoring app. After winning the codeathon, the duo launched the beta version of the E-hailing app and succeeded in raising close to $75 million from investors since its inception. The app covers a network of 30 countries and 420+ cities.