Epoch
Epoch is a San Francisco-based SaaS platform that helps mid-market and enterprise People, Culture, ERG, L&D, and Sales Enablement teams discover, run, and measure internal events, communities, and employee programs via Slack/HRIS-integrated workflows, with an emerging AI agent (Agent Epoch) for end-to-end event automation.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2019
- HeadquartersSan Francisco, United States
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What Epoch does
Epoch is a San Francisco-based SaaS company that sells an employee experience and internal events platform to mid-market and enterprise customers. Founded in 2019 and led by co-founders Jade Choy (CEO) and Keith Choy (COO), the company targets People/Culture, Employee Resource Group (ERG), Learning & Development, Sales Enablement, Well-being, and Workplace teams responsible for running internal programming across distributed workforces. Its flagship offering is the Epoch Core Platform, a web-based application with company-specific subdomains (e.g., company.epochapp.com) that centralizes event discovery, registration, RSVP management, multi-session events, surveys, attendance tracking, and engagement analytics, with bi-lateral sync to Slack, Google Calendar, Outlook, Zoom, Google Meet, and email; HRIS integrations span Workday, Rippling, BambooHR, and Access People HR, and identity/SSO coverage includes Okta, Azure AD, OneLogin, Auth0, and Google SSO.
Layered on the core platform are several add-on modules and use-case solutions: Epoch Communities (launched March 3, 2025) for ERG and affinity-group membership management; Epoch API (launched December 17, 2024) for programmatic event-data export; Agent Epoch and Agent Insights (in limited pre-launch), AI-powered capabilities for end-to-end event planning, automated communications, AI-generated survey questions, NLP-based feedback summarization, and engagement trend analytics. The platform is hosted on AWS (FedRAMP/ISO/SOC 2-inherited infrastructure), with Epoch itself SOC 2 Type 2 attested and CCPA/GDPR compliant.
Epoch operates a direct, sales-led GTM motion (every prospect is routed to a "Book a demo" contact form) and monetizes primarily through per-company SaaS subscriptions (quote-based, no public price points, annual cadence). A secondary revenue stream comes from event sponsorship packages sold around its owned conferences Epoch Connect (San Francisco, May 13-14, 2026, with 275+ attendees) and Epoch&Talk (NYC). Demand generation is community-led, anchored by an invite-only "Employee Experts" community with 11 North American chapters, a 14-city in-person roadshow of dinners and happy hours, a deep blog and eBooks library, and recurring webinars. Epoch has raised $3.6M in seed funding (Rally Ventures-led, February 2022, with Precursor Ventures, Maschmeyer Group Ventures, and m]x[v Capital) plus earlier micro-rounds; revenue is not publicly disclosed.
Epoch firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Epoch
- Legal name
- Epoch Inc.
- Website
- https://epochapp.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2019
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Epoch is a San Francisco-based SaaS platform that helps mid-market and enterprise People, Culture, ERG, L&D, and Sales Enablement teams discover, run, and measure internal events, communities, and employee programs via Slack/HRIS-integrated workflows, with an emerging AI agent (Agent Epoch) for end-to-end event automation.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Epoch industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Employee Experience & Engagement Software
- NAICS
- Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)
- SIC
- Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Service Catalog & Self-Service Portal Platforms (HDAEALAG)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Email, Calendar & Scheduling (BPAMAMAC)
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Where Epoch is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- San Francisco
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices1 record
Markets served
Epoch business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations
Revenue model
- SaaS subscription (per-company): Recurring subscription revenue from companies that get a branded .epochapp.com subdomain and admin access to the platform; pricing is quote-based / not publicly disclosed. Enterprise-oriented, land-and-expand across use cases (Town Halls, L&D, ERGs, Sales Enablement, Well-being, Offsites).
- Conference & event sponsorship (Epoch Connect, Epoch&Talk): Revenue from sponsorship packages at Epoch Connect and Epoch&Talk conferences (e.g., Connect 2026), which include exclusive spotlights, complimentary tickets, and recruiting access.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Annual | Enterprise SaaS — quote-based, not publicly disclosed |
| Other | One time/ perpetual license | Epoch Connect 2026 — early bird / discounted tickets |
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels11 records
Epoch product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Epoch sells a cloud-based employee experience and internal event management SaaS platform that helps companies centralize event discovery, registration, RSVP, multi-session scheduling, surveys, attendance tracking, and engagement analytics across Slack, email, and calendar. The platform is sold per-company with a company-specific subdomain and ships add-on modules including Agent Epoch (an AI agent for end-to-end event automation), Epoch Communities (ERG and affinity group management), and the Epoch API. Epoch serves mid-market and enterprise People, Culture, Internal Communications, ERG, L&D, and Sales Enablement teams with customers including Salesforce, Reddit, Workday, Asana, Toast, Braze, Miro, and Udemy.
Product overview
Epoch's offering is a platform-plus-modules architecture. The Epoch Core Platform is the unified employee experience foundation — a single web-based application that handles event discovery, registration, RSVP management, multi-session events, surveys, and analytics across Slack, email, and calendar. Built on top of this core, Epoch ships several integrated add-on modules and use-case solutions: Agent Epoch (an AI-powered autonomous agent for end-to-end event planning and execution), Epoch Communities (a 2025-launched module for ERG, affinity, and culture group membership management), and the Epoch API (a public-facing REST API for pulling event data into downstream dashboards and digital screens). Layered on the core platform are also verticalized use-case solutions for company-wide events, inclusion & belonging, learning & development, sales enablement, employee well-being, and offsites/onsites, each of which reuses the core feature set (registrations, surveys, attendance, insights) tailored to that audience. All modules share a single SSO, HRIS, and directory integration layer spanning Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Okta, Workday, BambooHR, Rippling, and other identity/HRIS systems.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Epoch Communities: A product line within the Epoch platform for managing Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), affinity groups, and culture groups, including membership management and engagement analytics.
- Agent Epoch
- Epoch Connect
Products and services
- Epoch Core Platform All-in-one employee experience SaaS platform that enables companies to discover, register for, manage, and analyze internal events across Slack, email, and calendar, with custom branding on a per-company subdomain, automated waitlists, multi-session events, bi-lateral calendar sync, targeted reminders, engagement metrics (NPS/eSAT), surveys, and CSV exports. Sold to mid-market and enterprise People, Culture, and Internal Communications teams.
- Agent Epoch AI-powered autonomous agent (with Agent Insights companion) that plans, manages, and optimizes internal event programs end-to-end: drafts events, sends automated reminders and follow-ups, generates tailored survey and feedback questions, manages invites, registrations, dietary preferences, and last-minute changes, and includes Agent Insights for data-driven engagement recommendations. Plugs into Slack, Teams, Google Calendar, HRIS, and LMS systems. Available in limited pre-launch packages.
- Epoch Communities Product line for managing Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), affinity groups, and culture groups, with community discovery, member management, onboarding, ERG leader permissions, membership analytics, custom surveys, and attendance tracking. Integrated with Slack channels and distrolists. Officially launched March 3, 2025.
- Epoch API Public-facing REST-style API that lets customers generate API tokens to pull Epoch event data into external applications such as data dashboards or digital screens. Launched December 17, 2024.
- Epoch for Company-wide Events Solution built on the Epoch Core Platform for hosting company-wide events such as town halls, all-hands, holiday gatherings, and global onboarding. Includes enterprise-grade calendaring for thousands of employees, pre-scheduled notifications, and AI feedback summarization.
- Epoch for Inclusion & Belonging Solution focused on creating inclusive events (regional/local programming, volunteering, speaker panels) with community management, attendance tracking, custom notifications, distrolist invitations, survey templates, and AI-powered feedback analysis. Targeted at DEI and inclusion program owners.
- Epoch for Learning & Development Solution for hosting L&D workshops, training series, and panel discussions, with content hosting, multi-session events, attendance tracking, custom surveys, and an insights dashboard. Targeted at Learning & Development leaders.
- Epoch for Sales Enablement Solution for centralized sales enablement programming, supporting multi-session events, automated communications, custom surveys, and calendar/Slack workflow integration so reps can register without leaving their existing tools. Targeted at Sales Enablement leaders.
- Epoch for Employee Well-being Solution for hosting well-being events such as fitness classes, mental health talks, meditation programs, and financial health sessions, with registration cutoffs, automated waitlists, attendance tracking, and flexible event formats. Targeted at well-being program owners.
- Epoch for Offsites & Onsites Solution for creating team building events including offsites, onsites, async challenges, in-person and virtual socials, and hybrid events, with multi-session support, AI feedback summarization, flexible formats, and survey templates. Targeted at Workplace and People teams planning in-person and hybrid gatherings.
Quantifiable outcome
- Udemy scaled its inclusive culture program to 89% employee participation using Epoch
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Companies that use Epoch
Customer profileNamed customers29 records
Segments6 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Epoch technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration17 records
AI capability11 records
Feature8 records
Epoch partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
20 partnerships are on record, tiered core, core (also a customer), flagship go-to-market partner for erg use case, minor (event sponsor), minor (event sponsor and speaker) and minor (hospitality partner).
- Google MeetcoreGoogle Meet integration launched October 30, 2024: generate Google Meet links in Epoch and get automated attendance tracking.
- SlackcoreDeep native Slack integration: promote events, send reminders, auto-create event channels, sync RSVPs, and post announcements. Featured on integrations page and homepage logo bar.
- Google CalendarcoreTwo-way calendar sync: schedule events, sync guests and RSVPs, and boost registrations; Google Calendar view of public Epoch events (added Aug 18, 2025).
- Outlook CalendarcoreTwo-way Outlook calendar sync and event scheduling; featured on integrations page.
- ZoomcoreGenerates Zoom meeting links for events and tracks virtual attendance via Zoom integration.
- Workdaycore (also a customer)HRIS integration: sync employee directory and import employee attributes from Workday.
- RipplingcoreHRIS integration for syncing employee directory and distrolists with Epoch.
- OktacoreSSO and identity integration with Okta.
- Google (SSO)coreSSO and identity integration: sync employee directory and distrolist directory, and provide Google SSO.
- Salesforcecore (also a customer)Salesforce logo appears on the homepage integrations bar alongside Slack, Google, Outlook, Zoom, Workday, Asana.
- The ERG Movement (Maceo Owens)flagship go-to-market partner for erg use casePreferred-partner relationship under the 'Epoch x The ERG Movement' program: customers get exclusive discounted access to Maceo Owens' ERG Movement consulting and facilitation workshops, a co-branded best-practice resource hub (playbooks, workshop templates, activation guides), and bespoke collaboration offerings to co-design ERG strategies integrated with Epoch.
- Superfine (Connect 2026 sponsor)minor (event sponsor)Listed as a sponsor of Epoch Connect 2026 (2-day EX conference in San Francisco).
- Swag.com (Connect 2026 sponsor)minor (event sponsor)Listed as a sponsor of Epoch Connect 2026.
- Brewbird (Connect 2026 sponsor)minor (event sponsor)Listed as a sponsor of Epoch Connect 2026.
- Sharebite (Connect 2026 sponsor)minor (event sponsor)Listed as a sponsor of Epoch Connect 2026.
- AVT Productions (Connect 2026 sponsor)minor (event sponsor)Listed as a sponsor of Epoch Connect 2026.
- Picnic (Connect 2026 sponsor)minor (event sponsor)Listed as a sponsor of Epoch Connect 2026.
- Stride. (Connect 2026 sponsor)minor (event sponsor and speaker)Listed as a sponsor of Epoch Connect 2026; Ashley Frabasilio of Stride. led a Guided Networking session.
- Bay Padel (Connect 2026 sponsor)minor (event sponsor)Listed as a sponsor of Epoch Connect 2026.
- Luma Hotelminor (hospitality partner)Preferred hotel partner for Epoch Connect 2026 in San Francisco, with a dedicated group booking link for attendees.
Scale indicators9 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Epoch competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Swoogo: Swoogo is an event management platform for in-person, virtual, and hybrid events with registration, marketing, and analytics features. It directly overlaps with Epoch's internal-event registration, communication, and reporting capabilities and is a near-substitute for the Epoch Core Platform.
- Bizzabo: Bizzabo is an enterprise event experience platform offering registration, branded event websites, on-site solutions, and analytics. It competes with Epoch for company-wide and hybrid internal events at mid-market and enterprise customers.
- Splash: Splash provides branded event marketing and registration software for B2B marketing and People teams, with strong templating and branded microsites — directly comparable to Epoch's custom-branded company.epochapp.com subdomains.
- Bevy: Bevy is a community platform for brands to build and scale in-person and virtual communities, with chapter management and event tooling. It is the closest direct analog to Epoch's Communities / ERG management module.
Emerging players
- Mosaic: Mosaic is an ERG and employee resource group management platform with member tracking, programming, and analytics. It competes head-to-head with Epoch Communities and addresses the same DEI/ERG buyer.
- Goldcast: Goldcast is an AI-powered B2B event and webinar platform with content repurposing and engagement analytics. It overlaps with Epoch's virtual-event use cases (Zoom/Google Meet integration, automated attendance, AI feedback) and is a comparable emerging player.
Broad incumbents
- Culture Amp: Culture Amp is an established employee experience platform spanning engagement surveys, performance, and development. It competes with Epoch for People/Culture budget at mid-market and enterprise, with much greater scale and capital.
- Lattice: Lattice is a leading people management platform with performance, engagement, and goal-setting modules. Its engagement and feedback capabilities overlap with Epoch's Inclusion & Belonging and L&D use cases, addressing the same People Ops buyer.
- 15Five: 15Five is an employee performance and engagement platform with pulse surveys, recognition, and 1:1 tools. It competes with Epoch for L&D and engagement budgets at mid-market companies and is a frequent RFP alternative.
- Cvent: Cvent is a large, established event management suite for enterprise and association events with registration, venue sourcing, and on-site solutions. It is the most-funded incumbent in the space and competes for the same large internal-event RFPs Epoch targets.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Trust signalCompliance5 records
Epoch financial estimates
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Epoch leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles3 records
Epoch funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds5 records
Investors7 records
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Epoch M&A and investment
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Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Epoch
What does Epoch do?
Epoch sells a cloud-based employee experience and internal event management SaaS platform that helps companies centralize event discovery, registration, RSVP, multi-session scheduling, surveys, attendance tracking, and engagement analytics across Slack, email, and calendar. The platform is sold per-company with a company-specific subdomain and ships add-on modules including Agent Epoch (an AI agent for end-to-end event automation), Epoch Communities (ERG and affinity group management), and the Epoch API. Epoch serves mid-market and enterprise People, Culture, Internal Communications, ERG, L&D, and Sales Enablement teams with customers including Salesforce, Reddit, Workday, Asana, Toast, Braze, Miro, and Udemy.
Is Epoch a public or private company?
Epoch is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.
When was Epoch founded?
Epoch was founded in 2019. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Epoch based?
Epoch is headquartered in San Francisco, United States, in the North America region.
How does Epoch make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. SaaS subscription (per-company) is the primary driver. The others are conference & event sponsorship (Epoch Connect, Epoch&Talk).
Who are Epoch's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Swoogo, Bizzabo, Splash and Bevy. Emerging players are Mosaic and Goldcast. Broad incumbents are Culture Amp, Lattice, 15Five and Cvent.
Does Epoch have an API?
Yes. Epoch API allows users to generate API tokens in Epoch to pull event data into any application, such as data dashboards or digital screens. It is a public-facing REST-style API that enables developers to extract event information programmatically for integration with downstream systems. Developer documentation is at help.epochapp.com/articles/api.
What industry is Epoch in?
Epoch's product category is Employee Experience & Engagement Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDAEALAG, Service Catalog & Self-Service Portal Platforms, with a secondary code of BPAMAMAC, Email, Calendar & Scheduling. Its NAICS code is 541511 and its SIC code is 7372.