Tube 2026
Dusseldorf, Germany13 Apr 2026 – 17 Apr 2026
Global trade fair for pipe and tube manufacturing. Price: about EUR 45-70. Strong for industrial IoT, inspection, and quality-control startups.
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Events this month
April 2026
Wire 2026
Dusseldorf, Germany13 Apr 2026 – 17 Apr 2026
Partner trade fair to Tube covering wire and cable manufacturing. Price: about EUR 45-70. Key for smart cabling and energy transmission startups.
PaintExpo 2026
Karlsruhe, Germany14 Apr 2026 – 17 Apr 2026
Leading trade fair for industrial coating technology. Price: about EUR 30-50. Strong for materials science and robotics automation startups.
PyCon DE & PyData 2026
Darmstadt, Germany14 Apr 2026 – 16 Apr 2026
Germany's Python and data science gathering. Price: about EUR 400-700 for business tickets. Great for AI startup hiring and OSS tool exposure.
FIBO 2026
Cologne, Germany16 Apr 2026 – 19 Apr 2026
World's largest fitness and wellness trade show. Price: about EUR 40-90. Strong for wearables, health tracking, and connected gym startups.
ESCMID Global 2026 (ECCMID)
Munich, Germany17 Apr 2026 – 21 Apr 2026
Global congress for clinical microbiology and infectious diseases. Price: about EUR 600-900. Ideal for diagnostics and medtech startups with clinical data.
Hannover Messe 2026
Hannover, Germany20 Apr 2026 – 24 Apr 2026
World's most important industrial trade fair with the Young Tech Enterprises startup hub. Price: about EUR 35-80. Core event for industrial AI, robotics, and energy startups.
Altenpflege 2026
Essen, Germany21 Apr 2026 – 23 Apr 2026
Leading fair for nursing and care services. Price: about EUR 30. Strong for care-tech, robotics, and patient monitoring startups.
DMEA 2026
Berlin, Germany21 Apr 2026 – 23 Apr 2026
Europe's largest digital health trade fair at Messe Berlin, spanning healthcare IT, procurement, interoperability, and compliant medical software rollout. Includes the 'DMEA fuer Health Startups' program, the DMEA nova Award startup finals, and DMEA Sparks pitch visibility for early-stage health-tech companies.
Techtextil 2026
Frankfurt, Germany21 Apr 2026 – 24 Apr 2026
International trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens. Price: about EUR 30-60. Key for smart fabrics and materials startups.
Texprocess 2026
Frankfurt, Germany21 Apr 2026 – 24 Apr 2026
Trade fair for textile and flexible material processing. Price: about EUR 30-60. Strong for automated sewing, 3D body scanning, and on-demand manufacturing startups.
AERO Friedrichshafen 2026
Friedrichshafen, Germany22 Apr 2026 – 25 Apr 2026
Leading general aviation show with a major e-flight-expo section. Price: about EUR 45 day ticket. Key for electric flight and autonomous air mobility startups.
SPEZI 2026 (Spezialradmesse)
Freiburg, Germany25 Apr 2026 – 26 Apr 2026
Special bike trade fair focused on cargo and recumbent bikes. Price: about EUR 15-25. Strong for urban logistics and last-mile delivery hardware startups.
World Retail Congress 2026
Berlin, Germany27 Apr 2026 – 29 Apr 2026
Executive-level forum for global retail leadership. Price: about GBP 2500+. Strong for retail tech scaleups seeking strategic partnerships.
Aerospace Tech Week Europe 2026
Munich, Germany28 Apr 2026
B2B aerospace technology conference in Munich focused on digital aviation systems, avionics, connectivity, flight operations software, and testing workflows. High-value venue for deep-tech founders in aviation software, satellite communications, drones, and aerospace manufacturing partnerships.
Munich Venture Capital World Summit 2026
Munich, Germany28 Apr 2026
Munich stop of the global Venture Capital World Summit series at Nymphenburger Hoefe, bringing together seed and Series A investors, angels, and growth-focused startups. High-priority event for founders actively fundraising in Q2/Q3 2026 and seeking cross-border capital access.