Partner with Crucible
Put your brand where
founders are made.
Sponsors reach 3,400+ of the most driven builders in the ecosystem — at hackathons, demo days, and through the cohorts where the next generation of startups is forged.
3,400+
founders reached
128
events run
$40M+
raised by alumni
Sponsorship tiers
Pick your altitude.
Spark
$5k/event
Get in the room at a single hackathon or demo day.
Logo on event page & signage
2 tickets + a booth/table
Shout-out in the newsletter
Most popular
Forge
$25k/quarter
Headline a cohort and every event within it.
Everything in Spark, plus:
Title a hackathon track + prize
Judge seats + demo-day access
Recruiting access to builders
Crucible
Custom
Year-round partner across the whole network.
Everything in Forge, plus:
Named cohort & fund partnership
Product integration in the platform
First look at every demo day
In good company
The funds, platforms and venues already backing the forge.
Sequoia
a16z
YC
Entrepreneur First
South Park Commons
Vercel
OpenAI
Stripe
Notion
AWS
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