Top 31 Events Startups in 2023

1) Interactio

Interactio is a mobile technology that substitutes translation equipment during live events by providing remote simultaneous interpretation.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Lithuania
• State: Vilniaus Apskritis
• City: Vilnius
• Started in: 2014
• Founders: Domas Labokas, Henrikas Urbonas, Simona Andrijauskaitė
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding: € 24,980,000
• Funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 9 (Kima Ventures, Storm Ventures, Notion Capital, Eight Roads Ventures, Jaan Tallinn)

You can find their website here.

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2) Morressier

Morressier is a publishing platform and virtual conference solution for professional and academic organizations.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Germany
• State: Berlin
• City: Berlin
• Started in: 2014
• Founders: Justus Weweler, Rino Montiel, Sami Benchekroun
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding: $24,200,000
• Funding rounds: 3
• Number of investors: 6 (Owl Ventures, Cherry Ventures, Redalpine, Emerge Education, Jan Reichelt)

You can find their website here.

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3) iVvy

Ivvy is smarter, kinder, and more inexpensive conference and event management software.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Australia
• State: Queensland
• City: Brisbane
• Started in: 2010
• Founders: James Greig, Lauren Hall
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding: A$7,000,000
• Funding rounds: 2
• Number of investors: 3 (Thorney Investment, Gandel Invest, Forming Circles Global)

You can find their website here.

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4) e27

e27 is a media firm that covers the Asian technology startup scene with reporting and news.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Singapore
• State: Central Region
• City: Singapore
• Started in: 2007
• Founders: Mohan Belani, Thaddeus Koh
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding: $3,465,000
• Funding rounds: 3
• Number of investors: 10 (Ardent Capital, Spacemob, B Dash Ventures, Linear Venture, Convergence Ventures)

You can find their website here.

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5) Thriver

Thriver is a food and culture platform that offers employee engagement and health activities in the workplace.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Canada
• State: Ontario
• City: Toronto
• Started in: 2015
• Founders: Eran Henig, Yishay Waxman
• Number of employees: 101-250
• Funding: $53,000,000
• Funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 21 (FJ Labs, AltaIR Capital, NEXT Canada, Aleph, Vertex Ventures Israel)

You can find their website here.

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6) Tame

Tame is the most popular platform for hosting sponsored virtual events.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Denmark
• State: Hovedstaden
• City: Copenhagen
• Started in: 2016
• Founders: Deividas Jackus, Jasenko Hadzic, Mickey Switzer Schubert-Suell, Niels Schmidt Hansen
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding: $6,276,813
• Funding rounds: 7
• Number of investors: 15 (byFounders, EASME - EU Executive Agency for SMEs, Innovation Fund Denmark, VF Venture, Hampus Jakobsson)

You can find their website here.

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7) Livestorm

Livestorm is a web-based video communication tool that brings teams together to promote, host, and analyze online events.

Details of the startup:

• Country: France
• State: Ile-de-France
• City: Paris
• Started in: 2016
• Founders: Gilles Bertaux, Robin Lambert, Tom Forlini, Vincent Garreau
• Number of employees: 51-100
• Funding: $35,085,913
• Funding rounds: 3
• Number of investors: 7 (Bpifrance, Idinvest Partners, Aglaé Ventures, Eduardo Ronzano, Raise Ventures)

You can find their website here.

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8) Cluster

A cluster that allows anyone to host virtual events such as live music and conferences.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Japan
• State: Tokyo
• City: Tokyo
• Started in: 2015
• Founders: Johnson Tanaka, Kato Naoto
• Number of employees: 1-10
• Funding: $13,691,544
• Funding rounds: 5
• Number of investors: 12 (Global Brain Corporation, East Ventures, KDDI, DeNA, Skyland Ventures)

You can find their website here.

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9) vivenu

Vivenu provides a unified platform for ticket sales management, marketing, and analysis.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Germany
• State: Nordrhein-Westfalen
• City: Düsseldorf
• Started in: 2018
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding: € 14,000,000
• Funding rounds: 2
• Number of investors: 3 (Balderton Capital, Redalpine, GE32 Capital)

You can find their website here.

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10) OVICE

OVICE is a voice-chat-based virtual space.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Japan
• State: Tokyo
• City: Tokyo
• Started in: 2020
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding: ¥100,000,000
• Funding rounds: 1
• Number of investors: 2 (MIRAISE, One Capital)

You can find their website here.

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11) SamyRoad

A fully-managed Influencer Marketing platform that works with over 40 million influencers across the world to produce visual stories for big brands.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Spain
• State: Madrid
• City: Madrid
• Started in: 2013
• Founders: Jorge Lana, Juan Sanchez-Herrera, Marta Nicolás, Patricia Ratia
• Number of employees: 51-100
• Funding: € 18,400,000
• Funding rounds: 5
• Number of investors: 4 (Inveready, Banco Santander, Aurica Capital, Caixa Capital Risc)

You can find their website here.

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12) Talentspace

Online recruiting events are hosted by Talentspace.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Germany
• State: Berlin
• City: Berlin
• Started in: 2019
• Founders: Jason Reich, Marco Eylert, Markus Dücker
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding: $4,000,000
• Funding rounds: 2
• Number of investors: 6 (468 Capital, STS Ventures, Axel Springer Plug and Play Accelerator, Avala Capital, Kelly Ford)

You can find their website here.

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13) Airmeet

Airmeet is an all-in-one event platform that features virtual social lounges for networking and virtual summits, meetups, and courses.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• City: Delaware
• Started in: 2019
• Founders: Lalit Mangal, Manoj Singh, Vinay Kumar Jasti
• Number of employees: 101-250
• Funding: $50,000,000
• Funding rounds: 9
• Number of investors: 35 (Sequoia Capital India, LetsVenture, Redpoint, Gokul Rajaram, Global Founders Capital)

You can find their website here.

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14) BookMyShow

BookMyShow is an online ticketing service for movies, theaters, and sporting events in India.

Details of the startup:

• Country: India
• State: Maharashtra
• City: Mumbai
• Started in: 1999
• Founders: Ashish Hemrajani, Parikshit Dar, Rajesh Balpande
• Number of employees: 501-1000
• Funding: $224,500,000
• Funding rounds: 6
• Number of investors: 6 (Accel, Stripes, SAIF Partners, Network18, TPG Growth)

You can find their website here.

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15) Goodera

Goodera is a technological platform that assists businesses in managing their corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs.

Details of the startup:

• Country: India
• State: Karnataka
• City: Bengaluru
• Started in: 2014
• Founders: Abhishek Humbad, Richa Bajpai
• Number of employees: 101-250
• Funding: $17,612,830
• Funding rounds: 3
• Number of investors: 6 (Nexus Venture Partners, SAIF Partners, Mumbai Angels, Omidyar Network, Kishore Ganji)

You can find their website here.

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16) NODWIN Gaming

NODWIN Gaming is a gaming solutions provider and e-sports event organizer.

Details of the startup:

• Country: India
• State: Haryana
• City: Gurgaon
• Started in: 2012
• Founders: Gautam Virk
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding: ₹1,640,000,000
• Funding rounds: 1
• Number of investors: 1 (Krafton)

You can find their website here.

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17) Little Black Book

LBB is actively searching for and discovering highly rated locations, goods, local experiences, and much more.

Details of the startup:

• Country: India
• State: Delhi
• City: New Delhi
• Started in: 2012
• Founders: Dhruv Mathur, Suchita Salwan
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding: $8,321,500
• Funding rounds: 5
• Number of investors: 15 (Indian Angel Network, Blume Ventures, Alteria Capital, Chiratae Ventures, Dream Incubator)

You can find their website here.

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18) Samaaro

Samaaro is a virtual event platform that allows businesses to conduct scalable, secure, and successful virtual events for a worldwide audience.

Details of the startup:

• Country: India
• State: Karnataka
• City: Bengaluru
• Started in: 2020
• Founders: Mayank Banka, Purnank Prakash, Skandha Gopalan
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding: $125,000
• Funding rounds: 1
• Number of investors: 10 (Chaitanya Kalipatnapu, Kedar Gavane, Shivanandan Pare, Richa Kar, Nishad Kenkre)

You can find their website here.

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19) WedMeGood

WedMeGood is an online web and mobile platform that allows users to organize weddings.

Details of the startup:

• Country: India
• State: Haryana
• City: Gurgaon
• Started in: 2014
• Founders: Anand Shahani, Mehak S Shahani
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding: $3,007,200
• Funding rounds: 2
• Number of investors: 4 (Indian Angel Network, Alok Mittal, Orchid Asia Group Management, Hemant Kanakia)

You can find their website here.

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20) Josh Talks

Josh Talks is a company that creates films and events with the goal of inspiring people to dream big and achieve even more.

Details of the startup:

• Country: India
• State: Haryana
• City: Haryana
• Started in: 2015
• Founders: Shobhit Banga, Supriya Paul
• Number of employees: 101-250
• Funding: $1,500,000
• Funding rounds: 2
• Number of investors: 7 (Rohit Chanana, Girish Mathrubootham, Media Development Investment Fund, Apurva Chamaria, Sunny Nagpal)

You can find their website here.

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21) CCAvenue

CCAvenue, ResAvenue, EventAvenue, and HotelsAvenue are all Avenues solutions that were conceived and developed solely for Avenues.

Details of the startup:

• Country: India
• State: Maharashtra
• City: Mumbai
• Started in: 2000
• Founders: Vishwas Patel
• Number of employees: 44470
• Funding: $9,000,000
• Funding rounds: 1
• Number of investors: 1 (Infibeam)

You can find their website here.

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22) Moretickets

Moretickets is a Shanghai-based internet ticketing company.

Details of the startup:

• Country: China
• State: Shanghai
• City: Shanghai
• Started in: 2015
• Founders: Jeff Cui
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding: $101,846,220
• Funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 9 (DCM Ventures, Qiming Venture Partners, Matrix Partners China, ZhenFund, Hillhouse Capital Group)

You can find their website here.

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23) Punchbowl

Punchbowl is a web-based software platform that provides party planning services as well as personalized digital invites and greeting cards.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• State: Massachusetts
• City: Framingham
• Started in: 2007
• Founders: Matt Douglas, Sean Conta
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding: $14,798,482
• Funding rounds: 8
• Number of investors: 7 (Intel Capital, Silicon Valley Bank, Contour Venture Partners, Dharmesh Shah, SG Credit Partners)

You can find their website here.

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24) Curate

Curate offers full-service event, COGS, and rental management.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• State: Missouri
• City: Saint Louis
• Started in: 2013
• Founders: Ben Glass, Bria Cavitt, Holly Dechelle Smith, Rachael O’Neil, Ryan O'Neil, Zach Errant
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding: $1,750,000
• Funding rounds: 2
• Number of investors: 5 (Cultivation Capital, OCA Ventures, Stout Street Capital, Jim McKelvey, Cliff Holekamp)

You can find their website here.

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25) MeetingPlay

MeetingPlay is a mobile event software that allows you to engage with your participants.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• State: Maryland
• City: Frederick
• Started in: 2013
• Founders: Joe Schwinger
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding: $76,650,000
• Funding rounds: 2
• Number of investors: 1 (Sunstone Partners)

You can find their website here.

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26) Classy

Classy is a web and mobile platform that allows socially responsible organizations to generate cash for a variety of causes.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• State: California
• City: San Diego
• Started in: 2006
• Founders: Joe Callahan, Marshall Peden, Pat Walsh, Scot Chisholm
• Number of employees: 251-500
• Funding: $183,500,000
• Funding rounds: 6
• Number of investors: 15 (Salesforce Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Bullpen Capital, JMI Equity, Mithril Capital Management)

You can find their website here.

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27) Mixtroz

The only way to boost engagement and get data in real time. You learn while they mix.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• State: Alabama
• City: Birmingham-US
• Started in: 2015
• Founders: Ashlee Ammons, Kerry Schrader
• Number of employees: 44470
• Funding: $2,400,000
• Funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 5 (Backstage Capital, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Harmony Venture Labs, Black Star Fund, Timberline Holding)

You can find their website here.

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28) Socio

Ensure the success of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• State: Indiana
• City: Indianapolis
• Started in: 2016
• Founders: Alihan Ozbayrak, Joseph Watkins, Yarkin Sakucoglu
• Number of employees: 101-250
• Funding: $6,725,000
• Funding rounds: 2
• Number of investors: 2 (Greenspring Associates, High Alpha)

You can find their website here.

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29) Spartan Race

Spartan Race is an obstacle race and endurance company that aims to provide athletes with sporting challenges and courses.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• State: Massachusetts
• City: Boston
• Started in: 2007
• Founders: Andy Weinberg, Joe DeSena, Julian Kopald
• Number of employees: 501-1000
• Funding: $15,750,001
• Funding rounds: 3
• Number of investors: 3 (Hearst Ventures, Breakaway Ventures, Raptor Consumer Partners)

You can find their website here.

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30) Topgolf Entertainment Group

Topgolf Entertainment Group is a technology-enabled sports and entertainment community with a global reach.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• State: Texas
• City: Dallas
• Started in: 2000
• Founders: Dave Jolliffe, Steve Jolliffe
• Number of employees: 5001-10000
• Funding: $301,360,257
• Funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 1 (Providence Equity Partners)

You can find their website here.

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31) OZY Media

OZY Media is a premium media and entertainment company that covers TV, events, podcasts, and news for curious individuals.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• State: California
• City: Mountain View
• Started in: 2012
• Founders: Carlos Watson, Louise Rogers, Samir Rao
• Number of employees: 51-100
• Funding: $70,300,000
• Funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 15 (Axel Springer, Emerson Collective, LionTree, iHeartMedia, VentureSouq)

You can find their website here.

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