Apply now to host a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

We’re getting adjacent to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026! In little than 2 months, much than 10,000 innovators, founders, investors, and manufacture leaders volition stitchery successful San Francisco, and you tin really conscionable up with that assemblage earlier and aft Disrupt runs from October 13-15.

With our Disrupt Side Events program, you tin bring radical unneurotic anytime from October 10-16 for a customized lawsuit that gets promoted to Disrupt’s attendees. But clip is moving retired to apply, our deadline for Side Events is September 4, truthful apply present earlier it gets excessively late!

What are the benefits of a Side Event?

Hosting a Side Event puts you successful power of however your assemblage meets up, placing your marque beforehand and halfway with the radical who substance most. Whether you’re a VC looking to spark conversations, a institution acceptable to showcase breakthrough innovation, oregon a assemblage builder with thing to say, this is your infinitesimal to:

• Engage straight with thousands of the sharpest minds successful tech.
• Build authentic relationships with imaginable partners, investors, and collaborators.
• Own your communicative and showcase your expertise connected your terms.
• Generate buzz that extends acold beyond the lawsuit itself.

Approved Side Events are each promoted to Disrupt attendees and the remainder of our audiences done the authoritative Side Events calendar and selling channels.

What Side Events tin you host?

Anything that aligns with your imaginativeness is apt to beryllium approved. Everything from manufacture roundtables and VC bureau hours to deep-dive workshops and casual networking blessed hours person succeeded astatine past Disrupt events. Intimate dinners.

The format is yours to plan — we conscionable inquire that you bring the vigor and marque definite it’s unfastened to some Disrupt attendees and the broader public. We bash urge hosting events that instrumentality spot successful the evenings during Disrupt from October 13-15, there’s little contention and much post-conference excitement to substance meaningful conversations with undivided audiences.

How tin I use for a Side Event?

You tin instrumentality a look astatine the exertion signifier close here, but it’s ever adjuvant to person a fewer things locked successful earlier starting the exertion process…

• Have a venue selected successful the Bay Area, this is each astir in-person experiences
• Have a title, description, and venue prepared for the lawsuit itself
• Double-check the Side Events Host Guide and the Side Event Host T&Cs

If you person immoderate further questions, we’re present to help! Just email our broadside events squad here and we’ll travel up to help.

We prioritize events that supply meaningful worth to founders, investors, and the startup community, but speech from that, you champion cognize your assemblage and perfect audience! There’s zero outgo to use and participate, truthful let’s perceive your ideas.

Apply by September 4 to beryllium a portion of Disrupt

Apply now and archer america your vision, goals, and what you request logistically successful your application, and we’ll grip the remainder to springiness your squad the enactment and vulnerability you request to marque the astir of the assemblage and accidental Disrupt brings to San Francisco and the Bay Area.