BeGlobe American Venture Party

About this event

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 peopl

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