Future Forward: dates, who attends, and how founders get in
Vienna's premier innovation conference bringing together startup founders, investors, corporates, and innovators.
The essentials from the organiser's own pages: when, where, how big, and how founders get in. Speakers, investor lists and past editions are on the official site.
- Next edition
- Nov 26, 2026 · Future Forward 2026 source
- Where
- weXelerate, Vienna, Austria
- Format
- in-person
- Startup pass
- Startups can apply for an expo booth or a slot in the pitching arena. The cited organiser pages do not state an application price. source
- Cadence
- November; fourth edition scheduled for 2026.
Next edition
| Dates | Nov 26, 2026 source |
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| Edition | Future Forward 2026 |
| Venue | weXelerate, Vienna, Austria |
How founders get in
| Startup programme | Startups can apply for an expo booth or a slot in the pitching arena. The cited organiser pages do not state an application price. source |
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Startup pitching arena
Meeting investors there
Investors are among the event attendees, and startups can meet them through an expo booth or pitching-arena slot; no dedicated matchmaking format is specified in the cited event information. source
Before you go: the hub's cold email to VCs playbook covers the pre-event outreach that fills a meeting calendar, and Causo matches your stage and thesis to the funds in its database so you know who to ask for a meeting.
Official links and socials
Prepare for it
- How to cold email VCs — book the meetings before you land.
- The 12-slide seed deck — what to have ready when a partner says "send me the deck".
- Pitch Deck Roaster — a slide-by-slide pass before you submit to Startup pitching arena.
- Accelerator deadlines — the application windows that open around the event.
Sources
Every fact above was read from one of these official pages on Oct 8, 2026: