Platanus Hack '25

At Platanus we accelerate early-stage tech startups.

We select the best founders from Latin America (acceptance rate below 1%) and provide them with investment.

Then, for three months we help them grow together with mentors from tech startups like Fintual, Cornershop, Buk, and Runway.

More information about what we do on our website.

Platanus Hack brings together 120 of the best software engineers / techies in the country to build impactful solutions. From 0 to product in 36 hours.

The event is inspired by the best hackathons in the world and has a unique format in LATAM: 36 hours non-stop. Hackers stay overnight for two nights at the office, and end up presenting a solution.

The hackers are mentored by founders from our community and finish by presenting their project to the judges and to the world, in a live stream.

On Friday, August 26th, we launched the waitlist page.

The event will start on Friday, November 21, 6:30 PM and end on Sunday, November 23, 3:00 PM.

High-potential young people between 20 and 35 years old. Software engineers, inventors, and technical founders. We seek to create a tech community and identify founders with potential who can be part of our portfolio in the future.

The 2024 edition was a great success. 367 hackers applied and we accepted 122, grouped into 26 teams. We received hackers from Chile 🇨🇱, Argentina 🇦🇷, and Singapore 🇸🇬.

Fintual, AWS, and Buk were the main sponsors. The event venue was Palacio Droguett and we welcomed hackers on Friday night, November 24th, finishing on Sunday at 3pm.

Teams chose between 4 main themes: Finance, Health, Education, and Tech. They developed throughout the weekend and finished by presenting the product they built.

The result was 25 solutions that later had public voting on our platform.

After the event, each team shared their project on social media, where a total of 2,200 votes were received.