TechCrunch is running a BOGO deal on its own conference tickets, and the pitch is delightfully blunt: bring a colleague, a co-founder, or a partner, and you both get in at half price. The offer runs until October 13, the day the doors open at San Francisco’s Moscone West, after which prices go up and you’ll pay full fare for the same seats.
The discount applies to every ticket type — Investor, Founder, Attendee, Non-profit, Student, and Expo+ — and the savings range from $162 to $450 depending on which pass you hold. It’s a limited-time play to get more people into the room, and it works by making the math simple: buy one, get one at half off, of the same ticket type.
The Deal at a Glance
Here’s how it breaks down:
- BOGO Offer: Live until October 13 at 8 a.m. PT, when Disrupt doors open.
- Discount: 50% off a second pass of the same ticket type.
- Where: Moscone West, San Francisco.
- Dates: October 13-15.
- Price ranges: Up to $450 off per pass.
Why TechCrunch Wants You to Bring Someone
The reasoning is straightforward. One person can’t cover everything at Disrupt, which runs over three days with 200+ sessions led by 250+ tech leaders across six stages, roundtables, and breakouts. The conference draws 10,000+ founders, investors, and tech leaders alongside 300+ showcasing startups.
By splitting up, attendees can get into more rooms, compare notes on the spot, and cover more ground. The offer frames the plus-one as a multiplier: you make better use of what you hear and who you meet when you’re not alone.
What Each Pass Gets You
The passes are tiered, and each one carries its own set of perks. Here’s the quick rundown:
- Investor Pass: Up to $450 off a second pass. Connect with founders, access curated networking, and sit where deal flow happens.
- Founder Pass: $425 off a second pass. Meet investors aligned with your stage, challenge your thinking, and hear what’s working from operators.
- Attendee Pass: Up to $412 off a second pass. Built for product, engineering, growth, and go-to-market teams, with access to stages, breakouts, and networking.
- Non-profit Pass: $237 off a second pass. Connect with builders and investors, and explore how emerging tech applies to your work.
- Student Pass: $175 off a second pass. Learn from founders and investors and start building your network early.
- Expo+ Pass: $162 off a second pass. Go behind the scenes of disruptive startups, scout talent, and demo emerging tech.
The discounts are fixed amounts, not percentages, which means the savings vary by pass type. An Investor gets $450 off a second pass; a Student gets $175 off a second pass.
Who Should Bring Whom
TechCrunch wants you to think through who you bring. The offer applies when you purchase two of the same ticket type by October 13 at 8 a.m. PT, so you need to decide before the doors open.
For investors, the pitch is about speed: bring another investor or partner to compare signals and act faster. For founders, it’s about momentum: bring a co-founder or teammate to divide and move quickly. Operators get access to stages and breakouts, while non-profits connect with builders and investors.
Students get the smallest discount but the earliest entry, with savings of $175. Explorers get the Expo+ pass for $162 off a second.
The Conference’s Pitch
The core argument is that attending with someone else improves the return on your time. You can get into more rooms, compare what you’re hearing on the spot, split up to cover more ground, and leave knowing what you’re going to do next.
It’s a simple shift, but it changes the outcome. The offer itself is short-lived — five days, from now until the doors open — which gives it a sense of urgency.
What the Deal Actually Does
At its simplest, this is a way to fill the room without cutting the total revenue. Attendees simply pay full price twice instead of once, and the conference gets two people through the door for the cost of one full ticket.
That’s clever. It rewards networking without punishing the individual buyer. If you were already planning to go, you might as well drag a colleague along. If you weren’t, the half-price threshold lowers the barrier to entry.
The offer also extends to solo attendees who want to lock in current prices. If it’ll be just you at Disrupt, you can save up to $200 before prices increase tomorrow, September 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT.
The Bottom Line on the Offer
The BOGO deal is a smart move for TechCrunch. It gets more people into Moscone West without diluting the value of a single pass, and it frames attendance as a shared activity rather than a solo commitment.
The savings are real, the dates are fixed, and the pitch is consistent across every ticket type. Whether you’re an investor chasing deals, a founder building momentum, or a student looking to network, the math works in your favor until October 13.
After that, the offer ends, and the price goes back up.
Source material: “Bring your co-founder, partner, or colleague and get 50% off a second TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass,” TechCrunch.
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