FORKOFF runs activations at ETHIndia 2026 for founders entering India’s Web3 builder cohort. ETHIndia is the largest ETHGlobal hackathon in South Asia, organized with Devfolio, anchored in Bangalore each September. Pre-event narrative + 30-hour on-site cadence (clipping + builder access + sponsor track) + post-event compounding. One operator, one ledger, audit-tracked outcomes.
Most teams sponsor + drop a bounty. Some show up for the demo day + leave. FORKOFF runs the ETHIndia weekend as a 14-day operating cycle.
The room compounds in ways no other Indian event can. ETHGlobal halo + Devfolio reach + 800+ active builders + India crypto KOL activation inside one 72-hour window.
800+ hackers concentrated in one venue for 30 hours of active build. Highest builder-per-square-foot density of any event on the FORKOFF roster. Sponsor bounties reach builder eyes in real time, not via a deck three weeks later.
Indian VCs, ETHGlobal sponsors, and global protocol foundations all ship judges + scouts to ETHIndia. Term sheets get sketched in the venue lounge. Buyer time-to-decision compresses 4x vs. cold outreach into Indian cohorts.
Indian Web3 founders are notoriously hard to reach over email or LinkedIn. ETHIndia weekend is the one window where the cluster is reachable in person, in the same room, and in conversation rather than transactional outreach.
Indian Twitter / X clusters, Devfolio Discord, ETHGlobal recap accounts, and Indian crypto KOL networks all activate in parallel. Every on-site moment compounds across surfaces. Post-event clip cadence rides the residual attention curve for 30 days.
ETHIndia compresses an ecosystem week into a 30-hour build window. Builder density runs 5x higher than a normal conference, sponsor judging surfaces real qualified pipeline inside 48 hours, and the Indian Web3 KOL cluster activates around the event in parallel. Activating well means picking the right stripe of the weekend.
Dec 2026 (TBA)
Dates not yet announced by ETHGlobal and Devfolio; recent editions have landed in Nov-Dec. Friday opening + Saturday-Sunday 30-hour hackathon. Bangalore venue (typical: Manpho Convention Center or KTPO). ETHGlobal + Devfolio joint production.
ETHIndia 2024 hosted 800+ hackers across 2,500+ applications. 2026 trending higher with the India crypto cohort consolidating around ETHGlobal as the regional flagship.
ETHGlobal-typical track taxonomy. Pick 1-2 max for any single sponsor activation.
Activations on ETHGlobal-family events delivered through the FORKOFF audit ledger. Hackathon motion travels across ETHIndia + ETH NYC + ETHCC. Same ledger, same operator.
T-30 to T-7 days: lock the founder narrative for ETHIndia weekend, identify 30 ICP accounts attending (judges + sponsor leads + repeat-hacker founders + Indian Web3 KOLs), comment-engineer their pre-event posts to surface in their notification feed, set up qualified intros for the weekend..
Deliverables (3)
Mon to Fri leading into ETHIndia weekend: daily founder posts, builder-bounty packet finalized + distributed via Devfolio, KOL pre-event placements live, side-event invite list closed (Standard + Full tiers), partner cross-promotion across Indian Web3 cluster..
Deliverables (3)
Friday-Sunday on-site: real-time clip cadence from the build floor, founder posts during 30-hour window, sponsor-bounty judging on Sunday morning, winner clip captured + distributed same-day, Indian KOL voices activated through bot-screened placements during demo day..
Deliverables (3)
T+1 to T+30: clip cascade continues across the weekend's recordings, winner-team conversations followed up, qualified intros from judges + sponsors converted to discovery calls, partnership conversations closed, verified proof reports the qualified pipeline sourced from ETHIndia..
Deliverables (3)
Strategy 12 weeks out. Production 4 weeks out. Execution event week. Compounding 30 days post. Each phase closes with a verified entry.
Sample schedule for a Standard-tier engagement, shown relative to the opening day since ETHIndia 2026 dates are not yet announced. Tier-specific deliverables shown in the next section.
| Day | Date | Motion | FORKOFF owns |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu | Eve | Land in Bangalore · pre-event founder dinner setup | Venue + invite list + intro choreography |
| Fri | Day 1 | ETHIndia opening day · founder posts + sponsor-track intro | Daily post + sponsor-bounty distribution |
| Sat | Day 2 | 30-hour hack underway · on-site clip cadence + builder-floor walks | Real-time clipping + builder coverage |
| Sun | Day 3 | Judging + winner clip + recap thread + Devfolio reciprocation | Winner clip + thread craft + cluster activation |
| Mon | Day +1 | Departure · post-event clip cascade live | Distribution sequencing + weekly verified proof |
Two weeks of pre-event narrative + 30-account cluster activation + ETHIndia-specific intro engineering. You leave with a verified record of qualified intros surfaced before you land in Bangalore. Lite tier scopes a single track (narrative drop OR builder-bounty cadence OR side-event slot). Selective on ICP, capped per quarter.
All tiers carry the verified record + qualified-pipeline reporting. Tier scales scope, not philosophy.
$5,000-$10,000
By application
By application
Nov 2026 · Mumbai · by application
May 2026 · New York · Lite tier by application
Jul 2026 · Cannes · Standard tier by application
Sep 2026 · Seoul · Standard tier by application
Oct 2026 · Singapore · Standard tier by application
Nov 2026 · Buenos Aires · Standard tier by application
ETHIndia is the largest ETHGlobal hackathon in South Asia, co-produced with Devfolio. The 2024 edition drew 800+ on-site hackers from 2,500+ applications across 30 hours of live build. ETHIndia 2026 is anchored in Bangalore in mid-September.
Most teams sponsor and drop a bounty. Some show up for demo day and leave. The FORKOFF activation is a 14-day operating cycle: pre-event narrative + intro engineering, on-site 30-hour cadence + sponsor-bounty distribution + KOL placement, post-event clip cascade + qualified-pipeline record. Same operator, same dashboard, audit-tracked outcomes.
Three tiers. Lite is by application (single-track pre-event narrative OR on-site builder-bounty cadence OR side-event slot). Standard is by application (recommended, full weekend presence + sponsor-bounty packet). Full is by application (sponsor-grade with side-event arc + founder podcast day + extended Indian KOL rotation). All tiers carry the verified record + qualified-pipeline reporting.
Hackathons compress the ecosystem week into 30 hours of active build. The activation rhythm shifts from main-stage talk coverage to builder-floor walks, sponsor-bounty distribution, and Sunday winner-team partnership conversations. FORKOFF tunes cadence, copy, and KOL targeting to that compressed window.
Yes. FORKOFF has working relationships with Indian Web3 KOLs and Devfolio operators. Standard tier includes 1 Indian-cluster KOL placement; Full tier extends to 3 to 5 placements + Hindi-language clip adaptation. The Indian builder ecosystem rewards founders who invest in regional language + cluster, not just sponsor logos.
Every recording captured on-site feeds the clipping pipeline at clips.forkoff.xyz. One 60-min recording produces 8 to 12 cross-platform clips (X / TikTok / Reels / Shorts), distributed over the 30 days following ETHIndia. Each clip tracked in the qualified-view record. The post-event cadence is what compounds the weekend’s investment.
Single-track entry tier by application. 14 days of pre-ETHIndia narrative cadence + 30-account cluster activation + intro engineering, OR a single on-site builder-floor recording, OR a side-event slot. You leave with a verified record of qualified intros surfaced before you land in Bangalore. Lets you test fit before committing to Standard or Full tier.
Yes. ETHIndia is one of 8+ events on the FORKOFF event roster. Korea Blockchain Week, ETHCC, Token2049 (Singapore + Dubai), Devcon, Consensus, ETH NYC. Each event has its own activation page with cadence + tier pricing tuned to the event format.
On-site recordings feed the clipping pipeline. Post-event cadence compounds the weekend.
Hackathon energy is devrel energy. ETHIndia is the highest-leverage devrel weekend in South Asia.
Bot-screened Indian + global Web3 KOL placements during ETHIndia. Qualified-view tracking.
Beyond ETHIndia weekend. Web3-protocol GTM playbook + builder-cohort access pattern.
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FORKOFF has run activations across 42 events since 2023, per our own operating record, including Korea Blockchain Week, ETHDenver, and Token2049. ETHIndia is the largest Ethereum hackathon in the country, and the 2026 edition lands in Bangalore in mid-September, pulling one of the deepest young developer pools in the world into a single building. The curated side events we run around it sit between 100 and 250 attendees each, a builder dinner, a mentor breakfast, a focused workshop timed to the days the hackathon floor is packed. The Bangalore plan on this page comes from reps we have actually logged on the ground, not from a reused template. We have served 150+ brands across that history, and ETHIndia is one of the few weeks where a protocol can put its tooling directly in front of thousands of engineers who will ship on it that same weekend.
ETHIndia skews young, technical, and hungry. The room is student builders, first-time founders, and the protocol teams recruiting the next wave of engineers, so a passive booth gets ignored while a real workshop or bounty gets a line out the door. Across our 42-event history the pattern in Bangalore held every time: the teams that gave the developers something to build with out-earned the teams that handed out swag. The room rewards genuine technical support and mentorship over polish, so the cadence we run leads with the working session and lets recruiting and awareness follow from the code that gets shipped.
Because we have run the pre-event to post-event loop dozens of times, an ETHIndia engagement does not begin from a blank page. We know when to open the narrative so it peaks the week the hackathon lands in Bangalore, which side-event format fits a young builder room, and how to keep the projects alive after the weekend closes. The full method sits on the event management service page, the calendar of every activation window lives at the events hub, and if your team runs the flagship US hackathon week too, the ETHDenver breakdown runs the same math for the densest builder crowd on the US calendar.
Reviewed by the FORKOFF events team, the operators who run these activations on the ground.
Lite activation single-track, by application. Standard tier end-to-end, by application. Full tier sponsor-grade, by application. verified proof on qualified pipeline across every tier.
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