Startup Showcase

Startup Showcase shines the spotlight on your idea. Expect quickfire presentations with startups showcasing their solutions to the biggest issues in their industries.

Please note that only startups participating in the ALPHA startup programme are eligible for Startup Showcase. You can now apply to join ALPHA at Web Summit this November.

Maria Eneva-Olms
CEO, EkoLance

How does it work?

Startup Showcase brings together startups from a range of industries to present their company and vision to our attendees, investors and members of the international media. Every hour will see our top startups take to the stage to present under a uniting theme.

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Brand awareness

The world’s leading media publications and journalists will join us at Web Summit Rio in search of the next big story in tech. They’ll help take your startup’s message global.

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Funding

Investor to startup meetings are pre-scheduled sessions between the world’s most influential investors and the startups that excite them. If selected, you’ll get insider advice on making your startup irresistible to investors.

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Networking

Networking opportunities are woven throughout the Web Summit Rio experience. Use the Web Summit Rio app to start networking before the event even begins, and boost your profile with activations such as Startup Showcase in order to catch the attention of investors and find potential leads.

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Meaningful connections

Schedule meetings with founders who’ve overcome all the odds and with trendsetting companies in your industry, then follow up on these leads after the event. You never know who may become your new business partner, investor or mentor.

Meet the startups that took part in Startup Showcase at Web Summit 2023

Brame
Brame
Brame
Advertising, content & marketing
cheqd
cheqd
cheqd
Web3
Eleven
Eleven
Eleven
Fintech & financial services
Flexvelop
Flexvelop
Flexvelop
Fintech & financial services
FRAMEN
FRAMEN
FRAMEN
Advertising, content & marketing
Hovi Digital Lab
Hovi Digital Lab
Hovi Digital Lab
SaaS
InvestEngine
InvestEngine
InvestEngine
Fintech & financial services
LEADZAI
LEADZAI
LEADZAI
Advertising, content & marketing
Newsadoo
Newsadoo
Newsadoo
Entertainment & media
Optio Incentives
Optio Incentives
Optio Incentives
Fintech & financial services
Promova
Promova
Promova
Education
Qbeast
Qbeast
Qbeast
Data & analytics
RECON Labs
RECON Labs
RECON Labs
AI & machine learning
Sikoia
Sikoia
Sikoia
Fintech & financial services
Wareclouds
Wareclouds
Wareclouds
Mobility, transportation & logistics
Workist
Workist
Workist
SaaS
Zero Hash
Zero Hash
Zero Hash
Fintech & financial services
1s1 Energy
1s1 Energy
1s1 Energy
Sustainability & cleantech
A4 Solutions
A4 Solutions
A4 Solutions
Hardware, robotics & IoT
Ada Growth
Ada Growth
Ada Growth
Education
Awork
Awork
Awork
HR & recruitment
Bigthinx
Bigthinx
Bigthinx
E-commerce & retail
Bloomflow
Bloomflow
Bloomflow
SaaS
BluSky Carbon
BluSky Carbon
BluSky Carbon
Sustainability & cleantech
browserMate - RPA
browserMate - RPA
browserMate - RPA
SaaS

Meet some of the startups that have joined us

"Web Summit is now the largest gathering of entrepreneurs."

Web Summit Centre Stage viewed from a distance, with a packed crowd.

 

–  Inc.

"The world’s biggest tech event."

Speaker Sebastien Borget, The Sandbox, on Centre Stage during day two of Web Summit 2022

 

–  Euronews

"The largest technology conference in the world.”

Audience watches speaker at stage during Startup Showcase

 

–  Forbes

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