sTARTUp Day: dates, who attends, and how founders get in
The most startup-minded business festival, bringing together startups, traditional entrepreneurs, investors, innovators and students with a strong focus on deep tech and early-stage entrepreneurship.
Verified ·14 official sources·Organised by sTARTUp Day NGO (a non-profit association)
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
- Aug 17–19, 2027 · sTARTUp Day 2027 source
- Where
- Tartu, Estonia
- Format
- in-person
- Tickets
- €127–€267 (2027) source
- Startup pass
- The Startup Ticket is for companies working on innovative, scalable solutions that are less than 10 years old (2027 eligibility); the 2027 Startup Ticket is €127. It provides festival access and early matchmaking access. source
- sTARTUp Pitching
- 2025 prize pool: over €660k total, including up to €450k in investments and €10k equity-free cash, plus legal support and cloud services. source
- Cadence
- Annual; historically held in January, with the 2027 edition in August.
GeneralistPre-seedSeedFoundersInvestorsCorporatesDevelopersResearchersStudents
Next edition
| Dates | Aug 17–19, 2027 source |
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| Edition | sTARTUp Day 2027 |
| Venue | Tartu, Estonia |
| Tickets | startupday.ee source |
How founders get in
| Startup programme | The Startup Ticket is for companies working on innovative, scalable solutions that are less than 10 years old (2027 eligibility); the 2027 Startup Ticket is €127. It provides festival access and early matchmaking access. source |
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sTARTUp Pitching
| Prize | 2025 prize pool: over €660k total, including up to €450k in investments and €10k equity-free cash, plus legal support and cloud services. source |
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Meeting investors there
Founders can use the matchmaking app to request meetings with participating investors and schedule 20-minute meetings (2027) in the matchmaking area. source
| Investors attending | 200+ investors (2025) source |
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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
Apply
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.
- 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:
- startupday.ee
- startupday.ee/about
- startupday.ee/about/past-events
- startupday.ee/about/faq
- startupday.ee/tickets
- startupday.ee/program/pitching
- startupday.ee/about/statistics
- startupday.ee/why-attend/startups
- startupday.ee/why-attend/investors
- startupday.ee/program/matchmaking
- startupday.ee/about/team
- fienta.com/startupday2027
- instagram.com/p/Db5tlJiIXL0
- startupday.ee/location
sTARTUp Day: frequently asked
When is sTARTUp Day 2027?
sTARTUp Day 2027 runs Aug 17–19, 2027 at Tartu, according to the organiser's published dates.
How much does sTARTUp Day cost?
Published ticket prices run €127–€267 (2027). Startups: The Startup Ticket is for companies working on innovative, scalable solutions that are less than 10 years old (2027 eligibility); the 2027 Startup Ticket is €127. It provides festival access and early matchmaking access..
How do startups get into sTARTUp Day?
The Startup Ticket is for companies working on innovative, scalable solutions that are less than 10 years old (2027 eligibility); the 2027 Startup Ticket is €127. It provides festival access and early matchmaking access.
How many investors attend sTARTUp Day?
The organiser reports 200+ investors investors for the 2025 edition. Founders can use the matchmaking app to request meetings with participating investors and schedule 20-minute meetings (2027) in the matchmaking area.
What is sTARTUp Pitching?
sTARTUp Day's pitch competition. Prize as published: 2025 prize pool: over €660k total, including up to €450k in investments and €10k equity-free cash, plus legal support and cloud services..
How big is sTARTUp Day?
Over 3,000 attendees attendees (2025), 350+ startups startups, per the organiser.