Silicon Valley's premier conference where 5,000+ startup founders, investors, and innovators converge to build, fund, and scale.
Startup Grind Global Conference 2026 brings together 5,000+ founders, investors, and tech leaders in Silicon Valley for three days of intensive learning and networking. Attendees will engage in 175 sessions, pitch to over 400 VC funds, and connect with mentors to drive their startups forward. This event is crucial for early-stage companies seeking to raise capital, gain market traction, and build a robust support system. Learn more at Startup Grind | Global Conference website
Startup Grind 2026 gathers 5,000+ founders, investors, and tech leaders, creating an unparalleled concentration of startup ecosystem players.
Attendees include founders actively raising, VCs from 400+ funds, and corporate partners seeking to support and invest in innovation.
This event accelerates deal flow, facilitates critical investor meetings, and provides direct access to customers and product feedback.
The Challenge
Without preparation, Startup Grind | Global Conference 2026 becomes an expensive networking trip with nothing to show.
1,000+ attendees. No way to filter by ICP. Finding ideal prospects means manually clicking through thousands of profiles.
30-40% of attendees register in the last 2-3 weeks. Finish reaching out to one batch, hundreds more registered. Always behind.
Without scoring and segmentation, all 1,000+ attendees look the same. Teams waste cycles on low-fit prospects instead of focusing on high-value targets.
Reaching prospects across email, LinkedIn, phone, and in-app manually is impossible at scale. Most teams pick one channel and miss opportunities.
Best Practices
Winning teams follow two phases: preparation and execution.
Monitor attendee lists continuously as 30-40% register in the last 2-3 weeks.
Add verified emails, LinkedIn profiles, company data, and tech stack to raw attendee names.
Score by role, title, job level, company size, revenue, location, industry. Match to target personas and ABM accounts. Focus on top 20%.
Email, LinkedIn, phone, in-app. Goal: pre-book meetings with high-value prospects.
Calendars should be 60-70% full with high-fit prospects before arriving at Redwood City.
Know ICP score and context for every interaction. Focus on high-value targets.
These practices work. But 30-40% of attendees register in the last 2-3 weeks. Manual execution takes 5-7 days per batch. Teams would need to repeat identification, enrichment, scoring, and outreach continuously across email, LinkedIn, phone, and in-app. Most don't have the bandwidth.
The question isn't what to do. It's how to execute continuously at scale.
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Best Practice: Monitor attendee lists continuously as registrations come in.
How Spivot Helps: Connect to the event portal or upload the CSV. We identify target prospects and refresh daily as new registrations come in. Catch the 30-40% who register late without lifting a finger.
Best Practice: Transform basic attendee lists into rich prospect profiles with verified contact data.
How Spivot Helps: Connect Apollo, ZoomInfo, or any other enrichment provider. We add verified emails, LinkedIn profiles, company data, and tech stack. Full control over provider and costs.
Best Practice: Score prospects against ICP and match to target personas to prioritize outreach.
How Spivot Helps: AI scores every attendee by role, title, job level, company size, revenue, location, and industry. Match to target personas and ABM accounts automatically.
Best Practice: Sync enriched, scored prospects to existing workflow.
How Spivot Helps: One-click sync to Salesforce, HubSpot, Outreach, Salesloft, Apollo, or export to Google Sheets. Enriched, scored lists ready for outreach.
Best Practice: Start personalized outreach 3-4 weeks before the event to schedule meetings.
How Spivot Helps: Launch campaigns in Outreach, Salesloft, or Apollo. Reach prospects across email, LinkedIn, phone, and in-app automatically. Track engagement, responses, and meetings. All attributed to Startup Grind | Global Conference 2026.
Reach every attendee automatically, even the 30-40% who register late. Land in Redwood City with meetings booked. Your competitors are still cleaning spreadsheets.
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Startup Grind Global Conference is designed for founders, builders, and startup teams actively seeking to grow and scale their ventures. It also attracts venture capital investors from over 400 funds looking for their next deal, and corporate partners aiming to support the next generation of innovation. Ecosystem leaders and individuals passionate about the startup world will find unparalleled networking and learning opportunities in Silicon Valley.
Absolutely. Startup Grind Global Conference offers immense value by bringing together 5,000+ key players in the startup ecosystem. With 175 interactive sessions, dedicated investor matchmaking, and opportunities to pitch to 400+ VC funds, it's a powerful platform for acceleration. Exhibiting startups have collectively raised over $1.5 billion, demonstrating the tangible outcomes possible. Attendees can secure funding, acquire customers, gather product feedback, and forge lasting connections that can significantly impact their startup's trajectory.
Startup Grind Global Conference stands out as Silicon Valley's longest-running tech event, celebrating over a decade of fostering genuine connections and growth. Unlike many events, it prioritizes meaningful interactions through interactive Q&As, pitch sessions, and hands-on workshops, maximizing engagement between speakers and attendees. Its focus on bringing the "right people" together—from early-stage founders to top-tier VCs—in the heart of innovation creates a unique atmosphere where ideas are sparked, partnerships are formed, and significant deals happen on-site.
Connect to the event portal or upload attendee data. Spivot automatically identifies, scores, and enriches prospects as new attendees register, with daily updates to catch late registrations.
Yes. Spivot is an AI agent that automates event workflows for any event where attendees are available in the event portal. The same workflow applies across all events.
Spivot's AI uses multi-factor analysis across role, title, job level, company size, revenue, location, and industry. Match attendees to target personas and ABM accounts automatically. Built-in intelligence recognizes equivalent roles like 'VP of Growth' and 'Chief Revenue Officer.'
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