<p>Startup Showcase shines the spotlight on your idea. Expect quickfire presentations with startups showcasing their solutions to the biggest issues in their industries.</p>
<p class="p1">Apply for our 2025 startup programme, and join us in Lisbon.</p>


<p class="p1">You&#8217;ll receive an email with more information.</p>


Thank you for applying for our startup programme at Web Summit.

Startup Showcase

<p>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.</p>


How does it work?

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

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<p>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.</p>
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Funding

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<p>Networking opportunities are woven throughout the Web Summit experience. Use the Web Summit 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.</p>
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Networking

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<p>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.</p>
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Meaningful connections

Meet our 2024 Startup Showcase participants

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Meet some of the startups that have joined us

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

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"Top industry conference in Europe."

"The largest technology conference in the world.”

<p>You’ll now get exclusive access to speaker announcements, ticket discounts and much more.</p>
