Hack2Skill: Driving Innovation And Upskilling In The Tech Community

Hack2Skill is a leading innovation and upskilling platform connecting over 5 million tech innovators. Valued at $10 million, it partners with 10,000+ institutes and startups to run hackathons, innovation challenges, and recruitment campaigns. The platform delivers measurable outcomes, including a 90% cost reduction in ideation, and offers workshops, training, and events to build a thriving tech community.

According to a recent study by Boston Consulting Group (BCG), 79% of companies rank innovation among their top three priorities. Responding to this demand for transformation, Hack2Skill emerges as a leading platform that helps organisations drive innovation through structured community engagement, hackathons, and strategic talent acquisition.

Since its inception in 2018, Hack2Skill has grown into a $10 million-valued platform, connecting over 5 million innovators, including 10,000+ partnered institutes – many among India’s top-tier engineering institutions such as the IITs and NITs – and 10,000+ startups. The platform’s outreach extends to students, professionals, and developers, offering targeted engagement programmes that help companies reach and collaborate with some of the most promising minds in the tech ecosystem.

A platform tailored for innovation

Hack2Skill’s customisable innovation management platform enables organisations to meet specific business objectives without a one-size-fits-all approach. The platform offers a range of services designed to meet diverse innovation needs:

• Innovation challenges and hackathons: Hack2Skill organises corporate challenges and hackathons that encourage participants to develop transformative solutions for real-world problems. These events not only drive innovation but also help businesses identify top talent.
• Startup pitches: The platform connects companies with the best startups in their industry, facilitating partnerships and co-development of cutting-edge technologies.
• Student challenges: By tapping into the creativity of student minds, Hack2Skill helps organisations explore fresh, innovative ideas.
• Internal hackathons: Empowering employees to drive change, Hack2Skill enables businesses to gather insights and co-create solutions that align with their goals.
• Recruitment: Through targeted outreach campaigns, Hack2Skill connects companies with the brightest young minds globally, ensuring access to game-changing ideas and talent.

Tangible business outcomes

Hack2Skill’s programmes are not just conceptual but deliver measurable results for its partners. The company reports:

• 90% cost reduction in ideation and deployment, making innovation more accessible.
• 73% increase in product adoption, ensuring ideas progress beyond launch.
• 65% improvement in brand visibility, helping partners gain global exposure.
• 100% free talent acquisition, redefining recruitment processes and reducing costs.

Building a thriving tech community

At its core, Hack2Skill is more than just a platform; it is a community. With a team of 50 professionals and offices in India, the company collaborates with mentors, industry experts, and corporate partners to deliver impactful programs. Its offerings include:

• Workshops and training: Hands-on sessions on emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and cloud computing.
• Skill development programs: Structured courses aimed at upskilling participants in coding, data science, and software development.
• Community events: Tech meetups, webinars, and networking events that foster knowledge sharing and collaboration.
• Corporate partnerships: Customised hackathons and innovation challenges that help businesses engage with the tech community and identify top talent.

Hack2Skill also hosts tech meetups, webinars, and community networking events that serve as platforms for exchanging ideas and fostering collaboration among innovators and organisations alike.

Hack2Skill secures $1 million in funding round

Hack2Skill, a platform dedicated to community engagement and innovation in the technology sector, has raised $1 million in its first funding round. The round was led by Recur Club and String Ventures, combining a mix of debt capital and equity investment.

The funds will be utilised to strengthen Hack2Skill’s marketing, product innovation, and sales operations, the company announced.

Founded by Samkit Sharma, Hack2Skill empowers a growing community of over 3 million tech enthusiasts through hackathons, workshops, and boot camps, helping them collaborate on innovative solutions to real-world challenges.

Speaking on the development, Samkit Sharma, Founder of Hack2Skill, said: “With the capital raised from Recur Club and String Ventures, I’m certain that Hack2Skill will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of technology solutions.”

Kaushik Roy, Chief Technology Officer of Hack2Skill, noted that this investment will boost the company’s AI capabilities and enhance collaborative efforts within the tech community.

From the investor’s side, Eklavya Gupta, Co-founder and CEO of Recur Club, remarked: “This venture is a great fit for Recur Club's mission to support promising startups like Hack2Skill with the financial resources they need to succeed.”

Adding an international perspective, Dilip Dubey, Chief Investor and Mentor at String Ventures (US), stated: "Hack2Skill’s aim extends beyond fostering innovation within the borders of a single nation.”

Hack2Skill is expected to accelerate its impact in the EdTech and innovation management space, while expanding its reach and deepening its technology-driven community offerings.

Hack2Skill: Platform Partner of Smart India Hackathon (SIH)

Hack2Skill serves as the official platform partner of the Smart India Hackathon (SIH), contributing its expertise in managing large-scale innovation and engagement programmes across India. As a trusted name in the hackathon and community-building ecosystem, Hack2Skill provides the digital infrastructure and operational support required to execute a hackathon of SIH’s scale, which involves lakhs of students and thousands of institutions.

Hack2Skill enables smooth registration, problem statement management, team coordination, and virtual hackathon execution for SIH. With over 8.9 lakh participating students, more than 2600 problem statements, and contributions from 3897 institutions, the scale of SIH demands an agile and scalable solution—an area where Hack2Skill brings proven expertise.