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SpotMe wants your event to outlive the applause
The Swiss event platform began with a gadget for meeting strangers. Its bigger bet is that a conference becomes more valuable when the conversation finds its way into the CRM.
Bizzabo Survived the Day 1,000 Events Disappeared - Then Put the Internet Back Into the Ballroom
The event-software company started with a networking app, lost its market overnight, and rebuilt around a stubborn idea: a handshake should produce data without feeling like a spreadsheet.
RainFocus Put the Conference Badge on the Balance Sheet - Now AI Is Coming for the Messy Middle
The Utah software company spent a decade turning event chaos into usable customer data. Its next act is more ambitious: giving AI agents the context to help run the show without losing the humans in the room.
Zuddl
Zuddl is a modular event management platform built for B2B event marketers, unifying conferences, field events, and webinars in one system. It handles the full event lifecycle - registration, ticketing, branded virtual stages, on-site check-in, attendee engagement, and post-event content - while pushing engagement data into CRMs like Salesforce and HubSpot so teams can prove and improve event ROI. Founded in 2020 and backed by Y Combinator, Alpha Wave Incubation, and Qualcomm Ventures, Zuddl serves brands including Google, Microsoft, ServiceNow, and the United Nations.