DoraHacks

DoraHacks

Organizes blockchain hackathons and BUIDL platform.

Overview

DoraHacks runs global hackathons and a platform for developers to collaborate on Web3 projects and BUIDLs, connecting participants with sponsors and bounty tasks. It enables collaboration, rewards, and grant programs including quadratic funding rounds to fund community-led Web3 ideas. Funds come from sponsorships, reward distributions, and community contributions. Goal: grow the global Web3 ecosystem by funding, accelerating, and connecting developers to create blockchain innovations.

About DoraHacks

Simplify's Rating
Why DoraHacks is rated
B-
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

Crypto & Web3

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Grant

Total Funding

$29M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2014

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What believers are saying

  • February 2026 newsletters showed active launches across AWS, Stacks, Polkadot, Solana, and Stellar.
  • StableHacks 2026 and Casper Hackathon 2026 prove repeat ecosystem demand for DoraHacks sponsorship rails.
  • The 2024 ATOM airdrop and AEZ funding round demonstrated large-scale community mobilization and token incentive power.

What critics are saying

  • CryptoJobsList showed no live DoraHacks jobs in 2025, signaling constrained hiring and growth.
  • Hackathon sponsorship revenue depends on partners like AWS and Google Cloud renewing programs each quarter.
  • If major ecosystems internalize hackathon tooling by 2027, DoraHacks loses its platform moat entirely.

What makes DoraHacks unique

  • DoraHacks owns a global hackathon distribution engine across AWS, Solana, and Stellar in 2026.
  • BUIDL AI 3.0 automates organizer workflows, judging, marketing, and bounty execution.
  • Dora Factory adds privacy voting and quadratic funding, strengthening governance infrastructure beyond events.

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Funding

Total Funding

$29M

Below

Industry Average

Funded Over

3 Rounds

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Benefits

Remote Work Options

Hybrid Work Options

Flexible Work Hours

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-3%

1 year growth

-3%

2 year growth

-3%
Bitget
May 21st, 2026
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TownSquare, an infrastructure platform for institutional yield and cross-chain lending brokerage, has completed a Pre-A funding round, bringing total raised capital to $16.25 million. The round included participation from World Liberty Financial Ecosystem Fund, Auros Ventures, Moca Network, Amber Group, Animoca Ventures, Bixin Ventures and several angel investors. The funds will accelerate institutional adoption of USD1 and other real world asset yield opportunities. TownSquare recently announced a $100 million USD1 liquidity programme and deployed USD1 on Monad EVM L1 with World Liberty Financial. The company is preparing to launch yield pool products supporting USD1, on-chain gold and cbBTC across chains including Monad and BNB Chain, aiming to strengthen connections between traditional finance and decentralised finance.

CoinRank
Apr 15th, 2025
DoraHacks officially launches BUIDL AI, opening automated payment service for hackathons

DoraHacks officially launches BUIDL AI, opening automated payment service for hackathons.

Teknovation.biz
Mar 9th, 2025
News & Notes | Application Deadline Looming For “Sustainable Mobility Reverse Pitch Challenge”

From Chattanooga and Nashville: The Company Lab (CO.LAB) and TennSMART are accepting applications through this Friday for their annual Sustainable Mobility Reverse Pitch Challenge that will be held in conjunction... The post News Notes | Application deadline looming for Sustainable Mobility Reverse Pitch Challenge appeared first on Teknovation.biz.

CoinRank
Mar 2nd, 2025
DoraHacks held BUIDL Day in Denver, with 45 star startup projects participating in the show

At BUIDL Day, DoraHacks released important focus areas for 2025, including: consumer-grade encryption applications, autonomous intelligent body encryption and organization, Freedom of BUIDL and privacy technology, sovereign independent blockchain, open source quantum software and infrastructure, quantum blockchain, open source hardware, etc.

Desk3
Mar 1st, 2025
DoraHacks, Dora Ventures enter into a strategic partnership with Google Cloud

On March 2nd, on BUIDL Day, DoraHacks and Dora Ventures officially announced a strategic cooperation with Google Cloud.

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