Bits & Pretzels is your one-stop destination to deeply understand the startup ecosystem and secure partnerships with founders across Europe.
With over 1,500 C-level executives converging from FinTech, SaaS, E-mobility, Energy, IoT, and AI — Bits & Pretzels Founders Festival is more than a conference — it's a nexus of cross-industry innovation and business-making.
This is the place where business meets vision, ideas turn into opportunities, and connections count.
Say goodbye to time-consuming, outmoded networking!
With our App you can dive into a pool of 5,000 investors, founders and C-level executives and start networking 8 weeks before Bits & Pretzels Founders Festival 2023.
We immensely cherish all members of the startup ecosystem - enabling founders to build a better future is our ultimate goal.
On the thirds day of Bits & Pretzels, 5,000 founders enter the Munich Oktoberfest. You don't want to miss this.
It's truly epic.
The Festival lasts for two days from 20 - 21 June 2023 at the ICM Munich - the international congress center of the Messe Munich. (Google Maps)
Yes you can. After purchasing the tickets you can assign each ticket to different owners by personalizing each of them. Please make sure to use an individual email addresse for each user. Additionally, you can forward the tickets to the respective attendees for personalization.
Yes, you can apply for becoming a partner. We collected everything you need to know on this page.
Yes. If a ticket has already been assigned you can re-assign the ticket until two weeks before the event. To do so please use the link in the email you received after your purchase. Pro-Tip: Search for “Vivenu” in your email program.
Unfortunately, the tickets are non-refundable.If you can find someone who can attend the event instead of you, it’s possible to transfer the ticket to another person as long as the change has been made before the event. To do so please use the link in the email you received after your purchase. (Pro-Tip: Search for “Vivenu” in your email program).
Please be aware that the new ticket holder has to fit the ticket category. Otherwise the exchange might be denied.
We want to price each ticket accordingly to what the user should be able to afford.
Startup Ticket
This reduced rate is only guaranteed for startups and scaleups founded after 2013 with a headcount of fewer than 300 employees.
Startups are defined as young, often tech-driven, companies aiming for rapid growth with a scalable business model. If you don't belong to this category, please choose a General Admission, Corporate Vendor, or Consultant Ticket. This might be the case if you have an agency-like business model or an consulting approach.
Please not the all purchases of startup tickets will be checked manually.
Investor Ticket
Our Investor Ticket is for individuals working for entities making direct investments in startups or venture capital funds – VCs, CVCs, LPs, Family Offices, Busines Angels, and M&A Investors. This category is also for founders or employees of accelerators and incubators. This will be checked after the purchase.
General Admission
Choose this ticket if you belong to a clinic, HCPs, insurance company, regulatory or governmental institution, scientific research or non-profit organization.
Corporate Vendor
Choose this ticket if your company was founded before 2013 or has over 300 employees.
Consultant
Choose this ticket if you work for a consulting or a freelance consultant.
Yes, you can, and most of the meetings are booked already prior to the event, right after we’ve opened our Matchmaking Tool (will go live upt to 4 weeks before the event).
Our Matchmaking tool allows you to: