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Colorado Startup Week South
Call for
Sponsors
Colorado Startup Week South at the Village
Partner with us to bring Colorado’s founders, innovators, investors, and community builders together for the full event experience at the Village — bold ideas, meaningful introductions, and real human connection across Colorado Startup Week.
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Colorado Startup Week
More than a happy hour
Where bold ideas
meet real connection
The Colorado Startup Week South at the Village is an inclusive experience designed for the people building what’s next. The full event brings together thought-provoking founder sessions and an energetic happy hour where attendees can exchange ideas, meet potential collaborators, and build relationships that continue across the week.
Learn
Founder-focused keynotes and sessions exploring community, innovation, and building in the AI era.
Connect
An energetic happy hour and open networking where attendees exchange ideas and build relationships.
Colorado Startup Week · Sept 14–18, 2026
The audience
behind the week
The Colorado Startup Week South at the Village is your gateway into the largest free entrepreneurship event of its kind in North America. Sponsoring the event puts your brand inside a week that draws founders, investors, creatives, and changemakers from across the state and the country.
10,000+
Annual attendees
250+
Sessions across four tracks
200+
Community events & meetups
2012
Founded — a Colorado staple
100%
Free to attend
#1
Largest free event of its kind in North America
“Colorado Startup Week is a great resource for startup leaders and founders across the country, looking for advice, inspiration, fellowship and sisterhood with other entrepreneurs.”
Bryan Leach, CEO of Ibotta
Source: costartupweek.com
Put your brand in the room
Support the connections
that move ideas forward
Sponsoring the Colorado Startup Week South positions your organization alongside the founders and innovators shaping Colorado’s future. More importantly, your support helps create the environment where meaningful relationships, collaborations, and new opportunities can begin.
Brand Visibility
Receive meaningful placement across event promotions, registration materials, signage, and recap content.
Direct Connection
Put your organization in the room with members of Colorado's startup and innovation ecosystem.
Experiential Marketing
Create a branded moment attendees can see, experience, photograph, and remember.
Community Impact
Support accessible programming and the human connections that strengthen Colorado's founder community.
Choose your level
Find the right way to partner
10 available
Community Partner
$500
- Logo on the event registration page
- Logo on shared sponsor signage
- Recognition in one event-related social post
- Verbal recognition during opening remarks
- Opportunity to provide an attendee offer or digital resource
5 available
Connection Sponsor
$1,000
- Everything included in Community Partner
- Prominent logo placement on event materials
- Dedicated sponsor spotlight on social media
- Opportunity to provide a branded item or resource
- Display space for approved promotional materials
- Recognition during opening and closing remarks
- Inclusion in the post-event recap
3 available
Happy Hour Sponsor
$1,500
- Everything included in Connection Sponsor
- Recognition as the official Happy Hour Sponsor
- “Happy Hour presented by [Company]” recognition
- Branded cocktail or mocktail opportunity
- Signage near the bar and networking area
- Opportunity to welcome guests to the happy hour
- Category exclusivity
- Featured placement in event photography and recap content
2 available
Presenting Sponsor
$2,500
- Colorado Startup Week South presented by [Company]
- Top logo placement across event materials
- Presenting sponsor recognition on the registration page
- Dedicated sponsor feature across Girl Tech HQ social channels
- Two-minute welcome from a company representative
- Premium on-site signage
- Branded activation space
- Opportunity to provide an attendee gift
- Recognition throughout the program
- Inclusion in photography and post-event content
- First consideration for future Girl Tech HQ events
- Category exclusivity
Custom partnerships may be available for especially aligned organizations.
In-kind partners
Help us create
the experience
We’re also seeking select in-kind partners to help make the event experience at the Village memorable from the moment guests arrive.
- Food and catering
- Cocktails and mocktails
- Photography
- Videography
- Attendee gifts
- Event services
- Branded experiences
In-kind benefits will be based on the confirmed contribution value and aligned with the comparable paid sponsorship tier.
Meet your host
Jessica Anderson
Founder of Girl Tech HQ
Jessica Anderson is the founder of Girl Tech HQ and the creator of Building Community in the AI Era, an accepted Colorado Startup Week keynote. She builds spaces where founders can learn, connect, collaborate, and grow alongside the rapidly changing world of AI.
Girl Tech HQ is dedicated to helping women build with AI while creating inclusive opportunities for founders, innovators, and community partners to connect.
Come for the ideas. Stay for the connections.
Let’s build this together
Tell us a little about your organization and how you’d like to partner. We’ll follow up with availability and next steps.
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Ready to put your brand in the room?
Partner with the Colorado Startup Week South and help create the conversations, introductions, and relationships that move Colorado’s startup community forward.
Become a SponsorCome for the ideas. Stay for the connections. Raise a glass to what’s next.