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December 31, 2025

Startup & Investor Tickets Now Live for Upstream Festival 2026

We’re excited to announce that Startup and Investor tickets for Upstream Festival 2026 are officially on sale!

This is your invitation to join innovators, founders and investors from the Benelux region and beyond.

Building breakthrough solutions in Port & Maritime, Energy & Climate, Health, or forging a new path in another sector? Upstream is the place where opportunity meets momentum.

Who Qualifies for a Startup Ticket?

Our Startup Pass is designed exclusively for founders and teams who are building the future.
You qualify if you are:

A founder or employee of an incorporated startup or scale-up
Working with an innovative and scalable business model
Active in one of our three focus tracks (other industries welcome):

  • Port & Maritime
  • Energy & Climate
  • Health

Important Eligibility Notice

To ensure meaningful connections and relevant deal flow, Startup Tickets come with strict criteria.
If you are a service provider, such as:

  • an agency
  • IT firm
  • consultancy
  • studio
  • accelerator or similar organisation

You will have to wait a bit longer for the attendee tickets to be released.

We review every Startup Ticket purchase and reserve the right to decline or cancel registrations that do not meet our criteria. Terms & Conditions apply.

Investor Tickets – Curated Access to High-Potential Deal Flow

Investor Passes for Upstream 2026 are now available.
These tickets are intended for:

  • Venture capital firms
  • Angel investors
  • Corporate venture arms
  • Family offices
  • Investment funds focusing on early-stage and scale-up innovation (not only) on our industry tracks.

All investor registrations are reviewed to ensure relevance and to maintain Upstream’s curated environment for authentic, meaningful dealmaking.

Secure Your Ticket for 2026

Startup and Investor Tickets are limited – and approvals happen on a rolling basis.

Get your ticket now and join the community shaping the future of innovation at Upstream Festival 2026.

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