Don't just sponsor the conversation
Help people build something
Founder Fest partnerships are built around participation. Our partners provide the technology, expertise, tools and services that help people turn ideas into something real.
- Run a build
- Set a challenge
- Let people try your technology
- Help solve a problem
- Demonstrate what your product can do
- Give expert advice
The most powerful way for someone to understand your brand is to experience what it helps them accomplish
Put your brand where the building happens
A room full of people making decisions
Choosing a bank. Picking the tools their business will run on. Deciding what to build and who to build it with. Many have not chosen a provider yet.
You won't meet them here as a logo on a banner. You'll meet them while they're using your product, expertise or technology to make something.
Partnership areas
- AI + technology
- Banking + finance
- Business building
- Technology
- Expertise
- Impact + future cities
Pick the level that fits
Founding Partner
Lead the whole day. Headline recognition, main-stage participation, your own build lab or challenge, premium activation space.
Category Partner
Be the named partner for your area. Run a build, challenge or demonstration, nominate a speaker, prime stand and all-day presence.
Build Lab + Clinic Partner
Lead a hands-on build lab, workshop or clinic of up to 60 minutes, and let people build with your product.
Future Market + Experience Partner
A stand in the Future Market where people can experience, test and use what you make.
Own an experience
Put your name on a moment every attendee touches. Coffee, lunch, water, charging, the app or a content moment.
What category exclusivity means
No other brand is named partner of your area, and no other brand leads the builds, clinics or challenges within it. Other partners may exhibit in the Future Market and run activity in different areas.
Every partner gets an outcomes report
Attendance, participation, what was built, activation engagement and consented leads
Get the partnership pack
Tell us a bit about you and we'll email the pack and the options that fit. The pack is never a public download.
For the organisations that build the ecosystem
For government entities, chambers, universities, accelerators and organisations that support entrepreneurship, technology and economic development
Involvement can include programme participation, founder referrals, expert participation, community amplification, connections into your programmes and post-event outcomes reporting. These partnerships are structured individually and may be non-commercial.
