Champion fees paid
$250K+
For disclosed technical work
Champion marketing for developer tools
We find developers who have a reason to care about your product, give them access, and help them use it, question it, and share their experience. Every paid partnership is disclosed, and each champion keeps control of their opinion.
Champion programs run by Hackmamba
Paid campaigns and early access
Champion fees paid
$250K+
For disclosed technical work
Developers reached
10M+
Across our work
Developers reached
1M
Through the Actian launch in six months
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Why influencer marketing model is broken
They can repeat the brief, but they cannot explain why a developer would choose the product or where it falls short.
The audience notices when a post carries the brand’s language instead of the creator’s judgment.
A large technical audience means little when few of those people work on the problem your product solves.
Impressions look healthy while product usage, qualified signups, and useful feedback stay flat.
The creator moves to the next sponsor, leaving your team with a link and no lasting product advocate.
What makes a champion
A champion would ordinarily be curious about the product, use it, ask hard questions, and recommend it only when it earns the recommendation.
The product sits inside a category they use, build in, or follow closely.
They get access, documentation, credits, and time with the team before publishing anything.
They tell the team what worked, what did not, and what their audience will question.
We check product facts and disclosure while the champion keeps control of their judgment and delivery.
They stay when the product earns it
The strongest champions keep using and recommending the product after the campaign has ended.
Influencer marketing services for developer tools
Hackmamba finds the people, manages access and agreements, pays commissioned work, and tracks what happens after publication.
01 · Paid champion campaigns
We agree the format, fee, dates, disclosure, and usage rights before work starts, and champions keep control of their opinion throughout the campaign.
Plan a campaign02 · Early access programs
We recruit developers who fit the use case, give them access, and run the feedback loop without requiring them to publish anything.
Build an early access group03 · Always-on champion network
We build a small group of active users who test releases, join launches, answer questions, and recommend the product when it is relevant.
Build your networkDeveloper influencer campaign results
Actian · champion campaign
200K+
Technical creators built with VectorAI DB and explained the product to their audiences before and during launch.
Read the Actian case studyActian · wider launch
1M
Creator work sat inside a developer launch that included product feedback, events, documentation, and university partnerships.
See the full launch
Technical creators we work with
We work with developers across the channels where technical products are discovered and discussed. A database launch belongs with someone who can explain query performance, migration, and where the product fits.
How we work
We manage the contract, product access, feedback, disclosure, payment, usage rights, and reporting.
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We approach people who could reasonably use the product and care about the problem.
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Each commercial relationship is visible and fits the rules of the channel.
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The champion's opinion remains theirs, including criticism and product limitations.
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You see the creator fee. The contract states where the content can run, for how long, and whether the brand can reuse it.
A note from our founder
I have recommended Sanity, Netlify, Supabase, Cloudflare, and Grok Bot for years, often without knowing anyone on those teams. I did it because I used the products and wanted them to win.
Mercury was the same. Before I became a customer, I wanted the company to succeed because it solved a problem few banks would touch: opening a US bank account for a foreign founder in minutes.
That is the relationship we want to create for our clients. We find people with a reason to care, put the product in their hands, and pay them fairly for commissioned work while they retain control of their opinion.
Our goal is to find the first one million technology champions.
William Imoh
Founder & CEO, Hackmamba
What clients say
Hackmamba helped us build relationships with universities so students could try out VectorAI DB and give us early feedback on the product before launch.
Tell us what you are building, who it is for, and what you need champions to do.
Questions we get
We work with developers who could reasonably use the product. They get product access before they publish, paid relationships are disclosed, and their opinion remains their own. We report clicks, signups, activation, and product feedback alongside reach.
Yes. We can assess the fit, contact the creator, negotiate the fee and usage rights, manage product access, review technical claims, and handle payment. If the creator is not a fit, we will explain why and suggest alternatives.
Yes. Each paid post uses a clear disclosure for the channel and the campaign. We do not run undisclosed sponsorships.
No. A creator can test the product and decide there is no useful story. If you need a set deliverable, we run a paid campaign with agreed terms and disclosure.
Pricing depends on the creators, channels, usage rights, and deliverables. The proposal separates creator fees from Hackmamba's management fee.
