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Key people at Evensi.
Evensi was founded in 2013 by Paolo Privitera (Co-Founder).
Based in San Francisco, California, Evensi operates an artificial intelligence software platform for discovering, marketing, and managing global events. The event technology company utilizes proprietary machine learning algorithms to process data on over 200 million events across more than 100 countries, serving a user base of 60 million event attendees and 10 million organizers. Operating on a freemium business model, the platform provides targeted promotional tools that automate digital advertising campaigns across major social networks, specifically including Facebook and Instagram. Functioning with fewer than 25 employees and generating under $5 million in annual revenue, the startup secured $2.5 million in pre-IPO funding from a syndicate of international investors before being acquired by event management software provider Events.com in August 2022. Evensi was originally founded in 2016 by Yuri Grassi, Emanuele Corradini, Paolo Privitera, and Andrea Pelleschi.
Evensi was founded in 2013 by Paolo Privitera (Co-Founder).
Key people at Evensi.
Evensi was an AI-powered platform for discovering, marketing, and managing geo-located events, connecting over 60 million event-goers and 10 million organizers across 100+ countries.[1] It processed data on more than 200 million events worldwide in multiple languages and currencies, recommending the most relevant events based on user location, interests, and behavior while enabling organizers to promote events intuitively.[1][3] The platform handled over 200,000 events daily through proprietary machine learning, serving event enthusiasts and professionals seeking personalized discovery and marketing tools.[1]
Acquired by Events.com in August 2022, Evensi's technology enhanced Events.com's end-to-end event ecosystem, combining discovery with ticketing, sponsorship, and management for a frictionless global experience.[1] Prior to acquisition, it demonstrated strong growth, raising $2.5 million in pre-IPO funding from investors in Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Italy, and Australia to fuel expansion.[2]
Founded in 2016 in San Francisco and Modena, Italy, by Yuri Grassi, Emanuele Corradini, Paolo Privitera, and Andrea Pelleschi, Evensi emerged to simplify event discovery and promotion amid growing demand for personalized, location-based experiences.[1] Some sources note an earlier 2013 founding in San Francisco, positioning it as an events marketing and management platform from the start.[2] The idea stemmed from harnessing AI to process vast event data—over 45 million events in its database—making it easier for users to find relevant happenings and for organizers to reach audiences.[1][5]
Early traction built quickly: Evensi scaled to a community of 60 million users and 10 million organizers, processing massive daily volumes with multilingual support.[1] A pivotal $2.5 million funding round accelerated pre-IPO momentum, drawing international backers.[2] The 2022 acquisition by Events.com marked its evolution, aligning with a shared vision to underpin the global event industry.[1]
Evensi rode the wave of AI personalization in experiential tech, capitalizing on the explosion of events data during the post-pandemic recovery when hybrid and in-person gatherings surged.[1] Its timing was ideal: founded amid rising mobile geo-location usage, it addressed fragmented event discovery in a market flooded with siloed calendars, using machine learning to unify global data at scale.[1][3] Market forces like AI advancements and the events industry's digitization—valued in billions—favored platforms bridging discovery and execution, influencing ecosystems by feeding data into ticketing and management tools.[1]
Post-acquisition, Evensi amplified Events.com's position, contributing to a consolidated event tech stack that powers planners and attendees worldwide, setting standards for AI in experiential marketing.[1]
Integrated into Events.com since 2022, Evensi's tech now fuels a comprehensive event platform, likely driving further AI enhancements in recommendation and personalization amid ongoing hybrid event trends.[1] Rising demand for data-driven event tools, fueled by global travel rebound and AI maturity, positions it to expand into emerging markets and virtual/AR experiences. Its influence may grow by enabling hyper-local, behavior-tuned discovery, solidifying Events.com as an industry foundation while inspiring competitors to prioritize intelligent matching.[1] This evolution ties back to Evensi's core mission: celebrating human connections through smarter event access.
