Anyone - Individuals (eighteen years and above) and enterprises (including startups) from all geographies are welcome to apply under this global challenge.

You may click on the Join Now button on the top of this webpage and complete the registration questionnaire before the registration deadline (29.08.2025) with details of your proposal in the relevant sections of the questionnaire.

No. There is no such restriction. But all members of a team must be clearly listed and a lead participant nominated to be the contracting party. 

Yes, along with your application, you will need to consent to both the Terms and Conditions of the GLEIF vLEI Hackathon 2025 and the APIX Terms of Use during the registration process.

You need not be a registered firm for participation in the hackathon.

You can submit one proposal per problem statement. You can submit proposals for all the problem statements.

Yes you may participate in solving multiple problem statements. However, please note only one proposal is accepted from an organization for a particular problem statement. Please ensure therefore, that the best solution is put forward. An organization can submit proposals for all the problem statements.

The hackathon is free of charge for teams/participants.

No, your solution can aim to address the needs covered by more than one problem statement. We are looking at the uniqueness of the proposition and feasibility of the business model alongside to achieve the desired goal.

Yes, the shortlisted entities need to submit a demo or prototype and a presentation which would be evaluated to decide the winners.

There will be two rounds of evaluation. Proposals will first be reviewed by the organisers and our appointed agents. This is to shortlist the most promising participants to enter into the demo or prototype development phase of the hackathon. The shortlisted participants will subsequently submit their demo or prototype and presentation to be assessed by a panel of independent expert judges convened by the organisers.

All participants should register their team by Friday, 23:59 CET on 29th August, 2025.

Information provided to us through the online application will be shared only on a need-to-know basis within the relevant event and evaluation teams. The information provided will be retained by us post the program for audit purposes and will not be shared without obtaining explicit permission from the applicant / authorized team member.

The participants can choose to develop the solution via APIX or use their own IDEs. But if they are using their own IDEs then they will have to bring the code, compile it, run it on APIX, and present the running code before the judges for evaluation. Participants that wish to use an IDE provided by APIX will need to explicitly request this in their application and may be asked to contribute a fee for the use of the IDE for the duration of the Hackathon. Details about the cost of an IDE can be requested by emailing: support@apixplatform.com

No. Applicants cannot request for re-evaluation. The decision of the judges shall be final and binding. GLEIF reserves all rights with respect to the event.

Entities/Teams have full ownership of the solution proposed and any prototype that they build and host on the APIX Platform. The host of the hackathon and APIX have no ownership of your IP.

To get technical help you can write to support@apixplatform.com

You may click on the Join Now button on the top of this webpage and complete the registration questionnaire before the registration deadline (29.08.2025) with details of your proposal in the relevant sections of the questionnaire.