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Untap Technologies
Techstars '21Mohandeseen Giza, EG · 1 known investors
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Untap is a platform for managing innovation and talent discovery programs including challenges, hackathons, awards, scholarships, accelerators, and hiring pipelines. The system serves large organizations and institutions seeking to run unlimited programs with built-in application management, AI-powered evaluation, and participant engagement tools.
Also known as Untap · Untap Compete
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026Untap Technologies operates Untap Compete, a competition and awards platform used to launch and run time-bound programs such as awards, hackathons, grants, scholarships, student competitions, creative and casting calls, entrepreneurship challenges, calls for papers and proposals, research calls and public campaigns. A single workspace covers the full program lifecycle: a branded landing page, an application form with eligibility rules, submission collection (including file and video uploads and saved drafts on any device), multi-round evaluation, and winner announcement via auto-ranked leaderboards, exportable score reports, bulk decision emails and a public winners page.
Evaluation combines AI pre-screening — automated eligibility checks, flagging of incomplete or duplicate entries and summarization of long submissions — with human jury panels scoring against weighted rubrics across as many rounds as required; the company states that AI produces a shortlist rather than an outcome and that decisions remain with the jury. Additional capabilities include anonymized blind review that hides names, organizations and countries, reviewer normalization, full score history, judge progress tracking and one-click exports for governance and appeals. Entrant-preparation features such as courses, quizzes, assignments, certificates and bookable mentor sessions are built in. The Compete engine is also available inside two adjacent products, Untap Innovate and Untap Talent, for organizations whose programs feed ongoing communities or hiring pipelines.
Business model
Untap sells access to its competition and awards platform on a flat subscription basis rather than charging per entry, per program or per reviewer seat. Every plan is described as including unlimited submissions, unlimited programs (each with its own branding, rules and jury) and unlimited judges, reviewers and admins, so program cost does not rise with campaign volume. Discounts are offered to mission-driven buyers: 50% off for nonprofits with fewer than 10 full-time employees and 25% off for foundations and educational institutions. A free trial and a booked demo are the entry points, and the company offers a hands-on setup service in which its team configures a customer's first program.
Flat-price software subscription with no per-submission, per-program or per-seat charges, plus discounted tiers for small nonprofits (50%) and for foundations and educational institutions (25%).
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Market position
Untap competes in the submissions, awards and program-management software category, where it frames incumbent tools as pricing per submission, per program or per user and as offering limited data-residency or on-premise options. Its published comparison is dated to publicly available product documentation from August 2026.
Untap Compete positions against submission and awards tools on pricing and setup: a single flat price with unlimited submissions, programs and judge/admin seats instead of per-entry fees, entry caps, volume tiers or per-program line items; one-day self-serve setup (or under an hour with the Untap team) instead of microsite builds and developer tickets; built-in entrant preparation via courses, quizzes, assignments, certificates and mentor sessions; explicit nonprofit and education discounts; and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification with multi-cloud hosting, data residency choices and on-premise deployment.
Technology
The platform pairs AI pre-screening with structured jury workflows: automated eligibility checking, duplicate and incompleteness flagging, and summarization of long submissions ahead of human review; weighted scoring rubrics, reviewer normalization and live leaderboards; multi-round screening, shortlist and final stages each with its own criteria, judge pool and deadlines; and anonymized blind review. Customers can connect their own AI provider using their own key. Untap Compete states ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification and is hosted on GCP, AWS or Azure with data residency options and an on-premise deployment option.
Go-to-market
Self-serve acquisition through a free trial and a book-a-demo motion on the product website, supported by a concierge onboarding option in which the Untap team configures a customer's first program in under an hour. Positioning emphasizes speed to launch (one day versus microsite builds and procurement cycles) and a direct comparison against submission and awards tools that price per entry, per program or per user seat. Discounted pricing for nonprofits, foundations and educational institutions targets budget-constrained segments, and cross-sell into Untap Innovate and Untap Talent is offered without separate purchase.
Teams running time-bound programs, specifically program managers, marketing and CSR leads, university administrators, nonprofit teams and event organizers, across corporate awards, hackathons, grant and scholarship bodies, academic institutions and public campaign organizers.
Geography
Headquartered in Egypt, with hosting on GCP, AWS or Azure offering data residency options and on-premise deployment for customers with regional requirements.
Compiled by commissioned research from 6 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 1
launches, deals, and filingsThe product site states that Untap Compete is ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified and hosted on GCP, AWS or Azure with data residency options and on-premise deployment available.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
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- Untap Technologiesuntapcompete.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Untap Technologies do?
- Untap runs competitions, awards, hackathons and grant programs with AI pre-screening and multi-round jury evaluation.
- Who are Untap Technologies's investors?
- Untap Technologies's investors include Techstars.
- Where is Untap Technologies headquartered?
- Untap Technologies is headquartered in Mohandeseen Giza, EG.