Pitch2Pitch Hackathon 2026
A one-day community sprint for students, developers, founders, and event organizers building practical tools for startup competition Pitch2Pitch.
Build useful event tech
The hackathon is connected to Pitch2Pitch Startup Competition, a non-profit event created to help founders get feedback, visibility, a pitching training stage, and access to the right people.
Pitch flow
Scheduling and calendars, startup profiles listings, jury notes platforms, feedback and follow-up tools,
Attendees
Tools that connect, live questions system, live polls, registration systems
Event operations
Dashboards, networking tools, participant support, and other organizer tools
Partners and support
Networking Premium
Networking Premium
Co-working and event spaces in Sofia, Plovdiv and Bansko. The main entity behind Pitch2Pitch Startup Competition.
ConvoCircle
ConvoCircle
Community, event and media network operating in Sofia and London. Home of SlavConf and Futurist Expo.
WeAreDevelopers
WeAreDevelopers
The World's Largest Event for Developers, AI Builders & Tech Leaders
Webit
A global platform and organization driving real impact across business and technology.
Crossroads
Where founders, investors, and operators connect across Southeast Europe
Networking Premium
Co-working and event spaces in Sofia, Plovdiv and Bansko. The main entity behind Pitch2Pitch Startup Competition.
Become a sponsor or partner
We are opening several simple ways to support the initiative.
Share the registration form
Help us reach students, developers, founders, and young builders who should join the hackathon.
Mentor and judge awards
Support small gifts, recognition, or thank-you awards for mentors and judges.
Participant awards
Support prizes, tools, credits, vouchers, or special awards for the best teams.
Cocktail sponsor
Support the networking moment after the final demos and award announcement.
Beverage sponsor
Support drinks, coffee, water, or refreshments for participants during the build day.
Write an article
Publish an article, interview, or recap about the hackathon, the teams, or the winning projects.
Become a sponsor or partner
Contact Atanas on LinkedIn to discuss the current options or custom partner ideas.
Mentor lineup
Clear agenda
This is the planned structure for the hackathon day. All timings are in EEST (Sofia, Bulgaria).
Opening
Welcome, rules, challenge areas, team structure, judging criteria, and what teams need to deliver by the end of the day.
Team setup
Final team formation, idea selection, quick planning, tool setup, and mentor orientation.
Build sprint 1
Teams start building. The focus is on the core problem, the main user flow, and a demoable first version.
Lunch and mentor check
Short break, quick feedback from mentors, and decision on what each team should finish before demos.
Build sprint 2
Teams finish the prototype, clean the demo flow, prepare screenshots, data, mockups, or working features.
Demo preparation
Each team prepares a short presentation: problem, solution, prototype, impact, and next step.
Final demos
Teams present to the judges. Each team gets a short demo slot and questions from the jury.
Judging
The jury reviews the projects based on usefulness, execution, clarity, and potential for real use.
Awards and closing
Winner announcement, partner thanks, next steps, photos, and informal networking.
Pitch2Pitch needs better systems for a better community.
We need better tools to organize, manage, and support the great community around Pitch2Pitch. Founders, mentors, judges, partners, and students all deserve a smoother and more useful experience.
This hackathon is our way to test new systems, new ideas, and new workflows with the people who actually understand the problems. You all deserve this. We hope it is going to be successful.
Thank you so much all. You are making the startup ecosystem in Bulgaria more awesome!
Tips to Hack
AI tool to collect Pitch2Pitch photos and manage Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn content
Voting during pitching and live results system
Guest management and RSVP system
Sponsor and awards management platform
Website for Pitch2Pitch
Applications management system
Pitch2Pitch Alumni Club
Volunteer platform
Judges questions, audience questions and searchable database
Event video editing, video display and TikTok sync
Event organizer app
Speech to text during the competition and article generation after the event
Terms and rules of the hackathon
Pitch2Pitch Hackathon 2026 is a community-led event connected to Pitch2Pitch Startup Competition by Networking Premium.
- Participants are expected to behave respectfully toward other participants, mentors, judges, organizers, venue staff, and partners.
- Teams should build original work during the hackathon period. Existing tools, libraries, templates, and APIs may be used if they are allowed by their licenses and clearly mentioned during the demo.
- Projects will be judged based on usefulness, clarity, prototype quality, relevance to event or startup community problems, and potential to be tested after the hackathon.
- The organizer may change the agenda, format, judging structure, mentor lineup, prize details, or partner details if needed.
- The #1 place prize and all additional awards will be announced before or during the event.
- Photos, videos, project names, team names, and demo materials may be used for event communication, recap articles, social media, and ConvoCircle coverage.
- The lead organizer of the hackathon is Atanas Neychev, host and organizer of Pitch2Pitch and manager of ConvoCircle.
- The best projects will be implemented on 11 June which is the last event of the 6th season before the final.
Privacy policy
The person responsible for the data collected through this hackathon page and related application forms is Atanas Neychev, lead organizer of the hackathon, host and organizer of Pitch2Pitch, and manager of ConvoCircle.
Data may include name, email, LinkedIn profile, organization, role, participation interest, application answers, and any information voluntarily submitted through the form.
- The data will be used to review applications, contact applicants, organize teams, coordinate mentors and judges, manage sponsors and partners, and communicate event updates.
- Selected applicant information may be shared with event organizers, mentors, judges, venue partners, and relevant operational partners only when needed for the event.
- Data will not be sold.
- Applicants may contact atanas@convocircle.com to request correction or deletion of their submitted data.
- Event photos, videos, team names, project names, and public demo materials may be used for communication and media coverage related to the hackathon.
