What BeMyApp does

BeMyApp is a privately held, founder-owned B2B digital transformation and developer relations agency that designs and runs hackathons, incubators, accelerators, and corporate entrepreneurship programs for large enterprises worldwide. Its offering follows a structured three-step methodology (Learn: workshops, webinars, coding challenges; Prototype: hackathons, in-house incubators, reverse mentoring; Launch: online accelerators, corporate entrepreneurship), positioning itself as an outsourced innovation partner that delivers measurable outcomes such as reduced time-to-market, talent identification, and startup ecosystem creation. The company operates through two legal entities, BeMyApp SAS (Marseille, France) and BeMyApp Corporation (San Francisco, USA), with offices in San Francisco, Boise, Austin, London, Paris, and Munich, and claims 800+ external hackathons in 35+ countries and 200+ corporate clients since 2010.

The underlying technology is a multi-platform ecosystem spanning owned assets (Hackathon.com, CoderPower, VirtualConference.com, Hackerunit, Withthebest.com, Workadventu.re) and integrated third-party tools. Hackathon.com is the largest asset, claimed to host 10M+ members and 2,000+ organizers, and functions as both a community platform and a marketing/distribution channel. BeMyApp also operates a Community Partnership Program targeting schools, media, and tech influencers as an indirect distribution layer.

Revenue is generated exclusively through professional services contracts with enterprise clients, with services quote-based and tailored to client objectives, scope, geography, and format; no public pricing tiers exist. The go-to-market is sales-led, combining direct enterprise engagement with event-driven demand generation through owned platforms. The customer base is concentrated in Fortune 500 corporations across banking, insurance, telecom, retail, luxury, energy, aviation, and technology, including NBCUniversal, Société Générale, UBS, Allianz, Louis Vuitton, Microsoft, Google, Salesforce, IBM, Huawei, and IKEA. The company is bootstrapped with no disclosed external funding and operates with 51-100 employees.

Name

BeMyApp

Legal name

BeMyApp SAS

Website

https://bemyapp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

BeMyApp is a founder-owned B2B digital transformation agency that organizes hackathons, developer relations programs, and corporate entrepreneurship services for Fortune 500 enterprises across 35+ countries, supported by a proprietary platform ecosystem led by Hackathon.com (10M+ members).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Innovation & Developer Event Services

NAICS

Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Other Computer Related Services (541519)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital & Technology Transformation Consulting (BPAHACAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Software Development (Programming, Frameworks, Dev Tools) (EDABAFAA), Developer Experience (DevEx) Tooling & Productivity Engineering (BPAEAKAM), Developer Portals, SDKs & Documentation Platforms (BPAMADAG)

Keywords

• Corporate hackathon services
• Developer relations programs
• Digital innovation consulting
• Enterprise event management
• Corporate entrepreneurship programs

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Corporate Hackathon Organizing Services: BeMyApp organizes custom hackathons (external and internal) for large corporations, managing the full lifecycle from project kickoff and participant recruitment to ideation, hackathon execution, incubation, and acceleration. Revenue is generated through professional services contracts with enterprise clients.
2. Developer Relations & Program Management: Scale developer relations for corporations through tailored programs including meetups, devlabs, webinars, online conferences, media buying, online competitions, and incubators. Billed as ongoing professional services.
3. Corporate Entrepreneurship & Disruption Services: Digital transformation services for corporations including workshops, virtual currency programs, reverse mentoring platforms, online accelerators, and outsourced development. Revenue derived from consulting and service delivery engagements.
4. Community Partnership Program: Partnership program targeting schools, media, and tech influencers to co-organize events and promote brands globally, with tiered packs (Standard, Gold, Influencer).

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

BeMyApp organizes and manages hackathons, developer relations programs, and corporate digital transformation initiatives for large enterprises. Services span the full innovation lifecycle, from workshops, webinars, and coding challenges through hackathons, corporate incubators, reverse mentoring, and online accelerators, helping companies reduce time to market, train teams on emerging technologies, and build external developer ecosystems.

Product overview

BeMyApp is a digital transformation and developer relations agency offering a comprehensive suite of innovation services. The core offerings include hackathon organization services (external hackathons to engage developer ecosystems and internal hackathons for corporate innovation), developer relations scaling to help companies grow global developer communities, and corporate digital transformation through workshops, incubators, and accelerators. The company operates multiple platforms including Hackathon.com (the largest online hackathon community with 10M+ members), VirtualConference.com, and CoderPower (coding challenge platform). Services are delivered through modular components such as online competitions, corporate incubators, and online accelerators, all supported by a Community Partnership Program connecting schools, media, and tech influencers to their global innovation network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hackathon Organization Services Comprehensive hackathon planning and execution services for corporations, including external hackathons to engage developer ecosystems and internal hackathons to foster internal innovation and cross-departmental collaboration. Delivered to enterprise clients across banking, telecom, retail, insurance, energy, luxury, and technology industries.
• Developer Relations Scaling Services Developer marketing and community building solutions that help technology companies define objectives and KPIs, design comprehensive developer programs, and execute them globally to grow online presence, expand developer communities, and drive platform/API adoption.
• Corporate Digital Transformation Services Digital transformation programs through hackathons, incubators, workshops, and accelerators that help companies embrace innovation, reduce time to market, develop startup ecosystems, and change organizational mindset through experiential learning rather than slide decks.
• Hackathon.com Online hackathon platform and community connecting hackathon organizers with 10 million+ member innovators around the globe for event discovery, registration, and community engagement.
• VirtualConference.com Virtual conference platform enabling organizations to find or list virtual conferences and events in one place.
• CoderPower Coding challenge platform used to run developer competitions and evangelize technologies for enterprise clients.
• Community Partnership Program Partnership program connecting schools, media organizations, and tech influencers with BeMyApp's tech communities for co-organizing events and promoting brands globally, with tiered packs (Standard, Gold, Influencer).

Quantifiable outcome

• 800+ hackathons organized across 35+ countries since 2010
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers26 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and established.

• IBMcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 3 June 2026IBM partnered with BeMyApp to organize the global AI Builders Challenge, a competition for university students to develop AI and software development skills using IBM Bob. IBM expanded free access to IBM Bob to 20,000 post-secondary institutions worldwide through IBM SkillsBuild. The challenge offers a $15,000 total prize pool across two monthly competitions. BeMyApp has also organized multiple IBM events including IBM Z Day (annual virtual conferences), IBM TechXchange Conference, IBM Dev Days, and university AI hackathons under IBM SkillsBuild.
• OrangecoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 October 2025Orange partnered with BeMyApp to organize the Orange Network APIs Hackathon 2025, an online challenge inviting startups and developers to prototype solutions across Customer Experience, Trusted Data, and Industry 4.0 themes using Orange's telecom APIs. The partnership leverages Orange's Network APIs (part of GSMA Open Gateway and CAMARA open-source initiatives) and BeMyApp's global hackathon execution capabilities.
• SalesforceestablishedTechnology or IntegrationBeMyApp has organized white-label and sponsored hackathons, coding challenges, and media buying campaigns to evangelize developers around the Salesforce1 platform. Salesforce is listed as a technology partner at many BeMyApp events.
• MicrosoftestablishedTechnology or IntegrationMicrosoft has been a technology partner at many BeMyApp events. BeMyApp organized numerous hackathons and incubators to generate content on Microsoft app stores, and Microsoft Azure was the technological partner for events like the Kaiser Permanente healthcare hackathon.
• SamsungestablishedTechnology or IntegrationBeMyApp ran a series of global events alongside the Samsung Tizen developer program, where Samsung was one of BeMyApp's key clients.
• GoogleestablishedTechnology or IntegrationBeMyApp supported recruitment of new leads for Google Developer Groups (GDGs) in the UK and organized a dedicated hackathon around open data.
• IntelestablishedTechnology or IntegrationBeMyApp delivered full developer programs dedicated to Intel IoT and Realsense, including hackathons, incubators, meetups, and digital campaigns.
• CiscoestablishedTechnology or IntegrationBeMyApp ran a series of hackathons around the world as part of the Cisco DevNet developer program.
• HuaweiestablishedStrategic or Co-development PartnerHuawei Sweden partnered with BeMyApp to organize a series of University Hackathons (4th edition in December 2021) for Data Science students across Swedish universities to design real-time schedulers for multiprocessors in 5G contexts. The partnership serves Huawei's talent recruitment and employer branding objectives.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Mind the Bridge: Mind the Bridge runs corporate-startup collaboration programs, innovation centers, and scouting engagements for enterprises. Highly comparable to BeMyApp's corporate entrepreneurship and open-innovation services.
• Devpost: Devpost is a hackathon and developer challenge platform used by enterprises to run online coding competitions and recruit developer talent. Like BeMyApp, it operates at the intersection of community platform and enterprise hackathon delivery, making it the closest direct comparison.
• HackerEarth: HackerEarth runs enterprise hackathons, coding assessments, and developer engagement programs for global tech clients. It overlaps directly with BeMyApp's external hackathon organizing and coding challenge services (e.g., CoderPower).
• Agorize: Agorize is a corporate innovation platform that helps enterprises run idea challenges, hackathons, and open-innovation programs worldwide. It is highly comparable to BeMyApp's corporate digital transformation and open-innovation offering.
• Major League Hacking (MLH): MLH is the official student hackathon league, powering hackathons at hundreds of universities and corporate-sponsored student events. BeMyApp runs similar university hackathon programs (e.g., Huawei Sweden), positioning MLH as a directly comparable community-and-events organizer.
• HeroX (Wazoku): HeroX, part of Wazoku, runs crowdsourced innovation and challenge competitions for enterprises and governments. It is comparable to BeMyApp's external hackathon and open-innovation work for corporations seeking to crowdsource solutions.
• ChallengeRocket: ChallengeRocket provides coding challenges and hackathon platforms to enterprise clients for developer recruiting and engagement. It overlaps with BeMyApp's CoderPower platform and coding challenge service line.
• Wazoku (formerly InnoCentive): Wazoku operates enterprise innovation software and challenge-driven crowdsourcing platforms. Comparable to BeMyApp's open-innovation and corporate entrepreneurship programs that source external solutions for large companies.

Broad incumbents

• Accenture (Innovation & Strategy practice): Accenture's innovation and digital transformation practices offer scaled, multi-disciplinary consulting that overlaps with BeMyApp's corporate digital transformation services, but as part of a much broader portfolio rather than a hackathon-specialist niche.

Regional players

• Slush: Slush organizes one of the world's largest tech and startup events, primarily in Northern Europe, with a focus on founder-investor matchmaking. It competes for enterprise sponsorship and developer mindshare in EMEA but does not deliver managed hackathon services in the same way BeMyApp does.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/bemyapp
• Facebookfacebook.com/bemyapp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bemyapp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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