
$3M Startup Hackathon: How Pumpfun is Revolutionizing VC Funding
From VESTING with Brycent by Brycent
February 16, 2026 · 25 min
About this episode
The episode discusses Pumpfun's innovative $3m hackathon and its impact on venture funding.
Pumpfun is one of the fastest and most polarizing crypto startups of all time. And now they are giving a new definition to the term Internet Capital Markets with their new $3m hackathon where they will be investing $250K into 12 startups that launch on Pumpfun. Today on Vesting, we sit down with a Pumpfun team member to talk about the hackathon, the current inefficiencies in venture, and what the future of fundraising looks like for startups!
People in this episode
Host: Brycent
Guest: Pumpfun team member
Topics covered
- crypto startups
- venture capital
- fundraising
- hackathon
- Internet Capital Markets
Keywords
- Pumpfun
- hackathon
- venture capital
- fundraising
- crypto startups
- Internet Capital Markets
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Pumpfun
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