AngelHack is a global hackathon organization founded by Greg Gopman and Krystyl Baldwin in 2011. Sabeen Ali replaced Krystyl as co-founder in late 2011. AngelHack hosts an annual global hackathon competition where entrants compete to build, test, and launch new software solutions over the course of a weekend.
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AngelHack also facilitates corporate hackathons and has partnered with organizations like Comcast-NBC Universal, Hasbro, IBM, Hearst, Cisco and MasterCard to run themed events designed to prototype ideas.
AngelHack's community consists of approximately 97,000 members. Currently, it is a female-owned, female-majority company.
AngelHack HACKcelerator
AngelHack also runs the HACKcelerator, a pre-accelerator program that provides mentorship to entrepreneurs and showcases companies to investors. Notable AngelHack HACKcelerator teams include WeFunder and Microryza, both of which have been inducted to Y-Combinator. Another HACKcelerator project, Waigo Translate, has been inducted into 500 Startups. Two HACKcelerator graduates have been acquired by Google: SlickLogin and Appetas. Another team, Osper, was able to raise over $10 million in seed-funding. In 2015 AtumSoft secured their first $100,000 in funding from Lab360 and facetime with Y-Combinator.
History
AngelHack was founded by Greg Gopman, Greg Osuri and Krystyl Baldwin in 2011. Krystyl stepped down as co-founder after a dispute with Greg and Sabeen Ali stepped in 2011 in the Bay Area, California.
In 2014, Gopman stepped down as CEO after a suit was filed against him.
Controversy
AngelHack co-founder Greg Gopman was criticized by the San Francisco media for a Facebook rant he made against the city's homeless.