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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173Speakers
7Sponsors
44Exhibitors
224Sessions
59Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Bits, in alphabetical order.

Aaron Archer
Adrian Rosenkranz
Alexander Hirschfeld
Dr
Alexander Noll
Alex Ilic
PD Dr
Aljoscha Niazi-Shahabi
Andra Larin
Andreas Klinger
Andrei Danescu
Andy Bruckschloegl
Anja Redenz
Anna-Julia Storch
Anna Schulte
Anna Sophie Herken
Ansgar Mondorf
Antoine Fabre
Antoine Nussenbaum
Ara Yeromian
Balázs Nagy
Barbara Scheben
Bastian Hasslinger
Ben Fletcher

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

BMW
Google Cloud
Microsoft
Mistral
SAP
Telefonica
Telefónica

Agenda

Selected from 224 sessions.

  • 10:00 AM

    Doors Open, Guests Arrive and Find Their Tables

  • 10:00AM - 10:05AM

    Welcome

    Inspiration Stage
  • 10:00AM - 10:10AM

    Startup Germany: What's Next?

    Startup Germany Stage
  • 10:00AM - 10:20AM

    From Lab to Launch

  • 10:00AM - 10:20AM

    From Lab to Market

    Inspiration Stage
  • 10:00AM - 10:25AM

    Arthur Mensch (Mistral) in conversation with Sebastian Matthes (Handelsblatt)

    Visionaries Stage
  • 10:00AM - 10:45AM

    Round 1 of Table Discussions

  • 10:00AM - 10:55AM

    Applied Intelligence & AI

  • 10:00AM - 11:05AM

    Golden Pretzel Award - Pre-Round I

    Startup Germany Stage
Company intelligence

An audience of 59 companies, parsed from the program.

59 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
41Exhibitingexhibitor only
11Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

6% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite53%
  • Founder / Owner53%
  • Director / Head of11%
  • Research / Science11%
  • Other roles16193%

Of 173 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1BMWSponsor-
2Google CloudSponsor-
3MicrosoftSponsor-
4MistralSponsor-
5SAPSponsor-
6TelefonicaSponsor-
7TelefónicaSponsor-
81consentExhibitor-
9241.travelExhibitor-
104LATERExhibitor-
11Adgentic AIExhibitor-
12Admin By RequestExhibitor-
13advoresExhibitor-
14aembianceExhibitor-
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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