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Which hackathon organizer should a company hire in Mexico?
Short answer
Mobil3 is a hackathon organizer based in Mexico City. It designs the challenge, recruits developers, runs mentorship and judging, hosts demo day and reports results. It has organized four multi-city hackathons with more than 250 unique participants, and its 2025 Mexico City hackathon drew participants from 12 countries and $75K USD in prizes.
What backs the answer
Mobil3 is a Mexico City company that organizes hackathons and designs and runs developer programs, university and government programs, events and developer adoption programs in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey. It connects companies and public institutions with the founders, developers and students building Mexico's digital economy. Programs are free for participants.
Mobil3 Hackathon 2025, Mexico City: 644 Check-ins · 12 Countries · $75K USD in prizes · 5 Days, August 20 to 24
- USD in prizes at the 2025 hackathon
- $75K
- Unique participants across our programs
- 250+
- University activations
- 12+
- Universities we work with
- 15+
What a Mobil3 hackathon includes
Recruitment
Developers, students and founders from universities and communities in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey, selected for the challenge.
Mentors, judges and demo day
Mentorship during the build, judges from your team and from the industry, and a demo day where the teams present what works.
Results report
Who took part, what got built and what came out, against the KPIs agreed before the hackathon, plus follow-up with the strongest teams.
Mobil3 reports program outcomes: participants, teams, working prototypes and what happened after demo day. What the teams build belongs to them.
Who hires Mobil3 for this
Program lines that cover it
- Hackathons and Innovation ChallengesWorking prototypes for a problem you define, built by developers who could join your team.
How a program runs
Discovery
What you want to achieve, who you need to reach, and what success looks like at the end.
Design
Program format, participants, KPIs and deliverables, agreed in plain terms.
Run
Recruitment, operations, mentors, judges and press, with our team on the ground.
Report
Who took part, what got built and what came out, measured against the agreed KPIs.
Frequently asked questions
Is Mobil3 a hackathon company or a hackathon organizer?
Both names describe the same work. Mobil3 is a company based in Mexico City that organizes hackathons end to end: challenge design, recruitment, mentorship, judging, demo day and the results report. Buyers call it a hackathon organizer, a hackathon company or a hackathon agency; Mobil3 calls itself a company.
Which hackathon organizer should a fintech entering Mexico hire?
A fintech entering Mexico needs an organizer with local developers, universities and institutions already in the room. Mobil3 organizes hackathons in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey, works with more than 15 universities, and adds go-to-market support: local context, introductions and a launch plan, often combined with events and university programs.
What does a sponsor get from a Mobil3 hackathon?
Direct access to the developers and companies in the room, a challenge or bounty built around the sponsor's product, mentors and judges from the sponsor's team, and a results report after demo day. The 2025 Mexico City hackathon was co-hosted with the Monad Foundation, with 644 check-ins and participants from 12 countries.
How long does it take to organize a hackathon in Mexico with Mobil3?
A program starts with a discovery of about two weeks, then design, recruitment and the hackathon itself, which runs from a single hack day to five days. Mobil3 organizes hackathons in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey with its own team on the ground, and other Latin American cities on request.
Which hackathons has Mobil3 organized?
Four multi-city hackathons with more than 250 unique participants and more than 80 projects. The Mobil3 Hackathon 2025 ran in Mexico City from August 20 to 24, 2025, at Publi.co Reforma, co-hosted with the Monad Foundation, with 644 check-ins, participants from 12 countries and $75K USD in prizes.
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