About Grip
We’re on a mission to connect people, ideas and opportunities through successful events. Grip’s AI-powered event, matchmaking and networking platform helps exhibitors, sponsors and visitors be more successful.
What we do
Our software, and experienced customer success team, enable organizers to run virtual, hybrid and in-person events. By leveraging our AI-powered matchmaking, organizers are able to increase visitor engagement, lead generation and revenue.
For event participants, we make their time more efficient at events, with flexible content delivery and valuable meetings. For event organisers, it provides solutions, support and integrations needed to maximise return on investment.
As part of this journey, we are reimagining what is possible with events.
Smart digital deployment
Focus on audience quality
Intelligent physical spaces
Collaboration with customers
Trusted by 55% of the world’s largest event organizers
Our software, and experienced customer success team, enable organizers to run virtual, hybrid and in-person events. By leveraging our AI-powered matchmaking, organizers are able to increase visitor engagement, lead generation and revenue.
For event participants, we make their time more efficient at events, with flexible content delivery and valuable meetings. For event organisers, it provides solutions, support and integrations needed to maximise return on investment.
As part of this journey, we are reimagining what is possible with events.
150+
Customers
2016
Year founded
100+
Years experience
Our customers
Since we began our journey we’ve developed relations and worked with some of the most amazing events and people all around the world.
Trusted by the world's largest event organizers
We’re just getting started
2016
Founded with the mission to connect people in-person, enabling them to meet and do business using Artificial Intelligence.
2017
Grew to 15 people, focussing on delivering better in-person events, and delivering intelligence and insights using the Grip platform. We built out the offering to event organizers with the launch of the most advanced web platform yet. Finally, we won some big customers, including Hyve and RX and a bunch of awards like the UFI Technology Award.
2019
Grew to 25 employees and expanded to new markets and countries. New clients include GSMA, the industry organisation that represents the interests of mobile network operators worldwide.
2020
The pandemic hit. In response, we built our virtual networking offering and expanded our digital tools to meet the needs of a market restricted in movement and the ability to meet in-person.
2021
Team grows to 100. We win some big customers like SXSW, the conference and festivals that celebrate the convergence of the interactive, film, and music industries.
2022
Return to in-person. We now run events in 47 countries and continue to grow our capabilities for meeting scheduling, networking, content delivery and most importantly our AI recommendations. We win even more awards, this time the Eventex Best Event Technology Award.
2024
Grip acquires an event management system (EMS) from Connectiv Holdings, expanding its platform to help event organizers increase revenue. New features like registration and sponsor management offer flexibility to use Grip’s full suite of products or integrate with existing tools.
We’re just getting started
2016
Founded with the mission to connect people in-person, enabling them to meet and do business using Artificial Intelligence.
2017
Grew to 15 people, focussing on delivering better in-person events, and delivering intelligence and insights using the Grip platform. We built out the offering to event organizers with the launch of the most advanced web platform yet. Finally, we won some big customers, including Hyve and RX and a bunch of awards like the UFI Technology Award.
2019
Grew to 25 employees and expanded to new markets and countries. New clients include GSMA, the industry organisation that represents the interests of mobile network operators worldwide.
2020
The pandemic hit. In response, we built our virtual networking offering and expanded our digital tools to meet the needs of a market restricted in movement and the ability to meet in-person.
2021
Team grows to 100. We win some big customers like SXSW, the conference and festivals that celebrate the convergence of the interactive, film, and music industries.
2022
Return to in-person. We now run events in 47 countries and continue to grow our capabilities for meeting scheduling, networking, content delivery and most importantly our AI recommendations. We win even more awards, this time the Eventex Best Event Technology Award.
2024
We acquire an event management system (EMS) from Connectiv Holdings, expanding our platform to help event organizers increase revenue. New features like registration and sponsor management offer flexibility to use our full suite of products or integrate with existing tools.
Our values
Make
customers win
Deliver impact with kindness
Create sustainable growth
"Grip has been the first app company we've worked with that overdelivered on service, support and functionality. I cannot recommend the platform and team highly enough."
Leadership
Tim Groot
CEO and Founder
Maria Martin
Chief operations officer
Hew Leith
Senior Vice President of Marketing
Christina Liot
Vice President of Sales
Lizzy Evans
Vice President of Product
Dheeraj Uppalapati
Head of Engineering
Pablo Fernández
Head of Platform
Emma Barrie
Director of Delivery
Oliver Smart
Senior Vice President of Onsite Solutions