HR Tech 2026 Investor Access & Insights

 

Set Up Your 1:1 Meetings Now

Schedule your meetings with investors in the HR Tech 2026 app ahead of the show and plan to connect onsite in the Startup Pavilion’s dedicated meetup area.

Schedules fill quickly, so don’t wait until the last minute.

Exclusive Pre-Conference Report

Curated by George LaRocque, founder of WorkTech and lead for the Investor Experience, this high-value briefing gives you a window into investor priorities, funding flows, and the market shifts shaping HR Tech. Use it to refine your pitch, focus your meetings, and align with where the industry is headed next.

Sessions That Inform Smart Capital Moves

From applied AI to workforce analytics, HR Tech 2026 covers the themes shaping the future of work — and the investment landscape.  We encourage you to take a look at the full agenda in the mobile app or online here, but below are the sessions that have been specifically curated for the Investor Experience:

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21 Oct 2026
  1. Pitchfest Theater - Expo Hall
    Investor Experience
    $65B+ in tracked funding. 60+ Work Tech categories. In this annual State of the Market session, the opening of the HR Tech Investor Experience, WorkTech Founder George LaRocque brings the deepest inde …
  2. Pitchfest Theater - Expo Hall
    Investor Experience
    AI agents are already inside your organization — hired by engineering, deployed by finance, built by vendors you've never vetted. But who owns them? In this session, WorkTech Founder George LaRocque s …
  3. Pitchfest Theater - Expo Hall
    Investor Experience
    AI isn't just a category attracting capital — it's changing the logic of how capital moves across all of Work Tech. In this panel discussion, venture investors and strategic platform leaders examine w …
  4. Pitchfest Theater - Expo Hall
    Investor Experience
    In this session, WorkTech Founder George LaRocque sits down with Greenhouse CEO Daniel Chait to dissect the acquisition of Ezra AI Labs as a live case study in how leading talent platforms are navigat …
22 Oct 2026
  1. Pitchfest Theater - Expo Hall
    Investor Experience
    2026 has been a defining year for Work Tech M&A — and it isn't over. In this panel discussion, advisors, investment bankers, and private equity investors who have been inside the deals dissect what dr …
  2. Pitchfest Theater - Expo Hall
    Investor Experience
    The best intelligence doesn't come from any single session, it comes from the pattern that emerges across a week of conversations, deals, pitches, and debates. In this closing session of the HR Tech I …

 

Our 2026 Startup Exhibitors

Expo Hours

Opening & Closing Hours

Tuesday, October 20  | 5 - 7 p.m.

Wednesday, October 21  |  9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Thursday, October 22 |  9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Location: Pitchfest & Investor Experience Theater in Expo

Pitchfest At-A-Glance

Preliminary Rounds

Tuesday, October 20  |  5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, October 21  |  9:15 - 10:15 a.m.

Wednesday, October 22  |  5 - 6 p.m.

Final Round

Thursday, October 22  |   1 - 2 p.m.