80% increase in demand for events featuring meetings, as the economic downturn forces organizers to deliver greater ROI

As the economic downturn worsens, Grip, the leading AI-powered event platform has seen a record 80% increase in demand for events where meetings are a core part of the experience. This is because attendees, sponsors and exhibitors are demanding more value from events they commit to, while organizers want to increase revenue. To meet this demand, organizers are now offering more facilitated meeting programs, like hosted buyer events, to deliver ROI and increase revenue.

Best B2B Tradeshow App for Business Lead Capture

Top event organizers know that exhibitors sign up for tradeshows for B2B marketing

Best Event Networking App

A leading global association of tradeshow organizers and the exhibition industry has recognized Grip as one of the top event apps this year.

Grip appoints Dominic Sumpter as Chief Revenue Officer

Grip has recently appointed Dominic Sumpter as its new Chief Revenue Officer. Not long after appointing Geraint Owen as new CFO last February.

Grip Welcomes Tyler Conley, VP New Business Development

Get to know our latest Gripper, Tyler Conley who joins our team in the US to expand our global reach and awareness.

How to improve your event networking with AI matchmaking

Networking has long been considered one of the best ways for businesses and entrepreneurs to make valuable connections...

We are nominated for Five Categories at the Event Technology Awards

We are extremely excited about being nominated for five categories in the Event Technology Awards.

Grip, Set, Match - Grip Wins Big at IMEX Technology Award

IMEXPitch is a competition for event tech startups to showcase themselves to event organizers and marketers from around the world. It's run as part of IMEX America, the US' largest annual meetings industry trade show, featuring the largest hosted buyer program in North America.

Grip Categories for B2B Matchmaking

The Grip Matchmaking Engine uses artificial intelligence to understand the networking objectives of users, and connect them with the most relevant people at your event.

Grip's Eventful Year, From Event Networking to Attendee Matchmaking

It's been a busy year at Grip. The event networking app, with its ground-breaking professional matchmaking API, is looking to welcome its 50,000th 'handshake' - when attendees agree to connect with each other - very soon.

AI and Machine Learning delivered by Grip

In this article, we will explain how Grip uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning technology to better connect participants to one another, services and products. You will also find some top tips on getting the best from Grip’s AI-powered tools to improve your attendee, exhibitor and sponsor experience. 

SXSW selects Grip as the event technology partner for its first in-person event since 2019

For the first time since the pandemic started, South by Southwest® Conference and Festivals (SXSW®) is going back to in-person events, selecting Grip, the AI-powered event, networking and matchmaking platform as its event technology partner.

The new Grip iFrame for event websites

New on the Grip Dashboard: Event Sponsorship Packages and Advanced Filtering

In our ongoing quest to ‘empower the organizer’ we’ve added a whole range of new features to the Grip Dashboard.

Exhibitors using Grip Teams see 41% increase in lead capture

The launch of Grip Teams earlier in 2019 saw the introduction of the first-ever meeting management solution for real collaboration among exhibiting company’s representatives.

Grip wins Best Event Networking Technology at the Event Technology Awards

London, U.K. - Grip has been crowned the Best Event Networking Technology at the Event Tech Awards, held in London during the first In-Person Day of Event Tech Live, a major Hybrid event for the Event Industry.

Grip has raised $13 Million to create the first Market Engagement Platform

Today we are delighted to announce our $13 million (USD) in series A funding to turn our vision of creating a single platform for virtual, hybrid, and live events into a reality. [...]

Industry Veteran Wayne Crawford Joins Grip as VP of Account Management

Grip, the leading market engagement platform built to support event professionals, today announced the appointment of Wayne Crawford, CEM as Vice President of Account Management.

One year since the first lockdown: How are the Grippers coping?

We are reaching an anniversary that not many of us had foreseen a year ago. When the “stay at home” message became a reality, but the idea of the entire world being in lockdown still sounded like something out of a sci-fi movie. As we all entered our first Covid-19 lockdown across the globe, millions of people left their office not knowing when they might return to their desks.

Grip Integrates with Glisser: Content & Connections in One Powerful Solution

We are excited to announce that Grip now integrates with Glisser – the all-in-one audience engagement software for events!

Grip x ExpoFP - Streamlining and simplifying the exhibitor management and floor mapping workflow for organisers

Event organisers and exhibitors can now benefit from an integration between ExpoFP and Grip which offers a new level of user experience, flexibility and efficiency for floor mapping and exhibitor services.

This is how we look at Event Insights, Revenue Impact or Network Improvement

With the Grip Matchmaking Solution, we collect a large amount of data about the interest and intent of professionals.

Grip Matchmaking Solution Features Overview

This post gives a full overview of all features available in the Grip Matchmaking Solution inside one of our products

Hybrid Experiences Create More Ways to Reach and Connect With Attendees

As hybrid events become a mainstay, Grip’s smart market engagement platform makes connecting easier than ever.

Introducing the Grip Virtual Event Solution

The events industry has found itself on the sharp end of Covid-19's effect, with hundreds of events being cancelled or postponed. With these cancellations, organizers are looking towards technology to continue to deliver value to their attendees.

Press Release: Adventics and Grip announce partnership

Grip partners with adventics to accelerate growth through virtual events and hybrid experiences in DACH markets.

Topic-based Virtual Speed Networking for fast, meaningful connections

Going beyond the event-wide 3-minute speed networking, set a topic for extra engagement.

Grip session recommendation improvements drive 94% more "Add to Schedule" actions

As part of Grip’s mission to bring people together and build a better future, we want to make it easy for event participants to find the most relevant sessions, meetings and other interactions.

Introducing the new Grip HomePage

Events mean Business: Powerful branding, better event experiences, and easier to configure to drive greater engagement and results.