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14 Start-up conferences entrepreneurs can’t miss in 2025

12 Dec 2024 · 10
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14 Start-up conferences entrepreneurs can’t miss in 2025
With more startup conferences popping up every year, it's time for anyone with an entrepreneurial spirit to whip out their agenda and start planning their 2025 calendars.
Whether you're an aspiring fintech founder, a superstar AI developer, or a startup investor, here's the top entrepreneurship and startup events to attend in 2025:

CES 2025

7th - 10th January, 2025
Las Vegas, USA
CES2025, hosted by the Consumer Technology Association is known as one of the most influential tech events in the world.
With a packed schedule focusing on everything from Connectivity, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Health, Diversity and Inclusion in Tech, Marketing and Advertising, Space Tech, Gaming, and more, you can dive into any area of consumer electronics you’re interested in here.
Plus, network with other senior-level tech visionaries, innovative thinkers, tech enthusiasts, and decision-makers shaping the future of tech.
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Looking for a full list of tech events across North America in 2025? Explore our selection of the top tech conferences in the US & Canada.

One Giant Leap Event

9th - 12th February, 2025
Malham - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Also known as a “Digital Davos,” this is one of the biggest events in the startup world with over 215,000 attendees and 1,800+ exhibitors.
This year will be the fourth edition of One Giant Leap, and features over 1,100 speakers covering everything from FinTech, sustainability, cybersecurity, retail, smart cities, and more.
For startups, this conference has amazing opportunities: the chance to exhibit at the expo, join the startup pitch competition for a chance to win a $1 million prize, a pre-conference startup bootcamp, and 1:1 meetings with investors.
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4YFN at Mobile World Congress

3rd - 6th March, 2025
Fira Gran Via, Barcelona, Spain
Four Years From Now, or 4YFN for short, is the Mobile World Congress' unmissable startup conference. 4YFN’s partnership with MWC means that it is one of the most popular and influential connectivity events, bringing together thousands of founders and investors from around the world.
Hosted within the broader tech summit, this event includes a startup competition aimed at finding the best startups and scale-ups from around the world.
Aside from that, you can learn from international thought leaders and attend networking events both at 4YFN and at the MWC itself at one of the largest tech conferences on the continent. This year’s theme will focus on AI innovation and tech, highlighting startups that are using AI in innovative new ways for transformation.
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Startupfest 2025

9th - 11th July, 2025
Montréal, Canada
Canada’s original startup event, Startupfest, is the annual gathering where entrepreneurs, investors, industry veterans, and startup communities chart the course of future technology.
The emphasis is on communication, and so the conference is geared to creating meaningful interactions at every opportunity. They’ve thought of everything: curated content for startup founders and investors, 1:1 meetings with mentors and investors, media exposure, investment opportunities, and more.
It’s a must-attend event — not only for Canadians but for the global startup community too.
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SXSW 2025

7th - 10th March, 2025
Austin, USA
The ultimate conference for creatives, this event focuses on the most innovative breakthroughs that are happening in the world of technology, film, culture, art, and music.
And with a dedicated conference track for startups, this is the perfect place to network with startup founders and legendary creatives all in one place.
Startup track sessions focus on AI, women-led startups, creating your perfect pitch, social impact, scaling, raising venture capital funding, and more. Strengthen your practical knowledge, network with other founders, and do it all against the backdrop of one of the world’s largest creativity conferences.
You’ll definitely walk away inspired and empowered for the year to come.
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Startup Grind Global

29th - 30th April, 2025
Silicon Valley: San Francisco, California, USA
Whether you attend in-person or join an online event, Startup Grind’s Global Conference is one of the most renowned startup conferences worldwide.
Thousands of large-scale and early-phase startups will have the opportunity to come together, meet investors, exchange ideas, and participate in workshops. With 1:1 meetings with top angel investors in Silicon Valley, 175+ sessions, and 5,000+ attendees, it’s the perfect place to pitch your startup and scale to the next step.
Past speakers have included business leaders from major tech industry giants like Alphabet, Zoom, Bloomberg, Y Combinator, Slack, Google, WhatsApp, and many more.
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World Summit AI

8th - 9th October, 2025
Taets Art & Event Park, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Looking to be on the cutting edge of AI development and innovation?
The World Summit AI is the place to go to meet some of the brightest minds in the world of artificial intelligence and big data to discuss relevant topics like ethics, trust, privacy, and scalability.
Back for 2025, this summit will focus on human-AI interaction, innovation, and growth. Bringing together the full AI ecosystem, including founders, CEOs, CTOs, doctors, data analysts, academics, and more, it’s the perfect place to get in on the ground floor of future AI innovation.
They also offer a startup accelerator with a dedicated expo and meeting area to facilitate the connections you need, and give you a platform to launch AI products and services to one of the world’s leading investor networks.
Bring your co-founder and get ready to connect with investors and other tech startups alike.
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London Tech Week

9th - 13th June, 2025
Olympia, London, United Kingdom
London Tech Week is back and bigger than ever.
Hosting over 45,000 attendees, this week-long festival celebrates technology and innovation of all kinds. It’s an excellent opportunity for aspiring entrepreneurs to connect with and learn from tech leaders, policy makers, industry experts, and investors.
At such a massive event, they’ve created numerous spaces for 1:1 meetings and a dedicated app to facilitate connections between startup founders and leading VCs, CVCs, and angel investors.
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VIVA Technology

11th - 14th June, 2025
Paris, France
Welcome to Europe's biggest tech event. Each year 13,000 startups, 1,700 VCs, and 165,000 total visitors come together for four days of inspiration, motivation, and innovation.
It’s a particular hotspot for startups, matching entrepreneurs with investors and presenting the VivaTech Awards and StartUp Challenge prizes.
Plus, with investor-only events, this event is also dedicated to helping the world's next unicorn startups meet with their peers and make business-changing connections.
With countless keynote speeches, seminars, and networking opportunities, VivaTech is a catalyst for digital transformation and startup growth.
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Dublin Tech Summit

28th - 29th May, 2025
Dublin, Ireland
Home to the European HQs of companies like Google and Facebook, the Irish capital is awash with tech companies. It's no surprise that the city now boasts one of Europe's most influential tech and entrepreneurship conferences.
This year’s conference offers five distinct themes: enterprise reimagined, the future of work, disruptive tech, digital threats, and digital startups and entrepreneurship. Join any of these tracks for hands-on workshops, keynote sessions, panels, tech demos, and more.
Plus, the dedicated startup program, ACCELERATE, gives you access to expert feedback, a place in the pitch competition, an expo booth, networking with investors, and more.
Whether you're building a SaaS company, developing the latest product or service in IoT, or have a great idea to rock the world of e-commerce, this is the place to network, learn, raise funding, and take your startup to the next level.
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Transform

19th - 20th March, 2025
Berlin, Germany
This leading B2B technology startups event focuses on the digital transformation of companies, digital solutions for modern business processes, and optimization for the digital age. Have a startup to pitch? This is your event.
With 80% of attendees being decision-makers — from CIOs, CSOs, COOs, and other digital experts — it’s the perfect place to network, learn from industry leaders, or pitch your startup.
This conference blends a small business expo with live demos and presentations with keynote sessions, panels, discussion groups with speakers, masterclasses, digital experience labs, consulting sessions, and more.
If your startup has anything to do with digital transformation, you can find the learning, insights, and networking you’re looking for here.
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Web Summit

10th - 13th November, 2025
Lisbon, Portugal
Undoubtedly one of Europe's most prominent tech conferences, Web Summit returns to the Portuguese capital each year, bringing together 70,000+ tech professionals and 2,300 startups to redefine the future of tech.
Called “the world’s premier tech conference” and “where the future goes to be born,” this is absolutely a must-attend event for startup founders. A dedicated startup program, ALPHA, gives you access to investor meetings, application to the pitching competition, masterclasses, mentoring, and more.
Startups like Stripe, Twitter, Github, Canva, Uber, Revolut, and more all got their start here at Web Summit.
And with industry leaders from companies like Apple, Mars, Facebook, and Spotify, this event represents a world of opportunities to learn from and connect with the best in the business.
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EU-Startups Summit

24th - 25th April, 2025
Valletta, Malta
The EU-Startups Summit is Europe's premier startup event, hosted by EU-Startups, a leading media brand focused on European startups.
The summit features keynotes from some of Europe’s most successful entrepreneurs, a startup pitch competition with significant prizes, buzzing exhibition hall and numerous networking opportunities, including dedicated networking app and social events.
Next edition of the EU-Startups Summit will take place at Mediterranean Conference Center in Valletta, Malta, and will gather around 2,500 entrepreneurs, investors, and startup enthusiasts for two days of networking, inspiration, and learning.
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Slush

30th November - 1st December, 2025
Helsinki, Finland
Celebrated as the world's leading event for the startup ecosystem, Slush brings together founders and investors for two days of networking, keynotes, demo showcases, roundtables, mentor sessions, and an epic afterparty.
Slush offers tons of opportunities for startups, including startup booths, investor office hours, a startup competition, mentoring, female founder events, a chance to pitch from the stage, and more.
Even better: the event takes networking to the next level through its Matchmaking Tool, where you can browse who will be attending in advance of the event and organize meetups with them to make the most of your time there. 
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