Become a Sponsor | Startup Walnut Creek 2027

Why participate

Be part of the community
that helps ideas advance.

01 / CONNECT

Build relevant relationships.

Meet health-tech and sports-tech founders alongside investors, healthcare leaders, sports innovators and academic partners.

02 / PARTICIPATE

Put your expertise to work.

Support a panel, introduce a keynote, welcome guests or present a category prize through the package that fits your organization.

03 / CONTRIBUTE

Help the ecosystem grow.

Support an initiative built on Walnut Creek’s healthcare strengths and youth sports innovation, with relationships that can continue beyond event day.

January 2027 · Sponsorship opportunities

Choose your
opportunity.

Help bring founders, investors, healthcare, sports and academia together. Sponsor a conversation, a connection or a competition prize—and help build a lasting innovation community in Walnut Creek.

Discuss a sponsorship ↗

Proposed packages · October 26, 2026

These sponsorship asks come from the current draft partnership deck. Availability, final benefits and arrangements will be confirmed with the organizing team.

Choose the part of the day your organization can help make possible.
Opportunity	Sponsorship ask	Proposed participation
Pitch competition	$20,000	Support the health-tech and sports-tech showcase, with a sponsor representative participating in the program.
Opening keynote	$15,000	A sponsor representative introduces the opening keynote. Speaker subject to confirmation.
Lunch	$10,000	Support the catered boxed lunch, with on-stage sponsor comments welcoming guests.
Startup panel	$10,000	Support a discussion with health-tech and sports-tech companies that have traction and have raised capital. A live-audience Founder Real Talk format is proposed, subject to confirmation.
Investor panel	$10,000	Support a discussion of the investment landscape for health and sport.
Shadelands lunch panel	$10,000	Support a conversation with local health and sports company leaders, with sponsor input into panelist selection.
Networking reception	$10,000	Support a two-hour Calicraft Shadelands reception with startup tables and winner announcements.
Health-tech prize	$5,000	Present the health-tech category award as its prize sponsor.
Sports-tech prize	$5,000	Present the sports-tech category award as its prize sponsor.
VIP dinner	$5,000	Support an offsite dinner for panelists, sponsors and competition winners.
Registration & light breakfast	$2,500	Support coffee and pastries, with a sponsor table and opportunities to connect with attendees.
Morning break 1	$2,500	Support light snacks and beverages, with a sponsor table and opportunities to connect.
Morning break 2	$2,500	Support light snacks and beverages, with a sponsor table and opportunities to connect.
Welcome address	$2,500	Support the opening welcome from the Walnut Creek Chamber CEO and Paul Ratner.
Closing remarks	$2,500	Support the summit’s closing remarks and transition to the networking reception.

Prize sponsorship amounts are sponsorship asks. Final competition award amounts remain to be announced.

Contact Paul or Caity about sponsorship ↗

Plan your participation

A few questions
to get started.

See the proposed event agenda ↗

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Be part of the community
that helps ideas advance.

Choose your
opportunity.

Meet our sponsors.

Let’s find the right role
for your organization.

Start a sponsorship conversation

Help build what’s nextin health & sport.

Be part of the communitythat helps ideas advance.

Build relevant relationships.

Put your expertise to work.

Help the ecosystem grow.

Choose youropportunity.

A few questionsto get started.

Meet our sponsors.

Let’s find the right rolefor your organization.

Start a sponsorship conversation

Help build what’s next
in health & sport.

Be part of the community
that helps ideas advance.

Choose your
opportunity.

A few questions
to get started.

Let’s find the right role
for your organization.