BeGlobe American Venture Party
BeGlobe's flagship Web Summit party, reimagined as the definitive bridge between international founders, investors and the U.S. market.
BeGlobe American Venture Party is the newest edition of BeGlobe's flagship Venture Party franchise — an invite-only gathering held annually at Web Summit Lisbon since 2017.
This year’s focus is building a bridge between global innovation and the U.S. market, which drew two-thirds of global startup funding in Q2 2026 and 83% in Q1, according to Crunchbase.
A Community That Keeps Growing
Since its first edition in 2017, the BeGlobe American Venture Party has grown from an intimate founders’ meetup into one of the most sought-after private gatherings of Web Summit week. Alongside it grew IT&VC Unicorns, BeGlobe’s community of 3,000+ founders and investors. Year after year, the party has been where founders meet their next investors, partners and press champions.
The event will be hosted at the historic 17th-century Palácio do Conde d’Óbidos, overlooking the Tagus River. More than 300 handpicked guests are expected:
200 early- and growth-stage founders (Pre-Series A and beyond)
70 VCs and LPs ($30M+ AUM), including founders of 15 unicorns
30 top-tier tech journalists. Past attendees include journalists from the Financial Times, The New York Times, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Forbes, WIRED, The Wall Street Journal and more.
70% of attendees are U.S.-based. The other 30% come from Europe, mostly founders actively expanding into the U.S.
Past editions have hosted representatives of Y Combinator, Sequoia, Accel, Antler, Eurazeo, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, Amazon, Stripe, Revolut, Spotify, Uber, LVMH and many more, along with journalists from the world’s leading business and tech media.
World Connection Day Activation by dating platform Fledge. A two-minute test, a colored ribbon, and a room full of strangers who are suddenly allowed to say hello. Guests will get a first taste of World Connection Day, a global day for meeting new people on November 21. Each guest receives a red, yellow, blue or green ribbon that signals one thing: “you can say hello to me.” The game is presented by Val Klimov, creator of World Connection Day and founder of Fledge, which is designed to help people understand compatibility before they start dating. A serial entrepreneur with 15+ years in marketing and business development, Val previously scaled a dating platform to 20 million users with $20 million in revenue.
Tetrad VC Challenge. A pitch competition hosted by Tetrad VC, which is backed by the Timashev family. It is open to AI startups with real revenue and early traction. Tracks include AI Cybersecurity, Robotics Infrastructure, Voice UI and Causal AI Agents. The winner receives a $15,000 uncapped SAFE and goes straight to the Investment Committee for a chance to raise up to $500,000. Apply
Schedule (November 10, 2026)
17:00–19:00: Investor & Media Lounge open
18:00: Doors open
18:30: World Connection Day Activation by dating platform Fledge
19:30: Panel discussions
20:30: A fireside chat with a Secret Headliner
20:45–23:30: Networking, open bar and DJ set by VLADISLOVE (Investor & Media Lounge open 21:00–23:00)
A dedicated Investor Lounge offers a quieter, curated space for the 70 investors most relevant to the room, opening before the main event. Later in the evening, a VIP Lounge opens as a second layer of curated access during networking.
Complimentary access is reserved for U.S.-based companies and funds with a majority U.S. client base. Everyone else can join through a Market-Entry Pass, giving those actively building their U.S. presence access to the same room.
Hosted by
BeGlobe PR Agency
Dreaming of Financial Times covering your round instead of a paid mention nobody remembers by Monday? That's where BeGlobe comes in — the agency built by Julia Sabitova and Ira Tatevosyan, which has spent the last decade-plus turning complex tech, from AI and HealthTech to Web3 and SaaS, into stories that get journalists, investors, and the organizers of Web Summit, CES, and WEF lining up. And it comes with a bonus: access to the IT&VC Unicorns community, 3,000+ founders and investors strong, where the right introductions just happen. In short, a solid team for founders who want more than PR — they want results: funding rounds, partnerships, and real industry recognition.
BeGlobe has placed clients in Financial Times, CNN, The New York Times, The Guardian, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Forbes, and Cointelegraph, and secured founder speaking slots at Web Summit, CES, World Economic Forum, Milken Institute Global Conference, TechCrunch Disrupt, Slush, London, New York, and San Francisco Tech Weeks.
With offices across ten cities, BeGlobe handles funding announcements that need to land in US and European press simultaneously, go-to-market campaigns for brands entering new geographies, and founder visibility programs that compound over time.
Fledge is a dating app designed to help people understand compatibility before they start dating. Going beyond attraction, Fledge uses a research-based approach that considers personality, values, and relationship preferences to identify who may genuinely be a good fit before the first message.
The result is fewer, more meaningful matches and a calmer way to date at your own pace, with less pressure, less performance, and more space to be yourself.
Fledge is built by serial entrepreneurs with experience creating dating products used by more than 20 million people, including one of Europe's top-10 dating platforms. Its compatibility model draws on established behavioral science, and the company intends to pursue independent research partnerships.
Founded in 2026, Fledge is headquartered in Delaware.
Tetrad VC partners with early-stage startups at pre-seed and seed, supporting ambitious, tech-driven ideas in health tech, agentic AI, B2B SaaS, and more. As founders ourselves, we move fast, stay hands-on, and offer more than just capital.
Tetrad VC is backed by the Timashev family — including Ratmir Timashev, co-founder of Veeam Software (acquired for $5B) — and invests both in funds and directly in startups. Notable direct investments include Dwelly, Yope, and Sync.
Founders also get access to our wider ecosystem of partners — OH.io gives portfolio companies embedded GTM support to break into the US market, while a network of later-stage investors helps line up the next round when the time comes.
Mellow helps companies and freelancers in 100+ countries work together without the red tape. Contracts, documents, invoicing, payouts and compliance are handled in one place, so both sides can focus on the work itself.
Beavers Brothers Global
Strategy, brand & UX for fintech and B2B tech. A design partner from first pitch to enterprise scale.
We turn complex technology into clear brands and intuitive products — so customers, investors, and partners instantly understand your value and trust what you build.
In partnership with
Sublime Communications is a growth acceleration firm consistently driving 1,000-10,000% growth rates, which often lead to IPO or acquisition. We provide powerful storytelling, captivating narratives, a proven and proprietary tech stack, transparent systems to track results and drive ongoing improvement through collaboration. We also use our deep and trusted relationships from the media, investors, UHNW individuals, family offices and corporates to open doors.
Media partners
The Top Voices is a global, community-driven media platform spotlighting the early-stage founders and startups shaping the future of technology. Backed by a community of over 30,000 entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts worldwide, we share the stories behind the next generation of innovators. Find more at https://thetopvoices.com
The Recursive: Expanding tech ecosystems require more than just capital; they require sustainable relationship networks. Since 2021, The Recursive has served as a primary bridge between local talent and international opportunities, reaching over 3.8 million readers worldwide and supporting hundreds of clients across 5 connected regions. By combining independent journalism and market intelligence with strategic brand positioning and matchmaking events, they connect founders and ecosystem builders in CEE, DACH, GCC and beyond directly with global investors and enterprise leaders. Find full details on their work and mission at therecursive.com
Yellow Rocks! is a venture fund with offices in San Francisco and Lisbon, investing in AI startups at Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A stages across AI, FinTech, Future of Work and EdTech. Co-founder of the Pre-Seed to Succeed investment program. The YR team organizes events for investors and entrepreneurs worldwide.
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