Upstream Festival 2025

📣 Special invite for our community with a 15% discount using "SiliconUpstream"

Two days of everything a startup needs for growth. Upstream is where innovation meets community. Join us for an electrifying blend of inspiration, collaboration, and forward-thinking. Whether you’re a founder, investor or a corporate change maker, this community-driven festival is your gateway to cutting-edge ideas, meaningful connections, and endless possibilities.

On 21 and 22 May 2025, Upstream Festival returns, bringing together everything startups need for growth. Together with our partners and a highly curated group of founders of startups and scale-ups, investors, corporates and policy makers from all over Europe we will gather for this one common goal. The main location for the event is Rotterdam’s pop music venue Annabel.

❗️Tickets are available here. Use code “SiliconUpstream” to receive a 15% discount.

Founded in 2020, Upstream Festival has quickly become a well known community-led event for startups. Every year, the event brings together a carefully selected group of over 2,000 founders, investors and change makers with one common goal: to build companies that contribute to a better world. Upstream helps startups and scale-ups with the connections, inspiration and people they need to realize their full potential. With an impressive main program and over 35 side events, the two-day event offers everything startups need to grow.

Get your ticket here.