Startup Fair: dates, who attends, and how founders get in
Lithuania’s leading international startup event, bringing together founders, investors, and ecosystem partners in a welcoming, personal atmosphere.
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
- Dates not yet announced
- Where
- LITEXPO, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Format
- in-person
- Tickets
- €25–€479 (2026) source
- Startup pass
- A startup can buy the €69 Startup Ticket (2026), which includes the conference and expo/networking access. Startups can also apply to Pitch Battle or enquire about a Startup Village booth; 2026 Pitch Battle applications are closed, and no booth price is published. source
- Pitch Battle
- The Pitch Battle prize pool includes the opportunity to enter negotiations for up to €3 million in potential investment (2026). source
- Cadence
- Annual; the organiser says it takes place every year, but no regular month is specified.
Next edition
The organiser has not published dates for the next edition; historically it annual; the organiser says it takes place every year, but no regular month is specified.. We re-check weekly and list dates only when the organiser prints them with a year.
How founders get in
| Startup programme | A startup can buy the €69 Startup Ticket (2026), which includes the conference and expo/networking access. Startups can also apply to Pitch Battle or enquire about a Startup Village booth; 2026 Pitch Battle applications are closed, and no booth price is published. source |
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Pitch Battle
| Prize | The Pitch Battle prize pool includes the opportunity to enter negotiations for up to €3 million in potential investment (2026). source |
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Meeting investors there
Founders can use the networking and matchmaking platform to book 1:1 meetings, review the investor list, and connect with investors at Investor Camp and the event. source
| Investors attending | 430+ investors (2026) 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
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 Pitch Battle.
- 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: