Davos for Startups
Getting a team to actually do something at Davos: speaking slots, pitch sessions, co-marketing, brand visibility, is a different job from one founder chasing capital. None of it needs a WEF badge. Most of it happens inside the sector-specific Houses that run the length of the Promenade, each with its own programme and its own access rules.
If you're the one person doing the raise, the badge and access basics are covered in Davos for Founders. This page is for the team executing the week around you.
Where the Houses were in 2026
The 2027 addresses aren't confirmed yet, so this is the 2026 record, not a current listing: kept as an archive and a reference point, the same way the rest of Davos Access's directory works. Houses reappear year to year more often than not, but the street number is the part most likely to move, so treat every address below as last year's, not this year's, until the 2027 programme confirms it.
These weren't the only sector Houses running in 2026 either, just three of the ones most relevant to a startup team. Each ran its own registration, and most mixed open sessions with registration-only or application-only ones through the week, so check each listing rather than assuming one access rule for the whole venue.
AI House
Promenade 67 (2026)
ETH AI Center / Merantix Capital
AI research, product and policy sessions across the week.
Web3 Hub
Obere Strasse 33 (2026)
CV Labs / CV VC
Digital assets, Web3 investment and World Computer Day programming.
Climate Hub
Kulturplatz, Promenade 58C (2026)
GreenUp Switzerland
Climate, energy transition and nature-finance sessions.
Be careful with paid "guaranteed investor meeting" or "guaranteed pitch slot" packages during Davos week: a professional-looking website isn't proof of a real programme behind it. Ask what you're actually being sold before paying anyone: a table at a named event, or just an introduction with no attendance guarantee at all. Davos Access doesn't charge for speaking slots or participation, and won't recommend a paid access package we haven't verified ourselves.
What a startup track actually looked like last year
The 2027 programme is still taking shape. These real 2026 sessions are the reference point for what to expect, not a promise that the same events return: kept as an archive, the same way the rest of Davos Access's directory works.
Roundtable: Scaling Startups for Global Success
Wed 10:00–11:00 · Polish Business Hub, Promenade 54 · Registration
Unprecedented Scale: Building Startups in the Age of AI
Thu 14:30–15:25 · AI House, Promenade 67 · Registration
House of Trust: The Future of Education & Impactful Startups Pitch
Thu evening · Venue disclosed on registration · Registration
Filter the whole week by what your team needs
Davos Match takes one choice (deals, learning, visibility or introductions) and returns the sessions that fit, ranked by a fixed formula against Davos Access's own scored programme. Free, no sign-up, nothing generated or guessed by a model.
When you'd rather hand it to someone
Our on-ground desk answers directly, and Build My Personal Davos Plan gets a fuller week put together by someone who's done this before. Sending someone ahead to manage the calendar and the logistics? Point them to Davos for Executive Assistants, built for exactly that job.
The practical side
Trains from Zurich, what to wear on ice, where a room is even available this late: the First-Timer's Field Manual covers the ground logistics every visitor deals with. For a place to stay, start with Where to stay.
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