At Best Startup California we track over 300,000 Californian startups and over 1,500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 101 Event Management companies in San Francisco, California. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Event Management Companies & Startups (San Francisco, California)
Eventbrite
Eventbrite develops an online platform that lets users find and create events.
Founder(s): Julia Hartz, Kevin Hartz, Renaud Visage
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Association, Event Management, Events, Internet
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Brella
Brella is a simple, web-based networking tool that helps you to meet the most valuable people at events, conferences and livestreams.
Founder(s): Markus Kauppinen
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Information Technology
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twine
Twine is a platform for deep networking, designed for virtual events and remote teams.
Founder(s): Diana Tsai, Lawrence Coburn
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Marketing Automation, Software
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Luma
Luma provides a platform for people to host virtual classes, record live shows, educate, and find their communities via Zoom.
Founder(s): Danqing Liu, Victor Pontis
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Media and Entertainment, Software, Video Conferencing
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Gigwell
Gigwell is building the next generation collaborative gig booking platform for live entertainers and venues.
Founder(s): Antonio Sierra, Glade Luco, Jeremie Habib
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Enterprise Software, Event Management, Marketplace, Music, SaaS
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Stanza
Stanza is an internet company that creates own events calendars, and share with family, friends, and beyond.
Founder(s): Smita Saxena
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events, Software
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Peerspace
Peerspace is a peer-to-peer marketplace for booking space for events, meetings, and productions.
Founder(s): Matt Bendett, Rony Chammas
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Collaborative Consumption, Coworking, E-Commerce, Event Management, Marketplace, Small and Medium Businesses
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Evensi
Evensi is a platform to discover, experience, ideate, and promote events.
Founder(s): Andrea Pelleschi, Emanuele Corradini, Paolo Privitera, Yuri Grassi
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advertising Platforms, Artificial Intelligence, Event Management, Event Promotion, Events, Mobile, Ticketing
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Eventory
Eventory is a software company that offers an all-in-one event management, marketing, and networking software for event organizers.
Founder(s): Andrzej Targosz, Joanna Kaplon, Michał Polakowski
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Event Promotion, Events, Mobile, SaaS, Software
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Parcy
Collaborative event management platform.
Founder(s): Diego Murru, Gianluca Serrenti, Marco Giannone
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events, Information Technology, SaaS, Software
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Day Made
The First FinTech Marketplace in the Wedding Industry
Founder(s): Anna Vatuone, David Stone-Resneck, Jen Edmon
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Event Management, Events, Information Technology, Marketplace, Social Network, Wedding
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Lyte
Lyte is a technology platform that makes it easy for fans to buy, sell, and exchange tickets to live events.
Founder(s): Antony Taylor
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events, Internet, Social Media, Ticketing
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Startup Grind
Startup Grind is a global startup community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs.
Founder(s): Casper Sermsuksan, Derek Andersen, Endri Mataj, Spencer Nielsen
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Association, Communities, Education, Event Management, Events
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DoubleDutch
DoubleDutch develops event management software for the events industry worldwide.
Founder(s): Lawrence Coburn, Mathew Spolin, Pankaj Prasad
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Enterprise Software, Event Management, Events, Marketing Automation, Mobile, SaaS, Software
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WhatWhere.World
WhatWhere.World is a global event technology platform, collecting the most interesting events in all cities of the world.
Founder(s): Vasily Voropaev
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, Event Management, Events, Information Technology, Internet
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Eventjoy
Fee-free ticketing, optimized for mobile.
Founder(s): Karl White, Todd Goldberg
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events
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SocialCapital
SocialCapital helps employers find the best fit candidate for their company by analyzing their online and social behavior.
Founder(s): Obed Eugene, Temitope Alabi
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Big Data, Event Management, Human Resources, SaaS, Social
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Flok
Flok provides end-to-end company retreat planning by finding the ideal destination and coordinating flights and logistics.
Founder(s): Harris Stolzenberg, Jared Hanson
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events, Leisure, Travel
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Perfect Venue
Easily manage events with the best event management software for independent venues and hospitality groups.
Founder(s): Luke Hutchison, Matthew Walters
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Restaurants, Software
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RSA Conference
RSA Conference is the premiere series of global events where the world talks security and leadership gathers, advances and emerges.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Computer, Event Management, Information Technology, Security
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Gatheric
Gatheric reinvents the way we create and curate events.
Founder(s): Albert Lee, Min Jae Lee
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events, Ticketing
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Twyxt
Couples messenger to capture memories
Founder(s): Bianca Loew, Roman Weishäupl
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Communities, Event Management, Information Technology, Messaging, Mobile, Psychology, Social Media, Software
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AddEvent
AddEvent is the number one add-to-calendar service on the Internet. We make it easy to share your events and calendars with your users.
Founder(s): Michael Nilsson
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Email Marketing, Event Management, Event Promotion, Events, SaaS, Software
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BeMyApp
BeMyApp organize events for developers. We help companies and developers to connect in order to create new digital innovations.
Founder(s): Cyril Attia
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Accounting, Developer Platform, Event Management, Event Promotion, Events, Hospitality, Incubators
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Hustle Con
An event on non-technical startup founders. Like TED but less hoity toity.
Founder(s): John Havel, Sam Parr
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events, Information Technology
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Sovi
Sovi is an online service that offers concert tickets discounted up to 60 percent.
Founder(s): Tom Evans, Trey Pringle
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Content Discovery, Digital Media, Event Management, Small and Medium Businesses
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Tocca
A virtual event solution focussed on demand generation for B2B companies that want to engage with prospects and customers.
Founder(s): Stephane Paquet, Tommaso Trionfi
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: B2B, Event Management, Events, Internet, SaaS
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Gatsby Events
Gatsby Events is a collaborative event planning platform for teams.
Founder(s): Michael Zuccarino, Zach Rivkin
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events, Software
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cred
Creating environments that inspire.
Founder(s): Caitlin Bartley
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Business Development, Business Intelligence, Event Management
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Eventbee
Eventbee provides web-based event management software that enables maximum ticket sales to event managers.
Founder(s): Bala Musrif, Kumar Lanka
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Email Marketing, Event Management, SaaS, Software
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YouCan
YouCan is an innovative events platform revolutionizing the events industry.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Internet
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Marketplace Risk
The most comprehensive platform for risk management, trust & safety, compliance and legal strategy for marketplace startups
Founder(s): Jeremy Gottschalk
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Legal, Risk Management, Sharing Economy
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Albert’s List
Albert’s List is a career marketplace, employment services, and HR marketing agency
Founder(s): Albert Qian, Brian Lee, Mabel Chan, Maricris Paviera
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Career Planning, Employment, Event Management, Human Resources
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Forage SF
Forage SF is a tour operator that provides classes on wild mushrooms, seaweeds, wild edible plants foraging and other private events.
Founder(s): Iso Rabins
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Adventure Travel, Event Management, Tour Operator, Training
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AppAction
A better way to share Instagram posts on social media
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Event Management, Software
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Acteva
Acteva is an event registration service provider for event organizers that automates the event registration process.
Founder(s): Ralph Marx
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events, Web Browsers
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Bright Event Rentals
Bright Event Rentals is an events services company offering property rental services.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events, Real Estate
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Paint the Town
Paint the Town is an events company that focuses on team building and paint night events that bring people together through art.
Founder(s): Celia Ma, Phil Orr
Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Digital Entertainment, Event Management, Events
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BayBrazil
BayBrazil is a Silicon Valley-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to help and facilitate ties between Silicon Valley and Brazil.
Founder(s): Margarise Correa
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Consulting, Event Management, Non Profit
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Sparxo Inc.,
A better way to discover events is a better way to sell tickets.
Founder(s): Charles Zhuang, Crystle Vitari, Genesis Kim, Steve Liu
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Information Technology, Social Media
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Kinetic Events
Nationwide staffing solution for conference and event staff, trade show staff, brand ambassadors, promotional models, and more.
Founder(s): Brian Lillquist
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Event Promotion, Events, Ticketing
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Kinetic Events
Nationwide staffing solution for conference and event staff, trade show staff, brand ambassadors, promotional models, and more.
Founder(s): Brian Lillquist
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Event Promotion, Events, Ticketing
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Airbook
A personal assistant for event organizers
Founder(s): Florence Kwok
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Software
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Popvue
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Founder(s): Nikhil Sawlani, Paulius Jurcys, Steven Russell
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advertising Platforms, Augmented Reality, Blockchain, Event Management, Information Technology, Meeting Software, Messaging, Mobile Advertising, Professional Networking, Social Network, Virtual Reality
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Bespoke
Bespoke is a trifecta of coworking, demo, and event spaces strategically located at Westfield San Francisco.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Event Management, Real Estate, Social Media
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Blujack
Corporate travel coordination SaaS. Blujack is the best way to coordinate travel for teams or customers attending an event.
Founder(s): Darren Boyd, Kevin Egge
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: B2B, Event Management, Mobile, SaaS, Travel
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Daily Aisle
Let’s say you need to book a plane ticket. Imagine having to call each airline to find out prices and seat availability. Ridiculous right?
Founder(s): Jeffrey Lu
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Search Engine, Ticketing, Wedding
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Rohm
Rohm is a social utility platform for events – Create, find, share, and promote unique experiences, local offers and events.
Founder(s): Florence Kwok, Raymond Dai, Terry Giang
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Collaboration, Event Management, Event Promotion, Events, Location Based Services, Social Network
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Anna Marie Events
Anna Marie Events renders event planning services for corporate meetings, conferences, parties and promotional launch events.
Founder(s): Anna Marie Rembold
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Event Promotion, Events
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Artemia Communications
Artemia Communications offers advertising, digital marketing, website development, graphic design and event management services.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, Digital Marketing, Event Management, Graphic Design
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Taters
Hospitality Management Platform
Founder(s): Erik Cochran, Molly Duggan
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Event Management, Events, Hospitality, PaaS, SaaS, Software
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Whitenoise Networks
Music industry social network
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events, Internet, Music
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Linkry Events
We help event organizers make data driven decisions to improve there global event experience and optimize ROI.
Founder(s): Ahmed Zrikem
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Big Data, Event Management, SaaS
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BOLD+NIMBLE
Marketing & Branding Agency
Founder(s): Katherine Treacy
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, Brand Marketing, Business Development, Consulting, Digital Marketing, Event Management, Marketing, Social Media Advertising, Social Media Management
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GigBase
GigBase provides event planning software and mobile apps for businesses.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Mobile Apps, Software
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Eventyoda
Eventyoda is an online marketplace for team outings where teams can discover, book and enjoy fun and creative team-building activities.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Marketplace, Media and Entertainment, Recreation
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21 Fun Casino Party
21 Fun Casino Party is an casino themed party planning event company that also rents casino poker tables and party equipment
Founder(s): John Scarborough
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events, Rental
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McCalls – Catering & Events
We’re San Francisco’s premier catering and events company.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events
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The VIllage
The VIllage is a venue for all event needs.
Founder(s): Jonathan Rowe
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events
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Jumpyr
Jumpyr is a digital marketing agency.
Founder(s): Chris Shifflett
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, Event Management, Fashion
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M&A PR Studio
M&A PR Studio is a experts in startups & tech PR, providing PR & programming for conferences, events, investor relations.
Founder(s): Anastasia Shvetsova
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Communities, Event Management, Leisure, Lifestyle, Social Media
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DutchTechSF
Dutch-American entrepreneurial community in Silicon Valley.
Founder(s): Oliver Binkhorst
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Business Travel, Education, Event Management, Innovation Management, Professional Networking, Venture Capital
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Repertoire
Repertoire is an award winning video-centric event company based in San Francisco.
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Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Mobile, Social Media, Video
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Launch
Launch offers event management, web design, branding, and production services.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events, Web Design
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Health Evolution
Health Evolution brings together leaders from across the industry who are shaping the future of health.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events, Health Care
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Kadist Art Foundation
Kadist is a non-profit organization that offers art exhibitions, public events, residencies and educational initiatives.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Education, Event Management, Events
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Gatsby Entertainment
Gatsby Entertainment is a media company that provides lighting, audio-video solutions, stage design and events management services.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events, Lighting, Media and Entertainment
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DPEM San Francisco,, CA
DPEM is an experiential event agency offering that offers both strategic consulting and production services.
Founder(s): Dominic Phillips
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events
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The Meeting Pool
The Meeting Pool is run by a diverse group of pros with various expertise in the event technology industry.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events, Media and Entertainment
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SF Station
Discover the best events happening right now in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Internet
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Sponseasy
Sponseasy is a SaaS for sponsorship management.
Founder(s): Barthelemy Chalvet, Jonathan Vukovich-Tribouharet, Jordan Succar, Miguel Labranche, Sebastien Luissaint
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events, SaaS, Software
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Devastating Pyro
Devastating Pyro is a pioneering platform that primarily focuses on offering a wide range of pyrotechnic event services to its customers.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Consulting, Event Management
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JustArrive
JUST ARRIVE provides live event venues, fine arts and premier sports organizations with the most advanced electronic ticketing capabilities.
Founder(s): Matt Koidin
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events, Sports
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McCune Audio / Video / Lighting
McCune Audio / Video / Lighting is a full service technical event production company.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management
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Downey Street Events
Downey Street Events offers expertise in wedding planning that are gorgeous and flawless with a professional and passionate approach.
Founder(s): Emily de Ayora, Lauren Geissler
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events, Interior Design
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Rockstar
Rockstar’s mission has been to identify the consistently emerging best practices in strategy, leadership, technology, marketing, and sales.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Digital Marketing, Event Management, Events
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Glow Events
Glow Events is an event planning firm that focuses on strategic design. The firm produces events nationwide and beyond.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Event Promotion, Events
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Peadler, LLC
On Peadler.com influencers can share local businesses’ stories and be rewarded with promotional discounts for the visibility generated.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, E-Commerce, Event Management, Marketing, Retail
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Mosaic Event Management
Mosaic Event Management is an organization that arranges events, meetings, and conference management.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Broadcasting, Catering, Event Management, Professional Services
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YummRun
YummRun is a B2B catering service partner to Executive Administrative and Meeting Professionals.
Founder(s): Beverly Yip, Kayla Yuen
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: B2B, Catering, Event Management, Food and Beverage
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Impact Destinations and Events
Impact Destinations and Events is Event management and Organizer firm.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management
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Giggin.it
E-marketplace for event staff – promo models, brand ambassadors, photogs, etc
Founder(s): Paul King
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Event Management, Events, Marketplace
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Twhodo
Twitter for activities (Meetup)
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Crowdsourcing, Event Management, Social Media
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Showdown.GG
ShowDown Entertainment started out as a host for BarCraft events that included StarCraft 2, League of Legends, and DotA 2.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management
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EltonAI
EltonAI is a developer of Robotic Process Automation software.
Founder(s): Adam Sah, Chris Bourdon, Christian Hassold, Darren Kaplan
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Information Technology, Software
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Project Sport, LLC
We are running & cycling. Award-winning events + entertainment.
Founder(s): Ryan Dawkins
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events, Media and Entertainment
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HackerBrands
We create 1-day experiences that will transform your employees or customers, because they’ll be spending their time building things.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events, Service Industry
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DiveIn
A social network for change
Founder(s): Andreas Carlos Freund, Lee Williams
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Mobile Apps, Non Profit, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Network
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1up Events
1up Events is a curated event services marketplace.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events, Mobile Apps
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Handstand
At Handstand, we create unique adventure events for the public and unforgettable team building events for companies.
Founder(s): Sam Goldstein
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events
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WishPop
WishPop is an app where kids can create wishlists and cards and adults can received reminders.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Education, Event Management, Mobile
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Professional Connector
Professional Connector, a vision of Piedmont Avenue Consulting, Inc. (www.PiedmontAve.com) organizes Bay Area business networking events
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Consulting, Event Management, Social Media
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ImagineX Productions
ImagineX Productions offers event planning and staffing solutions.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Business Development, Event Management, Staffing Agency
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B Line Events
B Line Events is a corporate event management company offers solutions for meetings, conferences, seminars, and special events.
Founder(s): Birgess Angelus
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Event Promotion, Events
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ACI Event Group
ACI Event Group is a company that offers its services in event branding, menu planning, agenda consultation and decor management.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Brand Marketing, Event Management, Hospitality
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Charity Live Stream
Charity Live Stream is a fundraising focused social platform.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events, Internet, Social
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Chinatown CDC
Chinatown CDC non-profit organization that facilitates community advocacy, social event planning, and affordable housing developments.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Communities, Event Management, Property Development, Real Estate
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The TOP
The TOP is a social mobile application to see your photos’ rank and discover what’s on Top around you or worldwide.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Event Management, iOS, Location Based Services, Mobile Apps, Software
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Haymaker
Haymaker provides digital growth team that builds the future of event marketing.
Founder(s): Connor Patterson
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Consulting, Event Management, Event Promotion, Events, Software
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Launchabl.es
Launchabl.es is a web design company catering to startup ventures.
Founder(s): Duane Nason
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Service Industry, Web Design
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California Host
California Host is a global leader in Corporate Meeting and Event Planning innovative solutions and high impact results.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events
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