Hot off the press: Swapcard Acquires Avolio, Inc. and Integrates Registration Into Event Platform

We at Swapcard are thrilled to announce our acquisition of Avolio, Inc., a registration platform headquartered in Atlanta, GA, and its event management software, IPReg.

This move comes as our first step towards providing an answer to the most significant challenge organizers face: finding one technology partner that can run all their virtual, hybrid, and face-to-face events throughout the year.

2020: A year of unprecedented growth

Coming off a skyrocketing year with more than 1,570 successful virtual events run on Swapcard in 2020, we experienced unprecedented growth. Swapcard hit a 400% increase in projected turnover and an increase in employees from 45 to over 100 between June 2020 and January 2021.

With such a successful 2020 behind us, our vision is clearer than ever before: becoming the leading all-in-one, end-to-end platform for virtual and hybrid events. With the audience engagement, attendee networking, virtual marketplace, event platform, and live streaming services already covered, the next natural step was to integrate registration into the platform.

“We are entering a new area where data will power experience. Clients want to control the entire data journey and provide attendees & exhibitors with one single login step, as well as create a custom experience for each user.”

- Baptiste Boulard, CEO and Co-Founder, Swapcard

New clients around the globe

With this acquisition, we can now meet organizers’ needs for one technology platform for their events, no matter the region, now that Swapcard has offices in Paris, London, Seattle, Montreal, Dubai, Singapore, and New Delhi.

SXSW, NAMM Believe in Music Week, Expo 2020 Dubai and Informa are just some of the clients who have put their trust in Swapcard's platform and will make the most of the platform - from registration right through to analytics - for their upcoming virtual and hybrid gatherings in 2021.

Swapcard and Avolio - a history

Starting in the spring of 2020 we collaborated with Avolio on a multitude of virtual events. The integration between the two systems was seamless from the get-go.

Since 2000, Avolio has been building software designed for global conferences and tradeshows. Avolio’s Event Management Software, IPReg, which was built from the ground up to minimize the need for multiple technology solutions, was the perfect tool for Swapcard clients with complex events in 2020, such as Black Hat by Informa Tech.

Avolio's services for abstract management for attendees and exhibitors will help Swapcard achieve their goal of serving larger exhibition organizers and medical conferences. The team is looking forward to providing an improved experience for clients old and new.

“We realized in the Spring of 2020 that our clients needed to pivot away from face to face events and were requesting assistance with selecting the optimal virtual events technology for their companies and needs. We reviewed the marketplace of virtual events technology and deemed Swapcard to be the top solution in the industry. Every client we introduced them to agreed with our assessment and adopted the platform to engage their attendees and conferences.  We believe 2021 will be another year of change and through Avolio’s technology platform and Swapcard’s leading technology for virtual events, we will be well positioned to lead the industry with virtual and hybrid events.  Joining the Swapcard team allows us to continue to guide the industry with creating technology solutions for the future of meetings, events, and tradeshows.” 

- Mark Hubrich, CEO, Avolio

Our technology will remain on an open platform where data can be pushed and pulled free of charge and we will continue to synchronize with other registration platforms on the market.