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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: 50% Off Second Pass (Ends May 8)

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: 50% Off Second Pass (Ends May 8) TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: 50% Off Second Pass (Ends May 8) TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: 50% Off Second Pass (Ends May 8)

4 Days Left: Get 50% Off a Second TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Pass

Limited-Time Offer: Buy One Pass, Get 50% Off the Second

For the next four days only (ending May 8 at 11:59 p.m. PT), TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is offering a buy-one-get-one-50%-off deal on tickets. This promotional offer allows founders, investors, and operators to bring a partner or colleague at half price before ticket prices increase.

What Is TechCrunch Disrupt 2026?

Event Details:

  • Location: Moscone West, San Francisco
  • Dates: October 13–15, 2026
  • Attendees: 10,000+ founders, investors, and tech leaders
  • Exhibitors: 300+ startups
  • Sessions: 250+ tactical sessions

Key Opportunities at Disrupt

Access to Capital and Investors

  • Startup Battlefield 200: Pitch in front of top-tier VCs and compete for a $100,000 equity-free prize
  • Deal Flow Café: Dedicated space for real investor-founder conversations
  • Curated matchmaking: Targeted 1:1 and small-group meetings with aligned investors
  • 20,000+ curated meetings throughout the event
  • Investor receptions and structured networking

Notable Speakers Include:

  • Nina Achadjian, Partner, Index Ventures
  • Puneet Agarwal, Partner, True Ventures
  • Karl Alomar, Managing Partner, M13
  • Rajeev Dham, Partner, Sapphire Ventures
  • Grant Lee, CEO and Co-founder, Gamma
  • Dean Leitersdorf, CEO and Co-founder, Decart
  • Josh Reeves, CEO and Co-founder, Gusto
  • Arsalan Tavakoli-Shiraji, Co-founder and CEO, Databricks
  • Michel Tricot, CEO and Co-founder, Airbyte
  • Rob Toews, Partner, Radical Ventures

Why Attend Disrupt?

Compress Fundraising Cycles

  • From weeks to days: Face-to-face interactions with investors who can evaluate your vision directly
  • Immediate feedback loops: Real-time responses to pitches and demos
  • Proximity advantages: Move from cold outreach to live conversations

Networking Beyond Sessions

  • Industry stages and keynotes
  • Roundtables and breakouts
  • Speaker Q&A sessions
  • Curated 1:1 and small group networking
  • Investor-founder networking sessions
  • StrictlyVC sessions
  • 80+ Side Events across the Bay Area

Built for Deal Flow

Disrupt is designed to facilitate real business conversations, not just collect contacts. The event provides dedicated environments and structured opportunities for founders to:

  • Start conversations that lead to funding rounds
  • Access investors actively deploying capital
  • Turn expo hall demos into partnership opportunities
  • Get direct market validation from operators scaling companies

The Value of Bringing Someone

Bringing a co-founder, partner, or colleague allows you to:

  • Cover more ground across sessions and networking events
  • Multiply opportunities for meaningful connections
  • Divide and conquer across different investor tracks
  • Get second opinions on potential opportunities in real-time

Pricing Alert

After May 8 at 11:59 p.m. PT, the 50% discount on the second ticket expires and standard pricing applies. This is a limited-time promotional offer to incentivize early registration.

About the Event

TechCrunch Disrupt is positioned as a "premier global startup event" where the tech ecosystem converges to advance ideas, deals, and companies. The event emphasizes actionable outcomes over passive attendance, with infrastructure designed to facilitate business development and capital deployment.


Event: TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Location: San Francisco, CA
Dates: October 13-15, 2026
Offer Expires: May 8, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. PT