Thank you for making the Barcelona VC Workflow Hackathon awesome!
In collaboration with Le Wagon
3 days. Product Managers, Research Engineers, Software Developers, Operators, and more—going from hypotheses to validation of AI-driven VC workflows.
Winners
🏆 Grand Prize Winner (Shared)
Waldo AI
Waldo creates value for Venture Capital funds by helping their portfolio startups achieve commercial success through warm introductions.
CompanyGPT
A comprehensive research intelligence platform that leverages AI agents to generate detailed company analysis reports. The platform automatically researches companies across multiple dimensions including company intelligence, competitive analysis, market dynamics, and trend analysis.
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Nice Try
DealSwipe
DealSwipe is a discovery app that turns doom-scrolling into deal flow for venture capitalists. Instead of wasting hours scrolling through LinkedIn, Twitter, or endless databases, VCs can use DealSwipe to quickly explore startups in a swipe-based interface — like Tinder for investments.
Crowd's Favorite
Matcha AI
Matcha is an AI-powered deal flow platform that pulls startup signals from WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Slack, email and sources like Crunchbase, AngelList and Product Hunt into one inbox. It normalizes and enriches the data, applies VC-style screening and scoring for risk and opportunity, and surfaces prioritized leads with actionable insights—so investors spend less time aggregating and more time deciding.
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Main Sponsors
KFund
KFund is one of our main sponsors. They're a leading early-stage fund in Southern Europe, supporting founders with capital, network, and experience.
Le Wagon
Le Wagon is our location host. They run world-class coding bootcamps in web, data, and AI, and we're excited to be building inside their Barcelona campus.
Product Sponsors
Community Sponsors
What It's About
A hackathon to challenge the way VC investors work.
This hackathon invites developers, designers, and problem solvers to build AI-powered agents that streamline workflows for VC investors.
The goal: create agent-based tools that solve real, high-friction problems faced by people who move capital and make decisions every day.
The Challenge
Challenge the way VC investors work, using AI
We're looking for teams that can scope and prototype agents that solve problems like:
Speeding up due diligence
Automate research and analysis for faster investment decisions.
Managing inbound dealflow
Streamline and prioritize potential investment opportunities.
Automating market mapping
Generate comprehensive market landscapes with minimal effort.
Simplifying investor reporting
Create clear, insightful reports from complex financial data.
You don't need deep ML experience to join. If you understand the problem, we'll help you figure out the tools.
In Collaboration with Le Wagon
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Who Should Join
Anyone with a bias for building.
Each team should include at least one technical member. Other valuable profiles include:
- UX or product designers
Create intuitive interfaces for complex AI tools
- Business thinkers
Identify high-value problems and market opportunities
- Industry specialists
Bring domain expertise to ensure solutions fit real needs
- Former founders or operators
Apply practical experience to build useful tools
You can apply solo or with a team. We'll help connect you if needed.
Max team size: 3 people.
What You Get
Mentorship
Get guidance from AI builders and founders with experience scaling products.
Resources
Pre-reads, tools, and structured support to accelerate your build.
Community
Access to the Build community of builders and investors.
Opportunities
Prizes and potential entry into our Residency program for standout teams.
Prize Pool
€2000+
Total Prize Pool
Cash Prizes
Direct cash rewards for winning teams
Swag
Exclusive branded items from our sponsors
Product Credits
Free subscriptions and credits from our partners
AI Summit Tickets
Access to AI Summit Barcelona
Full prize details will be announced at the hackathon!
We're working with our sponsors to finalize an exciting prize pool that includes cash rewards, product subscriptions, API credits, exclusive swag, and tickets to AI Summit Barcelona. Stay tuned for the complete breakdown.
Hackathon Fuel
Stay fueled with healthy, tasty snacks from our friends at XAMA - keeping your energy high through every late-night build and big idea.
Schedule
26 September
Kickoff
Challenge intro, team check-in
27 September
Build day
Mentorship sessions throughout the day
28 September
Venue opens
Submission deadline
Winner announcement and social drinks
Closing and farewell
Want to Sponsor or Partner?
We're currently welcoming sponsors and partners to support this event. Whether you're a cloud provider, VC, product company, or platform — reach out and let's talk.
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