Community activation platform
Turn events
into movements.
You bring people together, We help you make it last. GatherUs is the platform that turns seamless events into a connected, returning community.
The problem
Every event is a chance to build something bigger. Most never do.
Without GatherUs
Events happen.
Then nothing.
- Manual check-in lines at the door
- Guest lists that go stale after one event
- No way to tell newcomers from regulars
- Connections that end at the exit
Every event deepens a community.
- Self-serve QR check-in with printed badges
- Visit counts turn strangers into returners
- A living directory of who’s actually showing up
- Your brand, your flow, your community — end to end
The two-part
check-in ritual.
Guests scan their QR. A personalized badge prints in seconds. They pick it up, they’re recognized, they’re in. No desk, no line, no scripts, just the first moment of welcome.
Printer compatibility
If your OS can see it,
we can print to it.
GatherUs prints through your operating system’s native print queue. That means Brother, DYMO, Epson, plus anything else you’ve already set up on your laptop. Zero vendor handshake.
A native app for the
laptop at the door.
Install once, plug in the printer, sign in. GatherUs ships in the Microsoft Store for Windows, plus native builds for macOS on Apple silicon and Intel.
Microsoft Store
The name tag, redesigned
Design the tag.
Design the room.
The name tag is small social architecture — what you put on it shapes how people meet, talk, and come back. Our template designer puts every pixel in your hands.
- Template designer
Tools
Merge Tags
Drag any tag onto your tag — GatherUs fills it per visitor at print time.
The logo
Belonging from the start
When the room wears your logo, everyone knows: this is where we belong together.
The name
Start with a hello
Names make people approachable. No titles. Just who they are. Connection begins with being able to say hi.
The visit number
Social intelligence on display
One number tells newcomers who to learn from, prompts regulars to welcome people in, and sparks conversations everywhere.
We obsess over check-in because that’s where community begins and the name tag is where we turn simple logistics into social architecture.
What makes GatherUs different
Built for communities,
not for tickets.
01 · Community intelligence
Build your own world of connection.
Shape registration and visitor data to match your purpose. Returning guests never fill in the same fields twice. Their profile is remembered, so one click and they’re in.
Then watch your community come alive, not as a spreadsheet, but as a pulse you can read. Community Pulse gives every organizer a living view of who’s showing up, who’s returning, and who needs a nudge before they drift.
- Visitor profiles are remembered — no re-registering
- All-time and 18-month active visitor cohorts
- “People at risk” so no one falls through the cracks
- Check-ins over time, NPS, speaker growth
Community Pulse
Overall community snapshot (all-time metrics)
02 · Visitor-centered flow
The tech stays in the background. People stay present.
Guests scan themselves in, taking the first step as trusted members. Instantly they enter a lightweight digital event space, there to support in-person connection, never compete with it.
What’s happening now. Who else is here. What to do next. Everything a visitor needs, nothing they don’t.
Built by the world’s largest innovation community.
GatherUs was born inside Venture Café, a global network that welcomes over 100,000 people across the world each year. We’ve lived the realities of running events week after week. Now we built GatherUs to make community-building easier for everyone who leads it.
01
Experience you can trust
Designed by event pros who run real events every week.
02
Community-first design
Every detail focuses on connection, trust and belonging.
03
Operationally smart
Seamless setup, simple workflows, and data that stays clean.
From people running it
GatherUs has been a game-changer for Venture Café, turning our weekly gatherings into a seamless experience! It’s the infrastructure that allows us to focus on building trust and genuine human connection.
GatherUs has helped CIC Monthly create a welcoming environment for visitors at our recurring events! It’s a smooth checkin and we can make sure we keep building a strong community.
We started with GatherUs in five hours on a Tuesday afternoon, and it’s been part of how we run our nights ever since. The check-in is faster, we actually know who’s coming back, and we can do little things like celebrate birthdays because we have the info to do it. It went from ‘let’s try this’ to ‘we’re not running an event without it’ pretty quickly.
Case study · Striktly Salsa
The fastest setup we’ve ever seen had a salsa beat behind it.
At 3pm on a Tuesday, Striktly decided to run check-in on GatherUs that night. Doors at 8. They set up the event, bought two printers, picked their questions, and rehearsed. At 8pm sharp the stations were live.
The community activation plan
Your path to a thriving community starts here.
01
Join the movement
Sign up for email updates and be first in line for access.
02
Activate your community
Use GatherUs to host events that flow effortlessly, from registration to check-in to insight.
Watch belonging grow
See people return again and again.
Early access · week of Sep 11–17
live
GatherUs is in its Early Adopters program — rough edges and all. Early Adopters help shape what
we build next: founder onboarding, a direct feedback line, and your input on the roadmap.
Sheet resets every Friday at midnight.
Each name tag is one Early Adopter seat.
We hand out 5 a week.
Early adopters program
Pick the size that fits your community.
Join early and get 1 month free. Pricing scales with your community size, event size and cadence.
Yearly (Save 2 months)
Monthly
Ready when you are
Build strong communities designed to grow.
GatherUs isn’t another event tool. It’s how you activate your network, inspire return visits, and make people feel at home — because community isn’t something you manage. It’s something you gather.
Onboarding 5 communities per week · 1 month free · Cancel anytime
