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Our Partner Startup experience programme offers you the chance to bring some select startups a global community of ALPHA, BETA and GROWTH startups to Web Summit whilst exhibiting in your stand. The startup exhibition spaces must built within the Partner stand and all startups must meet the startup criteria.
Forms & Deadlines
Friday, September 6
Your Partner Success team will send you a form that you will share with startups you want to bring to Web Summit.
Your startups should fill this form out themselves.
The information given will be used to decide whether the startup is eligible for our startup programme.
It is highly recommended to get startups to submit the form as soon as possible, as this allows time to replace unsuccessful applicants.
The deadline to submit is September 6.
Please ensure to provide all details when requested by your Partner success team. Failure to do so will impact our ability to print items with your branding included.
Do my Startups need to meet any criteria?
Do my Startups need to meet any criteria?
Your Partner Success team will send you a review sheet template where you will input your Startup's information. Partners are required to input each one of their Startup’s information on the review sheet
Partners must NOT share this sheet with their Startups
If approved, they will be assigned to the relevant track (ALPHA, BETA or GROWTH)
Startups must abide by the following requirements to be accepted:
ALPHA – To qualify for the ALPHA track typically, the startup can have raised up to US$1 million in funding
BETA – To qualify for the BETA track typically, the startup can have raised between US$1 million to US$5 million in funding
GROWTH – To qualify for the GROWTH track typically, the startup will have raised more than US$5 million in funding
Must be less than 5 years old
Must have their own unique software product or solutions or they must be working on their own connected hardware devices
Consultancies, agencies, developers, marketing/advertising agencies, public companies will not be accepted
Startups must be their own independent company and not a subsidiary of a larger organisation
The startup must be launched and live with their own working website at a minimum
The startup cannot already be registered to exhibit at the event
The startup must have a logo available in .eps format
Startups submitted that do not meet the above criteria will not be accepted. This can lead to delays in the onboarding of approved startups.
For any unsuccessful startups, Partners will be given the opportunity to find replacements within an agreed timeline. If a Partner remains with unused Startup packages by Friday, September 6, the packages will be exchanged for three general attendee tickets.
How many days should my Startups exhibit?
How many days should my Startups exhibit?
Your startup must exhibit for a minimum of one day during the event. You can have your startups exhibit for all 3 days or 1 day at the event.
Where do my startups exhibit?
Where do my startups exhibit?
The startup exhibition spaces must built within the Partner stand. It is up to you as to how your startup exhibition stands will look. Here are some examples from our previous events.
What do my Startups get?
What do my Startups get?
Tickets that include access to all three days of the event main floor exhibition space:
ALPHA - 3 Alpha tickets
BETA - 4 Beta tickets
GROWTH - 5 tickets (4 Growth + 1 Executive)
Opportunity to apply for PITCH, Mentor Hours, Startup Showcase, and access to startup masterclasses and roundtables.
Opportunity to be selected for Investor Meetings.
Dedicated Startup Success manager.
Access to the Web Summit mobile app to help build connections prior to, and during, the event & curate individual schedules.
Each Startup's dedicated Startup Success Manager will share all relevant information with them. However, if you would like to see what’s involved, or would like to circulate this with your Startups in advance, there is more information listed below.
Startups can apply for the following activations:
Startups can apply for the following activations:
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