Earlier this year, we were in the Alley and also participated in Battlefield. I would say it's worth it because it gives exposure to your start up.

However, techcrunch is not all it is said to be. It is much of a self congratulatory Enterprise. A lot of people that came to our booth were other start ups trying to find new customers. The amount of web traffic we received was dismal, compared to that famous cloudflare article.

In the end any advertising is better then no advertising. plus it helps you come up with a one liner that describe what your startup is and does.

If you want to read the whole experience: https://idiallo.com/blog/renly-techrunch-disrupt-ny-2017