B2BHaus
SXSW 2027 · Austin, TX
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SXSW 2027 partnerships

Where B2B
gets human

A curated hub for founders, operators, creators and brand builders.

We built it around one belief: the right room can change the trajectory of your business and your life.

The B2B Haus founders at SXSW 2026
The trust gap

Trust got smaller

Per Edelman’s 2026 Trust Barometer, people trust their peers, their colleagues, and people in their local communities. Decision making is increasingly concentrated in that group, and reaching it takes a trust broker.

B2B Haus is the trust broker. We bring brands and their audience into one room and design for mutual value exchange.

70% are hesitant to trust people with different values or backgrounds
+11 pts rise in trust for neighbors, peers and colleagues

2026 Edelman Trust Barometer

Did you know?

It takes 5 to 12 touches to convert a warm lead, and 20 to 50 to convert a cold one

Partnering with B2B Haus puts your brand in warm lead territory. Events are only a sliver of B2B volume. They close at a higher rate than any other channel.

5.50% of live event opportunities reach qualified, against 4.82% for all other channels
12.1% created to closed won for live events in 2025, against 11.1% for other channels
33.2x lift in closed won deals from live events for smaller companies

Conversion data: HockeyStack Lab, The State of Event Marketing in 2025, covering 198 B2B SaaS companies and 2.6 million deals with event touchpoints from January 2024 through September 2025. Live and virtual events together account for roughly 6.5% of closed deals in that dataset. Touch counts: Jeb Blount, Fanatical Prospecting.

SXSW 2026 by the numbers

Our first year

506 registered for our self funded debut
265 founders, funders and CEOs
61% opted in to hear from brand partners
1.1M+ combined LinkedIn reach of registrants
Companies represented
Google HubSpot Zoom Rakuten Teachable Justworks BetterHelp Ericsson Whirlpool NiCE Redgate Project Management Institute
Main stage conversation at B2B Haus, SXSW 2026
Main stage conversation
Panel conversation on the main stage
Main stage conversation
Outdoor stage panel
Outdoor stage
Guests at the bar during lunch
Lunchtime conversation
What attendees said

“Loved the B2B Haus programming so much. Thank you for hosting one of my favorite SX event conversation series.”

Fana Yohannes, Flora by Fana

“I loved the panel discussions and vibes with everyone. I took so much away from it, especially on telling the story about me and my point of view.”

Attendee survey, SXSW 2026

“It was such a well curated event.”

Attendee, SXSW 2026
Our theme for SXSW 2027

The New Rules of Business

How modern builders are adapting, growing, and creating value across startups, enterprises, and independent work. All discussions and activities for the day span three tracks.

Early and Scrappy

For the startup side of the room: building with constraints, raising and deploying capital, and making calls before there is a playbook to follow.

At Scale

For enterprise teams and the operators inside them: what changes when the company is big and the way it worked last year no longer does.

The Individual

For fractional talent, creators, independent operators and talent within companies: the skills, tools and reputation that make a business of one hold up.

What this looks like in practice

The Haus breaks the day into four parts

Main Stage

Where the big discussions happen: panels, keynotes and headliner workshops.

Brand Stations

Where brands talk with attendees while programming runs. A place to get to know your brand, build trust, ask questions, and learn how to use your product better.

Marketplace

Where startups and local businesses get discovered, and attendees hear first about the companies coming up in B2B.

Content Studio

Reaching community and customers takes IRL and URL. Podcasters and attendees film short form and long form content here, so your brand has artifacts long after the day ends.

How brands spend the day

Every brand gets office hours

Alongside foot traffic, every brand in the stations offers 15 to 20 minute office hour slots through the day. Topics are yours to choose. A short, scheduled interaction builds more awareness, favor and ROI than a laid back activation does.

We also make introductions across our partners. Brands at the same event usually never meet each other. Yours will, in a private session with the founders and the other partners in the Haus.

9:30 Creator partnerships
10:15 New customers
11:00 AI workflow demo
1:30 Creator partnerships
2:15 New customers

Sample office hours

Partnership tiers

Three ways to partner

Session Partner 6 available
Your brand is attached to a session on the main stage, with your logo across everything that promotes it, from the registration page to the emails and social posts, plus attendee insights and performance metrics afterward.
Experience Partner 3 available
Everything above, plus your own Brand Station with 20 minute office hour slots booked by attendees, the opt-in email list, product in the gift bags, and inclusion in B2B Haus social content.
Title Partner 2 AVAILABLE
Everything above, plus a sponsored panel where you have majority say in who speaks, dedicated mentions from stage, a photo and video package for your own channels, and a bespoke moment built around your brand.

One partner per category.

Partner packages start at $5,000, with add ons for pre event, during event and post event activations.

The Haus is open

Let’s schedule some time to chat and learn about you.

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