In January 2027, Buckeye FinTech is hosting its next hackathon at Ohio State, aiming for $25,000 in prizes, up from $10,000 at our last one. We’re looking for one lead sponsor to make it happen.
Mughil Murugan, President
Buckeye FinTech
A campus hackathon for Ohio State students from every major, built around fintech. Our lead sponsor helps shape the challenge.
Aiming for 2.5× our last hackathon.
In February 2026, Buckeye FinTech and IBM SkillsBuild hosted the largest cash-prize hackathon on Ohio State’s campus: 24 hours, two challenge tracks, and IBM mentors in the room with every team.
Prize pool
Hours
Challenge tracks
The lead sponsor’s name goes on the event, its challenge goes in front of every team, and its recruiters get first access.
$40K+
Your sponsorship helps fund our $25,000 prize pool goal, plus food, swag and the venue for every participant.
Become the lead sponsor“Buckeye FinTech Hackathon, presented by your company” on everything we publish.
Shape a track around a real problem your team cares about.
Open the event on stage and sit on the final judging panel.
Your engineers and product people working directly with teams.
The participant resume book and a dedicated recruiting session.
Website, slides, swag and social, ahead of every other partner.
Flexible by design. We’ll finalize the package with you.
Interested in leading the January 2027 hackathon, or supporting it another way? Tell us a bit about your team and we’ll follow up.
Someone from Buckeye FinTech will be in touch soon.