# Startup & founder events in Milan

Curated by [foundercal.com](https://foundercal.com/). Only events worth a founder's time: conferences, demo days, founder dinners, meetups and workshops. Generic networking filler is filtered out. Updated daily.

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10 upcoming events as of 31 August 2026.

## AI Salon Milan

- Date: Monday 14 September 2026, 19:00 (Europe/Rome)
- Type: Meetup
- Venue: Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy
- Organizer: [AI Salon (www.AiSalon.ai)](https://foundercal.com/organizers/ai-salon-www-aisalon-ai)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ai-salon-milan-qhXFEh6vFAzCIxz
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/4731?p=md

## The Space Venture. Dalle Startup all’Orbita - PedersoliGattai & Italian Tech Alliance

- Date: Tuesday 22 September 2026, 17:30 (Europe/Rome)
- Type: Meetup
- Venue: Gattai Minoli Agostinelli & Partners, Via Principe Amedeo, 5, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
- Organizer: Personal
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/the-space-venture-dalle-startup-all-orbita-pedersoligattai-and-italian-tech-alli-052eIsRH64L05kk
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9536?p=md

Martedì 22 settembre a partire dalle 17:30, presso PedersoliGattai (Via Principe Amedeo 5 a Milano), si terrà The Space Venture | Dalle Startup all’Orbita, un appuntamento, organizzato insieme allo Studio Legale PedersoliGattai e dedicato agli investimenti nella space economy e nel deep tech. In un…

## AI Tinkerers Milan · October Demo Night

- Date: Wednesday 28 October 2026, 18:30 (Europe/Rome)
- Type: Meetup
- Price: Free
- Venue: Milan (venue shared on acceptance)
- Organizer: [AI Tinkerers Milan](https://foundercal.com/organizers/ai-tinkerers-milan)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ai-tinkerers-milan-october-demo-night-2026-10-28
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9037?p=md

Live code, no slides. Milan's AI Tinkerers chapter runs a technical show-and-tell where builders demo what they actually shipped since the last one, messy side projects included, then break into a science fair for informal deep dives. The room is engineers, researchers and founders running AI in…

## SMAU Milano 2026

- Date: 3 November 2026 – 4 November 2026
- Type: Conference
- Venue: Allianz MiCo - Milano Convention Centre, Piazzale Carlo Magno 1, 20149 Milano MI, Italy
- Organizer: [SMAU](https://foundercal.com/organizers/smau)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/smau-milano-2026-2026-11-03
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/2931?p=md

Italy's long-running innovation fair, where the country's startups, scale-ups, corporates and public bodies converge for two days of showcases, pitch sessions and matchmaking. For a founder it is less about the keynotes and more about the pilot deals and investor introductions on the floor: the…

## Founders Cove 2026

- Date: 13 November 2026 – 14 November 2026
- Type: Conference
- Venue: Superstudio Village, Via Tortona 27, 20144 Milano
- Organizer: [Startup Geeks](https://foundercal.com/organizers/startup-geeks)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/founders-cove-2026-2026-11-13
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9038?p=md

Two days built for people at the start: how to validate an idea before you sink six months into it, how to shape a business model that survives contact with the market, and how to get ready for a first round. Startup Geeks caps the room at 700 and fills it with early-stage founders, mentors who…

## Startup Marathon Final Ten 2026

- Date: Tuesday 17 November 2026, 14:00 (Europe/Rome)
- Type: Pitch
- Venue: UniCredit Tower Hall, Via Fratelli Castiglioni 12, Milano
- Organizer: [Startup Marathon](https://foundercal.com/organizers/startup-marathon)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/startup-marathon-final-ten-2026-2026-11-17
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9041?p=md

The closing round of Italy's Startup Marathon: ten finalists, five minutes each, three minutes of questions from a jury of business angels, venture capitalists and C-levels. Pitches are scored on traction and roadmap rather than deck design, so it reads as a decent snapshot of what Italian…

## Investor Days 2026

- Date: Wednesday 25 November 2026, 09:30 (Europe/Rome)
- Type: Pitch
- Price: Free
- Venue: Cariplo Factory at BASE Milano, Via Bergognone 34, 20144 Milano
- Organizer: [Finlombarda and Enterprise Europe Network](https://foundercal.com/organizers/finlombarda-and-enterprise-europe-network)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/investor-days-2026-2026-11-25
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9042?p=md

Lombardy's regional matchmaking day, and the shortest route to Italian seed money if you are deep tech or advanced manufacturing. The morning is a conference plus a pitch session in front of venture funds, corporates and business angels. The afternoon is pre-booked one-to-one meetings with those…

## Frontiers Health Italia 2026

- Date: Tuesday 1 December 2026, 09:00 (Europe/Rome)
- Type: Conference
- Venue: Centro Congressi Assolombarda, Via Pantano 9, 20122 Milano
- Organizer: [Frontiers Health](https://foundercal.com/organizers/frontiers-health)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/frontiers-health-italia-2026-2026-12-01
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9040?p=md

The Italian edition of Frontiers Health, run by EVERSANA, and the one day a year when the people who decide whether a health startup gets a pilot in Italy are in the same building: hospital systems, payers, pharma, regulators and health investors. The 2026 programme runs on AI in care pathways,…

## SIOS26 Winter

- Date: Wednesday 16 December 2026, 09:00 (Europe/Rome)
- Type: Conference
- Price: Free
- Organizer: [StartupItalia](https://foundercal.com/organizers/startupitalia)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/sios26-winter-2026-12-16
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9036?p=md

StartupItalia closes the Italian startup year with its Milan winter summit, the eleventh edition. One main stage of founders and investors who actually built something, a masterclass track, and an innovation village where a few dozen startups show working product instead of slides. Registration is…

## AI Festival 2027

- Date: 11 February 2027 – 12 February 2027
- Type: Conference
- Price: €99
- Venue: Superstudio Maxi, Via Moncucco 35, 20142 Milano
- Organizer: [Search On Media Group](https://foundercal.com/organizers/search-on-media-group)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ai-festival-2027-2027-02-11
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9039?p=md

Italy's biggest AI event, run by the team behind WMF, and the place where the Italian AI ecosystem meets international buyers. The 2026 edition drew over 10,000 people, 200 speakers and 200 startups, with a B2B matching and investor track running alongside the technical training. If you are…