Startups

Growth never
happens alone.

Stadthalle Graz, June 6-7, 2019

At Fifteen Seconds Festival 2019, we have re-envisioned our startup program from the ground up, creating an international platform for founders. Apply here for startup passes at €49 or ask for a demo desk.

Scale your business

Startup
land 2019

In 2019, Fifteen Seconds Festival gets even bigger, as we introduce three new areas: science, mobility, and technology. At the same time, we strengthen our offers for ambitious founders with a scalable business model. In our new startup land, the driving forces of the Austrian ecosystem meet with leaders from the international startup scene. Sounds like the place to be for you? Give yourself a boost and use our leverage.

Access all areas

6,000 thinkers and makers from all over the world, 300 international speakers on eight stages, and 200 innovative partner companies from different branches and industries: For €49, our startup pass offers access to all event areas.

Investor meetings

Money makes the world go round: We give you the opportunity to meet in one-on-ones with well-known investors and get one step closer to your funding goals. Appointments are booked in the weeks leading up to the festival.

Mentoring sessions

Groups of up to 10 founders per session and category work with international experts to further their startups in terms of leadership, strategy, hiring, financial management, investment, and negotiation.

Pitch contests

Get your startup onto the big stage and make it to victory in three rounds to score the first prize: first, convince our jury, second, a board of experts, and third, our top investors in front of the audience on our main stage.

Demo desks

Present your product or service in front of an international and interdisciplinary audience of 6,000 thinkers and makers from the areas of business, science, mobility, and technology – and let the limelight in our startup land shine on you.

Speed dating

Every business is only as good as the team behind it. If you are on the look-out for new employees to push your startup to the next level, use our exclusive networking format for founders to get to know fresh talents.

FoundersFest

Party with like-minded people: Our FoundersFest on the evening of the first festival day brings together startup founders from everywhere over drinks and provides the opportunity to celebrate entrepreneurship in all shapes and sizes. The location will be announced in the weeks leading up to the festival.

Access all areas

Startup speakers 2019

Time to grow.

Thought leaders from around the world tell stories about ground-breaking success and glorious failure on the startup land stage.

All speakers

The startup pass to Fifteen Seconds Festival

The startup pass at €49 gives you access to the entire festival area, all talks and networking formats, and exclusive access to the startup land, the main festival stage and the main festival expo area.

Open startup pass

The demo desks at startup land

Save your space in the limelight at the startup land 2019 and present yourself in front of an interdisciplinary and international audience of 6,000 thinkers and makers. Altogether, 16 demo desks are available.

Demo desk download

Be the first to know

Join our startup community.

Fifteen Seconds startup community members benefit from early access at ticket start, convenient program- and speaker updates, exclusive ticket upgrades, and secret event invites. Sign up now to be the first to know.

Stay curious,
and the future
is yours.

Fifteen Seconds is an international platform at the intersection of business, innovation, and creativity, calling all curious minds eager to share their knowledge, drive positive change, and shape the future. Since 2014, tens of thousands of people have exchanged ideas and pushed each other forward at our events.

Fifteen Seconds GmbH
Nikolaiplatz 5, A-8020 Graz
Lehargasse 7, A-1060 Vienna
[email protected]
+43 316 23 21 37

Fifteen Seconds Inc
405 Lexington Avenue, Ste. 2601
New York, NY 10174

Growth never happens alone.

Growth never
happens alone.