Eventbase

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Overview

Eventbase is a Vancouver-based Canadian event technology company that develops branded mobile apps for live events. Its platform supports enterprise conferences, corporate meetings, trade shows, festivals, sporting events, and large public events, combining schedules, maps, networking, notifications, surveys, polling, gamification, and related attendee-engagement functions.

The company is known for producing official apps for major organizations and events, including Salesforce, IBM, Cisco, SAP, Adobe, SXSW, CES, and three Olympic Games. It occupies the enterprise and premium-event segment of the event-app market, emphasizing scalable deployments, custom branding, and support for large attendee audiences.

History

Eventbase was founded in 2009 by Jeff Sinclair and Ben West. The company began building mobile applications for major live events and created official apps for three Olympic Games from 2010 through 2014. It received investment from SXSW Tech LLC, Madrona Venture Group, and Kensington Capital Partners through the BC Tech Fund. Eventbase later expanded its platform for enterprise conferences, corporate meetings, trade shows, festivals, and sporting events, with an additional office reported in London, UK.

Product Lines

Product Line	Positioning	Price Range
Enterprise Event App — portfolio-wide enterprise platform	For large organizations managing recurring conferences, meetings, and roadshows	Price on request
Pro Events — configurable event app	For small to mid-sized conferences and less complex events	Price on request
Conference Apps — attendee planning and engagement	For conferences requiring schedules, recommendations, networking, and session interaction	Price on request
Trade Show Apps — exhibitor and venue tools	For trade shows needing interactive maps, exhibitor discovery, and lead retrieval	Price on request
Festival Apps — high-volume public event applications	For festivals requiring offline access, schedules, maps, and audience engagement	Price on request
Sports and Tournament Apps — event information and navigation	For sporting events and tournaments with large, mobile audiences	Price on request

Manufacturing

Eventbase does not manufacture physical products. It develops and operates cloud-based mobile event software, with hosting and infrastructure supplied through enterprise cloud services; specific hosting vendors and development locations are not publicly identified.

Notable Products

Enterprise Event App - Enterprise mobile event app platform for managing branded apps across conferences, meetings, roadshows, and other corporate events.
Pro Events - Configurable event app offering for small- and mid-sized conferences, roadshows, and corporate meetings.
Eventbase Manager - Administrative system used by event teams to configure content and manage Eventbase enterprise apps.
Official Event Apps - Branded mobile apps built for large conferences, trade shows, festivals, and sporting events, including SXSW and CES.
eventCopilot - AI-powered voice and text event assistant introduced through a partnership with TurnoutNow.

Reputation

Eventbase is recognized in the event-technology industry for large-scale branded apps and has received repeated Event Technology Awards, including seven reported Best Event App wins. Enterprise and professional users associate the platform with strong design, scalability, offline functionality, interactive maps, and engagement tools. Public pricing is not disclosed, and third-party reviews describe a sales-led offering with pricing available on request, which can make direct cost comparisons difficult.

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