Borås Tech Challenge 2025

The theme was “Hack 4 Good” at the hackathon held on 8–9 May 2025 at the University of Borås. This year’s event saw a record number of participants, with just over 200 competitors divided into 39 teams. What made the 2025 hackathon particularly exciting was the diverse mix of participants – professionals, university students, and upper secondary school students all competed on equal terms.

Each team was free to interpret the theme and choose the focus of their solution. They also selected their own programming tools and had 23 hours to develop a prototype. Of the 39 teams that pitched their ideas to various juries, 12 advanced to the final round, where they had three minutes to present their solution to the main jury. Based on these pitches, the jury selected winners in five different categories.

Award Categories for Borås Tech Challenge 2025:

Best overall solution

Best technical solution

Best student contribution

Best pitch

Best Upper Secondary (High School) Team

Winners Tech Challenge 2025

Best overall solution: Team Centiro

The selection committee’s comments: “The team has developed a structured and well-thought-out solution proposal that integrated several complex components into an efficient and well-functioning overall flow.“

Team members: Jesper Svensson, Jenny Ta, Emil Malmgren and Pontus Erlandsson.

Best Technical Solution: IO Solutions

The selection committee’s comments: “A workable advanced solution to a real problem.“

Team members: Oscar Andrén, Tobias Kiel, Ronney Zetterström and Alexander Bergqvist (not pictured).

Best Student Contribution : Team JS02, students from Högskolan i Borås

The selection committee’s comments: “Skills development relevant to the target audience“

Team members: Abdulla Mehdi, Anton Bäckdahl, Caroline Swanpalmer, Joakim Olsson and Johanna Gull.

Best Pitch: Team JS02, students from Högskolan i Borås

The selection committee’s comments: “An accurate pitch with a clear connection to the theme with a fun conclusion.“

Team members: Abdulla Mehdi, Anton Bäckdahl, Caroline Swanpalmer, Joakim Olsson and Johanna Gull.

Best Upper Secondary (High School) Team: Team Pimp My Gear from Sven Eriksonsgymnasiet

The selection committee’s comments: “Innovation with a clear method and focus on the target audience. High level of technology and good cooperation.“

Team members: Ellen Björkman, Vilma Lundkvist, Erik Arneborg, Mert Gülmez, Anton Jarvoll, Noel Wester, Hugo Benjaminsson, David Sundvall and Leo Jensen.

Organisers and Sponsors

Borås Tech Challenge 2025 is organised by Tech Borås in collaboration with the following companies and organisations:

Gina Tricot

Centiro

Ehandelsstaden Borås

Ellos Group

Netonnet

Rudholm Group

Strong IT

Tech Stn

Invid

Eton

Adesso

Integr8 Studio

IO Solutions

Accelerate at Iver

Fedelta

Pulsen Group

Viskan

Borås Ink

Yrkeshögskolan i Borås

Centiro

Hive And Five

AMA Group

Scandinavian Photo

Ericsson

Drivhuset

Borgstena

Mebia

Restaurang Balder

Co-native

Folkuniversitetet

Högskolan i Borås

Borås Stad

SensationLabs

Nexer

JDS

HELkom

StoreSprint