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Must Attend Startup Events in Warsaw, Poland

Warsaw's biggest founder date of 2027 is Wolves Summit on 7–8 April, where founders meet investors in pre-booked meetings. Before that, November 2026 is packed: Warsaw Finance Week, DevFest, a free pitch night and the Data Science Summit. For women in tech, the Perspektywy Women in Tech Summit returns on 16–17 June 2027.
This guide lists startup, tech, investor and women-founder events in Warsaw, from November 2026 to the end of 2027. We checked every date on the organiser's own website. We mark each event as Confirmed (date on the official site), Announced (date from a reliable second source) or Expected (based on past editions only). For the rest of Poland and other cities, see the list at the end.
This article is regularly updated with new events. Do you know about an event that needs to be added? Send us some info and we will see if it's a fit.

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Must Attend Startup Events in Warsaw 2026–2027: Calendar from November 2026 to September 2027

DatesEventVenueTypeStatus
3 Nov 2026#16 FinTech CityKampus Innowacji, Chmielna 73Fintech review (free)Confirmed
4 Nov 2026Future Finance SummitWarsawFinance conferenceConfirmed
4 Nov 2026Founders Connect #7Centralny Dom TechnologiiFounder evening (free)Confirmed
6 Nov 2026Warsaw Security SummitCrowne Plaza – The HUBCybersecurity conferenceConfirmed
6–7 Nov 2026Poland 2.0 SummitReduta Banku PolskiegoBusiness and talent summitConfirmed
19 Nov 2026Founder Institute: Founder Night OutCIC Warsaw, Chmielna 73Founder networkingConfirmed
21 Nov 2026DevFest WarsawGoogle for Startups CampusDeveloper festivalConfirmed
24 Nov 2026Women Techstyle DayBEC, Emilii Plater 53Women in IT conferenceConfirmed
25 Nov 2026Pitch Me Baby vol. 40PKO BP RotundaPitch night (free)Confirmed
26–27 Nov 2026Data Science SummitOnline and PGE NarodowyAI and data conferenceConfirmed
1–3 Dec 2026FINTECH Poland ExpoPtak Warsaw Expo, NadarzynFintech trade fairConfirmed
4 Dec 2026TEDxWarsaw WomenMultikino Złote TarasyTalksConfirmed
1–2 Apr 2027Warsaw IT DaysOnline and PGE NarodowyIT community conferenceConfirmed
7–8 Apr 2027Wolves SummitNovotel Warsaw CentrumFounder and investor summitConfirmed
13 Apr 20274Developers WarszawaArche Hotel KrakowskaDeveloper festivalConfirmed
21–22 Apr 2027Code Europe AIOnline and WarsawAI engineering conferenceConfirmed
16–17 Jun 2027Perspektywy Women in Tech SummitEXPO XXI and onlineWomen in tech conferenceConfirmed
28–30 Sep 2027Warsaw Tech WeekPtak Warsaw Expo, NadarzynTech trade fair (free)Confirmed

Autumn and winter 2026

Warsaw Finance Week: 3–5 November 2026

📅 #16 FinTech City technology reviewConfirmed
DatesTuesday 3 November 2026
WhereKampus Innowacji, ul. Chmielna 73, Warsaw
TypeFintech review with debates
Who it's forFintech founders, banks, investors and the public sector
TicketsFree
Official sitewarszawa19115.pl
The City of Warsaw's fintech review opens Warsaw Finance Week. The call for startups to present closed on 13 October, but you can still attend for free.
📅 Future Finance Summit 2026Confirmed
DatesWednesday 4 November 2026
WhereWarsaw (venue not published)
TypeFlagship conference of Warsaw Finance Week
Who it's forBanks, regulators, investors and fintech companies
TicketsNot published; buy or apply for an invitation on the official site
Official sitefuturefinancepoland.com
The main day of the week, run by Future Finance Poland. More in our fintech startup events.

Founders Connect #7: 4 November 2026

📅 Founders Connect #7: Vertical x AIConfirmed
DatesWednesday 4 November 2026, from 5 PM
WhereCentralny Dom Technologii, ul. Krucza 50, Warsaw
TypeFounder evening in Polish
Who it's forFounders
TicketsFree; register on Luma
Official siteluma.com
Run by the VC fund Tar Heel Capital Pathfinder: founder talks on building vertical AI companies, then networking with more than 100 founders.

Warsaw Security Summit and Poland 2.0 Summit: 6–7 November 2026

📅 Warsaw Security Summit 2026Confirmed
DatesFriday 6 November 2026
WhereCrowne Plaza Warsaw – The HUB, Rondo Daszyńskiego 2
TypeCybersecurity conference
Who it's forCISOs and security leaders
TicketsNot published; registration form
Official sitewarsawsecuritysummit.pl
Useful for security startups that sell to large Polish companies. See our cybersecurity startup events.
📅 Poland 2.0 Summit 2026Confirmed
Dates6–7 November 2026
WhereReduta Banku Polskiego, ul. Bielańska 10, Warsaw
TypeBusiness and talent summit
Who it's forStudents, young professionals and business leaders
TicketsTickets on the official site
Official sitepoland20.com
Speakers include Przemek Gdański, CEO of BNP Paribas Bank Polska, and the economist Marcin Piątkowski. A good place to meet ambitious young people if you're hiring.

Founder Institute Founder Night Out: 19 November 2026

📅 Founder Institute Warsaw: Founder Night OutConfirmed
DatesThursday 19 November 2026, 6 PM
WhereCIC Warsaw Innovation Campus, ul. Chmielna 73
TypeFounder networking
Who it's forAI founders, investors and operators
TicketsNot stated; register on Eventbrite through fi.co
Official sitefi.co
An evening to meet Warsaw's AI founders, investors and operators, and to ask about Founder Institute's new in-person Warsaw cohort (see below). Founder Institute also runs a speed mentoring night on 3 December.
Global Entrepreneurship Week runs 16–22 November worldwide; we found no Warsaw event listed yet. genglobal.org

DevFest Warsaw: 21 November 2026

📅 GDG DevFest Warsaw 2026Confirmed
DatesSaturday 21 November 2026, 9 AM–9:30 PM
WhereGoogle for Startups Campus Warsaw, Plac Konesera 10
TypeDeveloper festival
Who it's forDevelopers and technical founders
TicketsNot published; register on the GDG page
Official sitemeetup.com
GDG Warszawa's yearly day of sessions, workshops and demos on Google and AI tools. More in our AI startup events.

Women Techstyle Day: 24 November 2026

📅 Women Techstyle Day 2026Confirmed
DatesTuesday 24 November 2026
WhereBEC Financial Technologies, ul. Emilii Plater 53 (23rd floor), Warsaw
TypeWomen in IT conference
Who it's forWomen working in IT and tech
TicketsRegistration on the official site
Official sitewomentechstyleday.pl
The second edition, with talks on leadership and AI. Small and focused, with a view over the city.

Pitch Me Baby vol. 40: 25 November 2026

📅 Pitch Me Baby Warsaw vol. 40Confirmed
DatesWednesday 25 November 2026, 6 PM
WherePKO Bank Polski Rotunda, ul. Marszałkowska 100/102, Warsaw
TypePitch night
Who it's forFounders, investors and mentors
TicketsFree; the host approves registrations
Official siteluma.com
Warsaw's long-running pitch night, held about once a month. Apply to pitch and investors and mentors give you feedback on the spot. More in our pitch competitions.

Data Science Summit: 26–27 November 2026

📅 Data Science Summit 2026Confirmed
Dates26 November 2026 online; 27 November 2026 on site
WherePGE Narodowy, Warsaw
TypeHybrid AI and data conference
Who it's forData teams and AI founders
TicketsTickets on the official site
Official sitedssconf.pl
One of the biggest data and AI conferences in Central Europe, held in the national stadium.

FINTECH Poland Expo and TEDxWarsaw Women: 1–4 December 2026

📅 FINTECH Poland Expo 2026Confirmed
Dates1–3 December 2026, 10 AM–5 PM
WherePtak Warsaw Expo, Hall E, Al. Katowicka 62, Nadarzyn
TypeFintech trade fair
Who it's forFintech, payments and banking companies
TicketsFree visitor registration
Official sitefintechexpopoland.com
The first edition, at the big exhibition centre about 20 km south-west of the city centre.
📅 TEDxWarsaw Women 2026: (NIE)OCZYWISTEConfirmed
DatesFriday 4 December 2026, 10 AM–7 PM
WhereMultikino Złote Tarasy, ul. Złota 59, Warsaw
TypeTalks
Who it's forEveryone; a good place to meet women founders and speakers
TicketsTickets on tedxwarsawwomen.com
Official siteted.com
A day of talks on what seems obvious and isn't. TED's page says to RSVP by email, while the organiser's own site sells tickets, so check tedxwarsawwomen.com first.

Spring 2027

Warsaw IT Days: 1–2 April 2027

📅 Warsaw IT Days 2027Confirmed
Dates1 April 2027 online; 2 April 2027 on site
WherePGE Narodowy, Warsaw
TypeHybrid IT community conference
Who it's forDevelopers, data people and technical founders
TicketsNot published yet
Official sitewarszawskiedniinformatyki.pl
The 18th edition of Warszawskie Dni Informatyki, which draws more than 10,000 people. Good for hiring engineers.

Wolves Summit: 7–8 April 2027

📅 Wolves Summit 2027Confirmed
Dates7–8 April 2027
WhereNovotel Warsaw Centrum, Warsaw
TypeFounder and investor summit
Who it's forFounders raising money and investors
TicketsStartup Basic and Startup Premium tickets; 20% off from 1 November, 10% off from 1 December
Official sitewolvessummit.com
Warsaw's main founder event: more than 100 investors, 250 founders and over 2,000 pre-booked one-to-one meetings. There are 99 pitches, a pitch competition with five winners and a reverse pitch where investors pitch to founders. Book early, because the discount gets smaller each month. See our fundraising events.
A Warsaw AI Summit is also announced for 6 April 2027 at EXPO XXI, but so far only on a form for partners and speakers, without an organiser named or tickets. We'll add it once it has an official page.

4Developers and Code Europe AI: 13–22 April 2027

📅 4Developers Warszawa 2027Confirmed
DatesTuesday 13 April 2027
WhereArche Hotel Krakowska, Warsaw
TypeDeveloper festival
Who it's forSoftware developers
TicketsNot published yet
Official site4developers.org.pl
📅 Code Europe AI 2027Confirmed
Dates21 April 2027 online; 22 April 2027 in Warsaw
WhereWarsaw; venue not published
TypeHybrid AI engineering conference
Who it's forEngineers who build with AI
TicketsNot published yet
Official sitecodeeurope.pl
Code Europe expects about 1,800 people on site. Both are good places to find a technical co-founder.

Summer and autumn 2027

Perspektywy Women in Tech Summit: 16–17 June 2027

📅 Perspektywy Women in Tech Summit 2027Confirmed
Dates16–17 June 2027
WhereEXPO XXI, ul. Prądzyńskiego 12/14, Warsaw, and online
TypeHybrid women in tech conference and career fair
Who it's forWomen in tech and STEM, students, employers
Tickets"One Year Before" prices: 990 PLN in person, 290 PLN online; students can apply for free
Official sitewomenintechsummit.pl
Europe's largest women in tech conference, run by the Perspektywy Education Foundation, with a mentoring zone and a career expo. The best-fit event of the year for women founders in Warsaw. See our women in tech events.

Warsaw Tech Week: 28–30 September 2027

📅 Warsaw Tech Week 2027Confirmed
Dates28–30 September 2027, 10 AM–5 PM
WherePtak Warsaw Expo, Hall A, Al. Katowicka 62, Nadarzyn
TypeTech trade fair
Who it's forTech companies, buyers and founders
TicketsFree entry
Official sitewarsawtechweek.com
The second edition joins AI and big data, cybersecurity, data centre and HR tech shows; the first, in October 2026, had more than 10,000 visitors. Don't confuse it with Poland Tech Week, a separate week of free events across Warsaw.

Dates not announced yet

  • Warsaw Finance Week, FinTech City and Data Science Summit 2027: usually in November.
  • Poland Tech Week 2027: a week of free events across the city; the last one ran 26–30 October 2026. polandtechweek.com
  • Masters & Robots 2027: the last edition was on 20–21 October 2026, with a discount pass for startups. mastersandrobots.tech
  • Deep Tech Summit 2027: last held 26–27 October 2026 with the CEE Challenge pitch (€5,000 top prize). deeptechsummit.eu
  • IE Venture Day Poland 2027: a startup pitch competition at SGH; the last one was on 3 March 2026.
  • Data & AI Warsaw Tech Summit 2027: last held 21–22 April 2026.
  • PARP Founders Meet Funds: the government agency's founder and investor day, last held on 26 October 2026 at Fabryka Norblina.

Recurring meetups and communities

  • Pitch Me Baby: free pitch nights about once a month at the PKO BP Rotunda. meetup.com
  • Founder Institute Warsaw: monthly founder events at CIC Warsaw, plus a pre-seed accelerator. fi.co
  • Venture Café Warsaw: free Thursday Gatherings at CIC Warsaw, ul. Chmielna 73.
  • GDG Warszawa: DevFest, Build with AI and SheDev, a workshop day with a focus on women in tech. gdg.community.dev
  • Imaguru Warsaw Startup HUB (ul. Twarda 14/16): community space with pitch events. imaguru.co
  • ETHWarsaw / Kolektyw3: Web3 community hub with workshops and hackathons. ethwarsaw.dev
Quiet or gone: Startup Grind Warsaw lists no upcoming event after its August 2026 pitch session, Techstars Startup Weekend Warsaw was last held in 2022, and the FinTech & InsurTech Digital Congress has stopped. Infoshare (Gdańsk), European Startup Days (Katowice) and Impact'27 (Poznań) are not in Warsaw: see the Poland guide below.

Events for women founders in Warsaw

  • Perspektywy Women in Tech Summit (16–17 June 2027): the big one, with a mentoring zone and career expo.
  • TEDxWarsaw Women (4 December 2026) and Women Techstyle Day (24 November 2026).
  • Sukces Pisany Szminką: the 18th edition of the Businesswoman of the Year award; nominations until 31 December 2026, applications until 10 January 2027, free to enter. sukcespisanyszminka.pl
  • #Net_Smolna: free workshops for entrepreneurs at the city's Smolna centre, run with the LBC Business Women Foundation. warszawa19115.pl
Run an event for women founders in Warsaw? Send it to us and we'll add it. See also our female entrepreneurship events for 2027.

Funding and support to know before you go

  • Ulga na start: first-time founders pay no social insurance contributions (ZUS) for the first 6 months; the health contribution is still due. biznes.gov.pl
  • Preferential ZUS: after that, social contributions can be based on 30% of the minimum wage for 24 months. biznes.gov.pl
  • S24 online registration: set up a limited company (sp. z o.o.) online on a fixed template; the court fee is 250 PLN instead of 500 PLN with a notary. biznes.gov.pl
  • Poland. Business Harbour: the government's relocation programme for startups and IT specialists, with a personal assistant and visa guidance. gov.pl
  • Smolna Entrepreneurship Centre (ul. Smolna 4): the city's free advice, mentoring, workspace and acceleration programme. warszawa19115.pl
  • Founder Institute Warsaw: an in-person pre-seed programme from 8 March to 25 May 2027; early deadline 15 December 2026 ($549, later $1,049). fi.co

How to get the most out of Warsaw startup events

  1. Book Wolves Summit early. Startup tickets get more expensive on 1 November and again on 1 December.
  2. Use the free events. FinTech City, Founders Connect, Pitch Me Baby and Venture Café cost nothing.
  3. Pitch in November. Apply to pitch at Pitch Me Baby on 25 November to practise before Wolves Summit.
  4. Check the venue. FINTECH Poland Expo and Warsaw Tech Week are at Ptak Warsaw Expo in Nadarzyn, outside the city.
  5. Register your company before you sell. S24 and the ulga na start make the first months cheap.

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FAQ

What are the main startup events in Warsaw?

Warsaw Finance Week (3–5 November 2026), DevFest Warsaw (21 November), the Data Science Summit (26–27 November), Wolves Summit (7–8 April 2027) and the Perspektywy Women in Tech Summit (16–17 June 2027).

When is Wolves Summit 2027?

On 7–8 April 2027 at the Novotel Warsaw Centrum. Startup tickets are cheaper the earlier you book: the discount is 20% from 1 November and 10% from 1 December 2026.

Are there free startup events in Warsaw?

Yes: the FinTech City review (3 November), Founders Connect (4 November), Pitch Me Baby (25 November), Venture Café's Thursday Gatherings and Warsaw Tech Week (28–30 September 2027).

Are there events for women founders in Warsaw?

Yes: the Perspektywy Women in Tech Summit (16–17 June 2027), TEDxWarsaw Women (4 December 2026), Women Techstyle Day (24 November 2026) and the Sukces Pisany Szminką award.

Is Warsaw Tech Week the same as Poland Tech Week?

No. Warsaw Tech Week is a trade fair at Ptak Warsaw Expo (28–30 September 2027). Poland Tech Week is a separate week of free events across Warsaw, last held in October 2026.

About the Author

Violetta Bonenkamp, also known as MeanCEO, is an experienced startup founder with an impressive educational background including an MBA and four other higher education degrees. She has over 20 years of work experience across multiple countries, including 5 years as a solopreneur and serial entrepreneur. Throughout her startup experience she has applied for multiple startup grants at the EU level, in the Netherlands and Malta, and her startups received quite a few of those. She’s been living, studying and working in many countries around the globe and her extensive multicultural experience has influenced her immensely.
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