LAUNCH Hackathon Wrap-Up

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0:35 PM PST Mon, Nov 11, 2013

Jason Calacanis with first-place winners, Ramen

LAUNCH Hackathon (November 8-10, The Metreon City View, San Francisco): hackathon.launch.co

A big thank you to all who participated in the LAUNCH Hackathon this past weekend in San Francisco. The projects we saw exceeded our expectations and we were inspired by your hard work and energy! With over 1600 registrants, $1.7M+ in prizes, and 2 days of nonstop coding, LAUNCH's second Hackathon was a big success!

See what people were saying about the LAUNCH Hackathon on Twitter all weekend long (#launchhack)

Photos from Fri, Nov. 8: http://www.flickr.com/photos/launchconf/sets/72157637574998193/
Photos from Sun, Nov. 10: http://www.flickr.com/photos/launchconf/sets/72157637615559704/

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WINNERS
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Of the 147 submitted projects, the judging panel selected 5 winners, with $100k in investment prizes from The LAUNCH Fund, and more:

First Place
($40k optional investment prize from the LAUNCH Fund):

Ramen
Project-funding site for software startups, with a focus on early adopters, and collaborations.
Technology: Heroku, Ruby on Rails
http://www.ramen.is | @ramenapp
LAUNCH Hackathon project page: http://goo.gl/G27te8

Second Place - TIE
($20k optional investment prize each, from the LAUNCH Fund):

PrixFixe
Mobile app to find restaurant pop-ups and underground dining experiences
Technology: Amazon AWS, Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, CSS, HTML5, JavaScript, MongoDB, Node.js, Objective C, Redis
http://prixfixeapp.com | @prixfixeapp
LAUNCH Hackathon project page: http://goo.gl/oIU1nv

Auto-Bio
Modular software to control robotic gantry for scientific experiments: recording and executing automation routines, live camera feed, gesture-based control
Technology: Arduino, Bootstrap
https://github.com/UnquietCode/FlowBot
LAUNCH Hackathon project page: http://goo.gl/W2JerU

Fourth Place
($10k optional investment prize from the LAUNCH Fund):

FinalRev
Code review for design projects; improving workflow for designers, developers and project managers
Technology: Angular.js, Dropbox API, JavaScript, Python, Twilio
LAUNCH Hackathon project page: http://goo.gl/7ARzat

Fifth Place
($10k optional investment prize):

Vibrance
Mobile app that allows users to choose clothes they like, push designs into production , and earn rewards for being trendsetters – first access to fashion

Technology: iOS, Kohl’s API, Parse
LAUNCH Hackathon project page: http://goo.gl/JlCjgz

See all 147 projects here: hackathon.launch.co/projects

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FINALISTS
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The 15 finalists were:

Ramen (1st place winners)
AutoBio (2nd place winners - tied)
PrixFixe (2nd place winners - tied)
FinalRev (4th place)
Vibrance (5th place)
Aircast
Gloopt
Meeting Pulse
Pressroom.io
Under the Radar
Rivista
Vollot
Minimal
Autoperk
Kohl's Scavenger Hunt

Congratulations to all 15 finalists!

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FIRESIDE CHATS
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@Jason's fireside chats with Naval Ravikant (AngelList), and Kevin Rose (Digg, Google Ventures) inspired and motivated the builders to make something great!

Video coming soon!

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JUDGES
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Thank you to the panel of 25 judges, who reviewed all 147 submitted projects on Sunday evening: