InMobi announced that it will be supporting the Box Mobile Developer Challenge, a two-month long contest open to developers from around the globe.
Entrants into the contest use Box APIs to create enterprise apps for Android, iOS and webOS mobile devices. The contest will be judged by leading mobile influencers from Accenture, AT&T, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Hewlett-Packard, InMobi, ReadWriteWeb, MobileCrunch, VentureBeat, Verizon, Xyologic and Box.
Developers are competing for a wide variety of prizes including: up to $35,000 in cash, $10,000 in InMobi ad network spend, HP TouchPads, Verizon MiFi cards, plus a chance to attend a VC pitch meeting with Draper Fisher Jurvetson.
“This contest is a great way for us to help mobile developers around the globe not only build great apps, but also get an opportunity to turn their apps into a venture backed business.” said Gregory Kennedy, director, global marketing of InMobi. “It’s because the enterprise mobile app market tends to be underserved that we felt there was a big opportunity here for up and coming entrepreneurs. We’re very excited to see what they dream up."
The Box Mobile Developer Challenge begun July 14 and concludes on September 9.