Startups

Bits & Pretzels Founders Festival 2026

Bits & Pretzels Founders Festival is a three-day event bringing together 7,500 founders, investors, and industry leaders for networking, learning, and business development at the heart of the Munich startup and tech ecosystem. The festival combines masterclasses, matchmaking, startup exhibitions, and unique networking experiences at Oktoberfest. Renowned for…

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90Speakers
7Sponsors
32Exhibitors
101On the bill · sessions
48Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Bits, in alphabetical order.
Aljoscha Niazi-Shahabi
Andreas Klinger
Andrei Danescu
Andy Bruckschloegl
Anja Redenz
Antoine Fabre
Ara Yeromian
Barbara Scheben
Bastian Hasslinger
Ben Fletcher
Carsten Maschmeyer
Charles Guillemet
David Reger
Denis Barrier
Dominic Wilhelm
Dominik Stein
Dr Andre Retterath
Dr Florian Heinemann
Dr Jan Goetz
Dr. Jan Goetz
Ekaterina Zaharieva
Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation · European Commission
Enrico Mellis
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
BMW
Google Cloud
Microsoft
Mistral
SAP
Telefonica
Telefónica
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Agenda

Selected from 101 sessions on the bill.
  • 10:00AM - 10:05AM

    Welcome

  • 10:00AM - 10:20AM

    From Lab to Launch

  • 10:05AM - 10:50AM

    Mega seed or starve: The Bifurcation

    Investor Stage
  • 1:00PM - 1:20PM

    Investment Landscape Germany

  • 10:15AM - 10:45AM

    The End of Software as we know it

  • 10:15AM - 11:00AM

    The One Thing You Can't Delegate

    Visionaries Stage
  • 10:15AM - 11:00AM

    To Be Announced Soon

  • 10:15AM - 11:05AM

    To Be Announced Soon

  • 10:20AM - 10:40AM

    Beyond the Pilot

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 48 companies, parsed from the program.

48 companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
7Sponsoringsponsor only
30Exhibitingexhibitor only
11Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

12% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite56%
  • Founder / Owner56%
  • Director / Head of11%
  • Research / Science11%
  • Other roles7887%

Of 90 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01BMWSp
  2. 02Google CloudSp
  3. 03MicrosoftSp
  4. 04MistralSp
  5. 05SAPSp
  6. 06TelefonicaSp
  7. 07TelefónicaSp
  8. 08241.travelEx
  9. 09Adgentic AIEx
  10. 10aembianceEx
  11. 11AIdaptEx
  12. 12AlpcrunEx
  13. 13Alpin InsightsEx
  14. 14Amaiko.aiEx
Sponsors by tier
unspecified7
100% of 7
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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