When and where is Bits & Pretzels 2027?

From 27 to 29 September 2027 in Munich: the conference days at the trade fair grounds (ICM Munich) and the Oktoberfest day at the Theresienwiese.

Startup founders, investors and corporate decision-makers looking for funding, clients or partners.

What does a ticket include?

A 3-day pass to all stages and networking areas, matchmaking tools, the day-1 after party and the Oktoberfest day with table captain meetings.

How do I get to the venue?

Take the U2 underground to Messestadt West for the ICM.

Bits & Pretzels 2027

Name: Bits & Pretzels 2027
Start: 2027-09-27T09:00:00+00:00
End: 2027-09-29T18:00:00+00:00
Location: ICM – International Congress Center Messe München

About this event

Bits & Pretzels is a three-day founders conference in Munich held during the Oktoberfest. It hosts 7,500 founders, investors and industry leaders for two conference days of talks, masterclasses and matchmaking at the trade fair grounds, followed by an Oktoberfest day where the startup scene meets in one tent.

Programme

The format mixes stage content with structured networking.

Two conference days with a curated speaker line-up and masterclasses
Startup Exhibition with around 250 exhibiting companies
Investor and corporate speed dating
Matchmaking tools to connect with attendees
Oktoberfest day with 250+ table captains hosting tables

Who attends

Founders of startups and scaleups, business angels and venture capital investors, LPs and corporate decision-makers. The organiser curates a founder-to-investor ratio of 2 to 1 and reports more than 600 enterprise decision-makers from companies with over €50m revenue.

Tickets

Passes cover all three days, all stages and networking areas, the official after party on day 1 and the Oktoberfest day with table captain meetings. Ticket types depend on whether you are a startup, investor or corporate.

attendees: 7,500
founders: 3,000+
investors: 1,700+
founder-investor meetings: 21,000

Bits & Pretzels 2027 is a Business & Management event taking place 27-29 Sep 2027 at ICM – International Congress Center Messe München, Munich, Germany.