The flagship live expression of the Startup Roof ecosystem. Capital Night on 25 March, then three immersive festival days — pitch, meet, build and celebrate inside one working founder city.
An investor-first evening opening the week: curated founder-investor meetings and Deal Desk live.
Onboarding, matchmaking speed rounds, zone openings, welcome sessions.
Pitch Studio, Deal Desk Live, founder labs and raising masterclasses.
Scale tracks, international expansion, awards and closing night.
Most events end when badges come off. Founder Festival is designed as the live heart of a year-round platform: the people you meet are in your network the next morning, the investors you pitch are in your Deal Desk pipeline, the labs you attend continue as Academy tracks.
Deal Desk, meetings, work club — get actual company-building done.
Wellness, food, music and celebration. Founders are humans first.
Founder Labs and masterclasses from operators, not theorists.
Matchmaking before, during and after — not lobby luck.
Live pitches with real-time investor feedback.
Structured founder–investor meetings.
Speed matchmaking, year-round network.
Showfloor for products and demos.
Hands-on build sessions.
Quiet deep-work space.
Record your founder story.
Live learning tracks.
Private space for funds and angels.
Recharge between sessions.
Corporates, partners & service providers.
Sessions, speakers and the pitch schedule are announced as confirmed. Nothing on this page is a confirmed booking.
Startup applications open ahead of the Festival. Selected companies pitch in the Pitch Studio and get Deal Desk priority.
Funds, angels, family offices and CVCs: register interest for Capital Night and the Investor Lounge.
Register interestZone sponsorships, Brand Bridge stands, content studio sessions and ecosystem partnerships.
Partner with usThe ecosystem opens. Meet your matches before the work begins.
The hardest working day: pitches, Deal Desk, labs, masterclasses.
Expansion tracks, awards and a closing night worthy of the year ahead.
Speaker and partner rosters are published only as contracts are signed. We do not pre-announce.
Express interest as speakerTickets are not on sale yet. Register interest and you'll hear first about applications, pricing and early access.
Reference — the program committee reviews applications in waves. Selected companies pitch in the Pitch Studio with Deal Desk priority.