# Press conference: PitchBook Goes Free for Startups + New Platform for Finding Them First

> Press conference, Tuesday 10 November, 10:30 to 10:50, Stage 2 (Press Conference), MEO Arena and FIL. Part of the official Web Summit programme.

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| **When** | Tuesday 10 November, 10:30 to 10:50 (Lisbon time) |
| **Where** | [Stage 2](../../places/stage-2/index.md), [MEO Arena and FIL](../../places/meo-arena-and-fil/index.md), [Parque das Nações](../../places/parque-das-nacoes/index.md), [Lisbon](../../places/lisbon/index.md), [Portugal](../../places/portugal/index.md) |
| **As the source puts it** | Stage 2 (Press Conference), MEO Arena and FIL |
| **Kind** | Press conference |
| **Organiser** | [Web Summit](../../organisations/web-summit/index.md) (the official programme) |
| **Part of** | [Web Summit Lisbon 2026](../web-summit-lisbon-2026/index.md) |
| **Track** | Press Conference |
| **Our pick** | No |

## Speakers {#speakers}

As the event's page lists them: name, role, organisation.

- [Peter Escher](../../people/peter-escher/index.md), Chief Data Operations Officer, [PItchBook](../../companies/pitchbook/index.md)
- [Paul Santarelli](../../people/paul-santarelli/index.md), Chief Solutions Officer, [PitchBook Data](../../organisations/pitchbook-data/index.md)

## Companies and organisations {#companies}

- [PitchBook](../../companies/pitchbook/index.md): a speaker is listed under it.

## Where this comes from {#sources}

- [websummit.com/sessions/lis26/3c456209-8f0b-41df-8c2e-f4a329945082/pre…](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/3c456209-8f0b-41df-8c2e-f4a329945082/press-conference-pitchbook-goes-free-for-startups-new-platform-for-finding-them-first/), read 2026-11-06 by programme@web-summit.vicky, found on [websummit.com/schedule/filters/eyJmb3JtYXQubGFiZWwiOiJQcmVzcyBjb25mZX…](https://websummit.com/schedule/filters/eyJmb3JtYXQubGFiZWwiOiJQcmVzcyBjb25mZXJlbmNlIn0=/page/1/).

Times are Lisbon time (UTC in November) and may change: check the source before you go.

The same, as data: [events/press-conference-pitchbook-goes-free-for-startups-new.json](../../api/v1/events/press-conference-pitchbook-goes-free-for-startups-new.json) and its graph, [graph/events/press-conference-pitchbook-goes-free-for-startups-new.json](../../api/v1/graph/events/press-conference-pitchbook-goes-free-for-startups-new.json) (how to read them: [the data, as JSON](../../api/index.md)).

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