<p>Startups at Web Summit Vancouver benefit from networking opportunities with top investors and industry experts, masterclasses, competitions and Mentor Hours. Our initiatives are designed with your goals in mind.</p>
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<p>Apply now for our 2026 startup program and join us next May.</p>
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Thank you for applying for our startup program at Web Summit Vancouver 2026.

Your startup journey

<p>Attendees from across the globe, investors from the world’s biggest funds, top journalists and tech’s most visionary founders. You’ll find them at Web Summit Vancouver.</p>
<p>Successful applicants to our startup program receive three tickets to Web Summit Vancouver with full access to curated content across multiple tracks, access to meetings with investors, and eligibility to apply for PITCH, masterclasses and more.</p>
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What’s on offer to participating startups?

Startup activations at Web Summit Vancouver

<p>PITCH is our startup competition, bringing together the world’s leading early-stage companies for a live pitching battle. 105 of the strongest contenders will be pitted against each other to be crowned the PITCH champion.</p>


PITCH

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<div class="p-rich_text_section">Startup Showcase is startups’ opportunity to show off their big, new ideas. Bringing together companies from a range of industries, it shines a spotlight on their company and their vision to our attendees, investors, and international media.</div>
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Startup Showcase

<p>40 words gives founders a platform to introduce their company, outline their next spend, or tell us why they&#8217;re ready to take off &#8211; all in just 40 words.</p>


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<p>Mentor Hours are a series of pre-scheduled, 45-minute group meetings between our high-level attendees and startups. It&#8217;s designed to foster both individual and collective growth.</p>


Mentor Hours

Compete to win PITCH

Showcase your business

Meet your next investor

Accepted to our startup program? Time to get to work

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<p>Your startup profile is key to visibility at Web Summit and will be featured on the website and app. This is the place to showcase your product pitch, complete with links to your website and social media presence. What’s your USP? Share it with our attendees.</p>
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Complete your startup profile

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<p>There are a number of unique startup activations at Web Summit, including PITCH, Startup Showcase and Mentor Hours. Depending on your goals, you may want to apply for some or all of these. Our Web Summit startup success team helps you choose what’s best for you.</p>
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Apply for startup activations

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<p>Get organising. High-potential startups meet with leading investors in a series of pre-scheduled meetings specially designed to give their startup an edge. This is where you’ll get insider advice on making your startup irresistible to investors.</p>
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Meet with investors

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<p>These three dedicated startup forums allow you to gain valuable business advice, learn directly from tech executives, decision makers, accelerators and incubators, and attend extensive, in-depth discussions from industry leaders. What will you go to?</p>
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Sessions, Masterclasses and Roundtables

Some of our startup alumni

Maria Hahn

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<p>I’ve pitched to the public before, but the size of the PITCH audience is very impressive.</p>
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Ronaldo Cohin

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Aaron Cassorla

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<p>A member of our startups team will review your application.</p>
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