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Bits & Pretzels hosts 5,000 founders, investors, and industry leaders for three days full of learning, networking & doing business during Munich Oktoberfest.
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Why is bits & pretzels
so unique?

Day 1 + 2

Conference

A highly curated speaker line-up and tons of formats to match you with the most relevant people at the event. There couldn't be a better start.

Limited to 5,000 attendees

15,000 Founder - Investor Meetings

3,4bn raised after Bits23

390bn of assets under management at the event

Day 3

Oktoberfest

For the third day we take 5,000 founders to the real Munich Oktoberfest to network. You don't want to miss it.

5,000 startup people at the real Oktoberfest

250 experts hosting tables as Table Captains

You can book two sessions with your favorite Table Captains

You have to be there to believe it

Some former highlights

Michelle Obama

Former First Lady

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Actor, Businessman, Investor, Environmentalist, form. Governor of California

Barack Obama

Jessica Alba

Founder
The Honest Company

Reid Hoffman

Co-Founder
LinkedIn

Cathie Wood

Founder & CEO, CIO
ARK Invest

Drew Houston

Founder & CEO
Dropbox

Richard Branson

Founder
Virgin Group

BITS is for you!

Tell us who you are
I'm a startup
I'm an Investor
I'm a corporate

Learn From the Best

Our content for startup is designed to be immediately useful. Apply the learnings to your daily business right away.

40+ Startup Academy Lectures

10 Stages with excellent content

500+ Speakers over two days

Meet 1,000+ Investors

Bits & Pretzels has an extraordinary investor-to-startup ratio. Pack your days with investor meetings and get the most out it.

1 in 5 attendees is a startup investor

15,000 Founder - Investor Meetings

3,4bn raised after Bits23

Show your startup

Join our Startup Exhibition or pitch in front of a huge crowd. Both will promote your company to hundreds of potential clients.

300 startups exhibit every year

15,000 Founder - Investor Meetings

3 Days of Founder Meetings

From seed-stage to unicorn founders. Everyone is here. Skip weeks of meetings and do all your networking over the course of just three days.

15,000 Founder - Investor Meetings

390bn of assets under management at the event

More Investors than at WebSummit

Why is that? Because quality over quantity matters. Meet 1,000+ of your investor peers. Most of them come year after year.

Limited to 5,000 attendees

Join 1,000+ peers from VCs like a16z, Accel, Index, Sequoia, and more.

Exlusive for Investors -
The Investor Summit

The Exclusive event within the festival for peers to exchange learnings and perspectives about the Future of VC.

8 Sessions on the most pressing VC pain points

Exclusive for Investor Ticket holders

Europe's Best Startups -
All in One Place

Bits & Pretzels is a huge gathering of startups across all industries. You won't find a better place that gives you a better focus on what's next in tech.

2,000+ startups

300 startup exhibitors

80 handpicked startup pitches

Networking has Never been Easier

Matchmaking isn’t something we take lightly - over ten years we perfected our methods to support you meeting the best attendees.

A team of 80 matchmakers is ready to support you at the event

You have access to all 5,000 attendees via the Bits & Pretzels App

Countless meeting formats make it easy to leave your comfort zone

Exclusive Content on Corporate Innovation

If you want to execute Corporate Innovation - you need to learn from successes and mistakes of others. That's what you will find on our stages.

Join countless CxO's from European Champions like Airbus, Siemens, Vodafone, Metro, Roche

Face to face with leading
.

Hundreds of startups, investors and corporates are joining Bits & Pretzels every year. They know that a network cannot be built from your office.
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Skip weeks of business lunches and investor meetings – and do all your networking over the course of just three days.

Munich, Germany
29. Sept - 1 Oct, 2024

Join the waitlist now

limited to

5,000

Attendees

1,500

Investors

300

Exhibitors

2023
Bits & Pretzels is home. The Home of Founders. People came for Michelle Obama and they stayed for the community.
2019
President Barack Obama joins Bits & Pretzels and leads an amazing speaker lineup.
2017
Bits & Pretzels establishes its quality over size rule and limits the number of attendees to 5,000.
2015
For the first time the Festival lasts for three days. The grand finale gathers 3,500 founders at the Oktoberfest.
2023
Bits & Pretzels is home. The Home of Founders. People came for Michelle Obama and they stayed for the community.
2019
President Barack Obama joins Bits & Pretzels and leads an amazing speaker lineup.
2017
Bits & Pretzels establishes its quality over size rule and limits the number of attendees to 5,000.
2015
For the first time the Festival lasts for three days. The grand finale gathers 3,500 founders at the Oktoberfest.
2022
What a return after a two year break. It was time to reunite the European startup ecosystem and everybody joined.
2018
Tarana Burke, founder of the #metoo movement, opens the Festival to underline the commitment to diversity.
2016
5,000 attendees come to see the founders of Virgin, Airbnb, and other inspiring personalities.
2013-14
Wild first years. Started with only 80 participants at Hofbräuhaus the event grows to 1,400 attendees.
2022
What a return after a two year break. It was time to reunite the European startup ecosystem and everybody joined.
2018
Tarana Burke, founder of the #metoo movement, opens the Festival to underline the commitment to diversity.
2016
5,000 attendees come to see the founders of Virgin, Airbnb, and other inspiring personalities.
2013-14
Wild first years. Started with only 80 participants at Hofbräuhaus the event grows to 1,400 attendees.

WHERE WE COME FROM.

Bits & Pretzels started as founders breakfast with just 80 participants. We dared to start and the spirit of supporting founders continues in 2024 and beyond.

Join our mission in helping founders shaping a better future.