We’re giving you one last chance.
The deadline to apply to host a Side Event during TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 has been extended through today, September 8, at 11:59 p.m. PT.
After tonight, applications close.
If you’ve been waiting to bring your founders, investors, customers, partners, or community together during Disrupt week, this is the moment to act.
Apply now to host a Side Event →
Turn Disrupt week into an opportunity for your business
Hosting a Side Event puts your organization in a position to build relationships, generate visibility, and create opportunities that can extend well beyond Disrupt.
Instead of simply showing up, you can use the week to:
Generate high-value connections: Get your team in a room with founders, investors, potential customers, partners, and other decision-makers who can help move your business forward.
Strengthen your brand: Create an experience that showcases what your organization stands for and gives your audience a reason to engage with you beyond a booth, stage, or conference session.
Grow your community: Bring together the people already invested in your work — and introduce them to new connections they wouldn’t otherwise meet.
Create business opportunities: Use an event to spark conversations that can lead to partnerships, customers, investments, talent, or your next big idea.
Extend your Disrupt reach: An approved Side Event may be promoted through TechCrunch’s Side Events page, Disrupt agenda, mobile app, newsletters, articles, and social channels — putting your event in front of an even broader audience.
Give your network a reason to join you: Share a 25% Disrupt ticket discount with your community and make your event part of their larger Disrupt experience.
The payoff isn’t simply hosting another event. It’s putting your organization in the room with the people who can help shape what’s next — and giving them a reason to remember you.
Your last chance is tonight
This is the final deadline. There will be no more extensions.
And remember: Applying does not guarantee approval or inclusion as an official Disrupt Side Event. The TechCrunch team reviews every application, and only approved events can participate in the official program. Promotional opportunities are also subject to TechCrunch’s discretion.
If you want to be part of the official Side Events lineup, your application needs to be in tonight.
The deadline is tonight, September 8 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Once the application window closes, it’s closed.
Make your move. Submit your application before midnight.
This is the final call. Make it count.
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