StartupCincy 2026 Sponsorship Opportunities
Sponsoring StartupCincy is the best way to invest locally and support a community focused on building opportunity through innovation, led by Cintrifuse in partnership with founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders across the region.
2026 Sponsorship Opportunities
Sponsors may choose to support StartupCincy Week, the StartupCincy Awards, or both—creating a comprehensive presence across the full week of programming and celebration.
StartupCincy Week – October 6-9, 2026
StartupCincy Week is the region’s longest-running celebration of entrepreneurship, bringing together founders, investors, operators, students, and corporate leaders for a week of connection, learning, and momentum. Through mainstage conversations, hands-on workshops, curated networking, and community-driven events, StartupCincy Week showcases Cincinnati as a place where startups start, scale, and succeed.
Brand benefits
- Showcase your experts on stage through high-visibility content, workshops, and mainstage moments
- Gain broad exposure across StartupCincy Week with sustained brand visibility before, during, and after the event
- Engage directly with founders, investors, and operators building and scaling companies
- Build meaningful relationships through robust, weeklong networking and community-driven experiences
StartupCincy Week
Title Sponsor: $25,000
- 15 tickets to StartupCincy Week
- Brand recognition:
- All marketing collateral: website, digital media, social media, print materials, all in-event signage
- Co-branded digital marketing
- Press
- Support of your choice of content:
- Priority in content selection
- Customized content experience
- Mainstage event
- Workshop or small session
- Happy hour
- Executive Welcome
- Special invitations:
- Invitation to Friends & Founders dinner
- Liquidity Event
Presenting Sponsor: $10,000
- 10 tickets to StartupCincy Week
- Brand recognition:
- Website, select digital media, select social media, select print materials, select in-event signage
- Co-branded digital marketing
- Support of your choice of content:
- Mainstage event
- Workshop or small session
- Happy hour
- Executive Welcome
- Special invitations:
- Invitation to Friends & Founders dinner
Partner Sponsor: $5,000
- 7 tickets to StartupCincy Week
- Brand recognition:
- Website, select digital media, select social media, select print materials, select in-event signage
- Support of your choice of content:
- Workshop or small session
- Happy hour
- Executive Welcome
Advocate Sponsor: $2,500
- 5 tickets to StartupCincy Week
- Brand recognition:
- Website, select social media, select print materials & select in-event signage
- Support of your choice of content:
- Workshop or small session
Community Sponsor: $1,500
- 3 tickets to StartupCincy Week
- Brand recognition:
- Website, select social media & print materials
Let’s Build the Future—Together.
Join us as a sponsor of StartupCincy and be a catalyst for innovation, inclusion, and impact. Please fill out the form and our team will be in touch in a few days.
Need immediate help? Reach out to kate@cintrifuse.com.