A founder with 14 months of runway pays for a conference three times. Once for the ticket, once for flights and a hotel, and once for the week the product does not ship. So the real question is simple. Which event puts you in front of the investors, customers or partners you need next?
Most lists skip the part you plan around. This page gives the 2027 dates, the city, and the starting ticket for each event, taken from the organizer. Seed founders tend to want investor meetings. Later teams usually want partners and buyers. If you sell to banks or payment companies, our fintech conferences page is a better start.
Prices change with each sales wave, so check the live figure before you pay. Where an organizer has not published a 2027 price, the table says Not announced. Our general method is on How we review tools.
Web Summit Qatar
Web Summit Qatar is the Gulf edition run by the Web Summit team. It returns to Doha for four days at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center. In-person. It is the first large founder event on the 2027 calendar.
Best for: Founders with a Gulf expansion plan, or a round they hope to raise from regional investors. If every customer you have is in Europe or the US, the flight may cost more than it returns.
Dates and city: January 31 to February 3, 2027. Doha Exhibition and Convention Center (DECC), Doha. In-person. Official event page.
What you actually get: Four days on one site. A startup programme with its own application, separate from attendee tickets. General attendee, VIP and Chairperson tiers.
Notable limitations:
- Startup pricing sits behind a separate tab and an application.
- The General attendee price is a sale rate. QAR3,195 is the struck-through full price.
Tickets: General attendee QAR1,995 (full price QAR3,195). VIP QAR12,995. Chairperson QAR100,000. Startup packages go through the startup programme.
SaaStr AI Annual
SaaStr AI Annual is the B2B SaaS founder conference in the Bay Area. Two days in the San Francisco Bay Area in May 2027. In-person. The 2026 edition ran at the San Mateo County Event Center. The 2027 site does not list a venue yet.
Best for: B2B founders under $20M ARR who want go-to-market sessions and peers at the same stage. Teams of three or more, since the team pack lowers the price per seat.
Dates and city: May 11-12, 2027. San Francisco Bay Area, venue not announced. In-person. Official event page.
What you actually get: Two days of SaaS and AI go-to-market content. The VIP Pass, limited to 100, adds the AI Agent Fest, the CRO and CMO Summits, and an invite-only VIP reception on May 11.
Notable limitations:
- The ticket page calls its figures the "last verified price". Expect them to move.
- The Startup Ticket is only for companies under $20M ARR. Larger companies and VC firms buy the Big Co and VC ticket.
- The focus is B2B SaaS. Consumer and hardware founders will meet fewer peers.
Tickets: Startup Ticket $999 (full rate $1,989). Startup Team Pack $849 per seat for 3 or more (full rate $1,599). Big Co and VC Ticket $1,299 (full rate $2,499). Big Co and VC Team Pack $1,099 per seat (full rate $1,899). VIP Pass $1,499. All in USD.
Which SaaStr ticket fits a seed founder?
The Startup Ticket, if your company is under $20M ARR. Bring two colleagues and the team pack brings each seat down to $849.
Web Summit Vancouver
Web Summit Vancouver is the North American edition from the Web Summit team. It returns to the Vancouver Convention Centre in late May 2027. In-person. A West Coast founder can plan it alongside SaaStr, two weeks earlier.
Best for: Founders who want a large, mixed tech crowd in North America. Canadian and Pacific Northwest startups who would rather not fly to San Francisco.
Dates and city: May 25-28, 2027. Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver. In-person. Official 2027 page.
What you actually get: Four days. General attendee, Executive and Chairperson tickets, with a separate startup section on the ticket page. Volunteers get a free ticket.
Notable limitations:
- Startup prices sit in their own section of the ticket page.
- CA$295 is a sale price during the 2-for-1 sale. The full price is CA$795.
Tickets: General attendee CA$295 during the 2-for-1 sale (full price CA$795). Executive CA$1,895. Chairperson CA$38,095. The page does not say whether tax is included.
VivaTech
VivaTech is the Paris technology show at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. Four days in June 2027. In-person. Large companies use it to meet startups, so expect an exhibition floor as well as stages.
Best for: Founders selling to large European companies. French and European startups looking for partners and press in one week.
Dates and city: June 16-19, 2027. Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, 1 Place de la Porte de Versailles, Paris. In-person. Official site.
What you actually get: Three pass types on the official pass page: Attendee, Startup and Investor.
Notable limitations:
- No 2027 pass prices are published yet.
- Exhibiting is a separate purchase from a startup pass.
Tickets: Attendee, Startup and Investor passes are listed. 2027 prices: not announced.
Still to come in 2026
Slush runs November 18-19, 2026 at Messukeskus, the Helsinki Expo and Convention Center, with Day 0 on November 17. The Startup ticket (395€ incl. VAT) is sold out. The Investor ticket, 1,195€ incl. VAT, is still on sale. No 2027 date is on the official site.
Web Summit runs November 9-12, 2026 in Lisbon. The home page lists no ticket price and no 2027 Lisbon dates.
Other founder conferences worth considering
TechCrunch Disrupt ran October 13-15, 2026 in San Francisco. The official events page has no 2027 edition yet. It goes on the table once it does.
TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 ran November 4 in Boston, per the same TechCrunch events page. No 2027 date yet.
Slush 2027 has no announced date. The Slush FAQ says discounts only exist in its Hatching Bird and Early Bird campaigns, so watch for those if you plan to go in 2027.
How we picked these conferences
We listed founder events whose 2027 edition has exact dates on the organizer's own site, then chose the ones most relevant to startup founders. A missing price did not exclude an event. Dates and prices were checked on the organizers' sites on 5 Nov 2026. "Not announced" means the organizer has not published a 2027 price. A price with a condition, such as an ARR limit, shows that condition in the table.
FAQs
Which 2027 founder conferences are set up for meeting investors?
Web Summit Qatar and Web Summit Vancouver both run startup programmes you apply to. VivaTech sells a separate Investor pass, and SaaStr sells a ticket for venture firms. Agendas for 2027 are not out yet, so check who is confirmed before you book.
Which founder tickets have a published 2027 price?
Three of the four. Web Summit Vancouver General attendee is CA$295 and Web Summit Qatar is QAR1,995, both sale prices. SaaStr's Startup Ticket is $999 for companies under $20M ARR. VivaTech has not published 2027 prices.
Are there student or startup discounts?
SaaStr prices by ARR, so companies under $20M ARR get the Startup Ticket. Web Summit runs startup packages you apply for, and Web Summit Vancouver gives volunteers a free ticket. Slush says it only discounts during its early campaigns.
Why isn't TechCrunch Disrupt on the 2027 table?
The 2026 edition ran October 13-15 in San Francisco. The official events page shows no 2027 date. We list it once one appears.
Can I plan SaaStr and Web Summit Vancouver together?
Yes. Bay Area May 11-12, Vancouver May 25-28. Two weeks apart, so plan two trips or a long stay, and book meetings for both before you travel.
Bottom line
Start from what you need in 2027. For B2B SaaS peers and go-to-market sessions, start with SaaStr AI Annual. For a large North American tech crowd, start with Web Summit Vancouver. For the Gulf, start with Web Summit Qatar. For European corporates, start with VivaTech. Check the 2027 agenda and the live price before you pay.
