CodeChef is a non-profit programming competition focused on educating and challenging the software development community. In order to continue improving our site, and begin new educational initiatives we are seeking partners to help offset our costs. Sponsors will have an opportunity to connect with an extremely targeted audience of tens of thousands of student and professional software engineers. We have multiple sponsorship opportunities available, each providing your company with high visibility across our website, newsletters, PR and social media activities.

Why is CodeChef looking for a sponsor?

CodeChef is a non-profit initiative. Our costs include creating new and challenging problems, developing additional features for the site, and rewarding our users with prizes. By supporting CodeChef you will be able to help further technical educational initiatives.

How many people are active on CodeChef?

What types of sponsorships are available?

There are two types of sponsorship opportunities available:

Partner - Partners will receive full branding and visibility on the CodeChef website and interaction with participants in off-line events.  You will also receive naming rights for a section of our site like the Top Ten Programmers or Programmer of the Month

Sponsors - Sponsors will receive full branding and visibility on the CodeChef website, email, and social media outlets for the duration of one contest.

Benefits	Partner	Contest Sponsor
Duration	6 months	1 month
Online
Your company's logo on the CodeChef Home Page
Your company's logo on the contest landing page
Your company's logo on the past sponsors page
Your company mentioned on our social media outlets announcing the event and winners (Twitter, Blog, Facebook)
Your company mentioned in monthly email newsletters that go out to tens of thousands of users
Your company's logo / naming rights to a section of our site (i.e. Programmer of the Month, Top 10 Programmers, Wiki)
Offline
Your company mentioned as a partner in all collateral and PR related to meet-ups, Tech Talks and any other offline events.
Your company's banner located in all videos and collateral posted after the event (YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, Blog)
Your company's collaterals (brouchure/giveaways) handed out at all off-line events
A desk at all events to interact with the attendees
3 6x3 banners at the event venues
Your company's logo on Campus Chapter Posters sent to engineering campus' across India

Sample Logo Placements:

Home Page Banner:

Contest Landing Page:

Campus Posters:

How can I get more information?
We would love to hear from you.  Drop us a line at sponsors@codechef.com to find out how we can help each other.