What DoubleDutch does

DoubleDutch was a mobile-first event management software company founded in 2008 and headquartered in San Francisco. The company built a configurable mobile event application and attendee engagement platform serving enterprise event organizers, associations, and corporate event teams worldwide, with headcount in the 101-250 range at maturity. Its product suite included personalized agendas, in-session polling and Q&A, lead capture, and post-event analytics, distributed to event attendees via native iOS and Android apps configured per event. The go-to-market was a B2B enterprise SaaS model priced on a per-event or per-attendee basis, with customers in mid-market and enterprise segments operating recurring annual events.

Over an eleven-year independent history, DoubleDutch raised approximately $78.7 million across nine funding rounds from 2008 to 2018, drawing a tier-one venture and growth-equity investor base that included KKR, Bessemer Venture Partners, Index Ventures, Mithril Capital Management, and Floodgate. The largest single raise was a $45 million Series C in August 2015 led by KKR. In September 2017 the company extended its platform via the acquisition of EventGrid, adding event registration and ticketing capabilities adjacent to the core mobile app. In 2019 DoubleDutch was acquired by Cvent, after which the product was integrated into Cvent's broader event management suite and repositioned as the Attendee Hub Event App, now powered by CventIQ, an AI engine delivering personalized recommendations, AI note-taking, daily summaries, and engagement analytics across the combined Cvent platform.

The current business is operated as a sub-product line within Cvent, with revenue, headcount, and roadmap not reported on a standalone DoubleDutch basis. As such, the entity has no independent operating financials, and any future strategic direction is determined by Cvent's event marketing management portfolio strategy.

Name

DoubleDutch

Website

https://doubledutch.me

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

DoubleDutch, acquired by Cvent in 2019, developed mobile event applications and attendee engagement software for enterprise event organizers, associations, and corporate event teams; its technology now powers Cvent's AI-driven Attendee Hub.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Management Software

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Event Mobile Apps & Second-Screen Experiences (Agendas, Messaging, Push, Check-in) (THAHAOAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Meeting & Event Program Technology (Registration, Apps, Badging) (THACAFAB), Ticketing, Registration & Event Technology (Badging, Apps) (BPAFAGAL)

Keywords

• Event management software
• Mobile event apps
• Attendee engagement
• Event marketing platform
• Conference technology

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Core offering

DoubleDutch developed event management software, most notably mobile event applications, used by event organizers to manage the event lifecycle. The platform supported attendee engagement, data capture, analytics, and integrations with registration and event marketing workflows for B2B event organizers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DoubleDutch Mobile Event App A mobile event application platform that provides attendees with event agendas, personalized schedules, content, networking, and engagement tools, while giving event organizers data capture, engagement analytics, and ROI reporting. Targeted at enterprise and mid-market event organizers, associations, and corporate event teams.
• DoubleDutch Event Management Platform An event management software suite that supports event registration, marketing, attendee engagement, and reporting workflows for organizations running conferences, trade shows, and corporate events.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Cvent: Dominant enterprise event management platform and the acquirer of DoubleDutch in 2019. Overlaps directly on mobile event apps, registration, attendee engagement, and lead capture, but operates a much broader event-marketing and hospitality suite.
• Eventbrite: Public event ticketing and management platform serving millions of organizers. Overlaps with DoubleDutch on event registration and ticketing but skews toward self-service and smaller events rather than enterprise conferences.
• Webex Events (formerly Socio / formerly Eventmobi–Cisco): Cisco's event platform combining event apps, registration and live streaming. Competes with DoubleDutch in enterprise events by bundling event-tech with a larger collaboration suite.

Direct peers

• Bizzabo: Enterprise event experience platform offering event registration, mobile apps, attendee engagement and analytics. Closely comparable to DoubleDutch in product surface area and target market of mid-market and enterprise event organizers.
• Whova: Event management platform widely adopted by associations and conferences, providing mobile event apps, registration, networking and attendee engagement — directly overlapping with DoubleDutch's core offering.
• EventMobi: Canadian event technology provider specializing in mobile event apps, registration and live engagement. Highly comparable to DoubleDutch in feature set, customer base and event-tech positioning.
• Swapcard: Event app and matchmaking platform for trade shows and conferences, combining registration, networking, and lead capture. Competes with DoubleDutch in mobile-first attendee experience for B2B events.
• Pathable: Event app and online community platform for conferences and trade shows, focused on attendee engagement and networking — a direct substitute for DoubleDutch's mobile event app product.
• Socio: Event technology platform providing event apps, registration, ticketing and live streaming for in-person, virtual and hybrid events. Direct competitor to DoubleDutch's mobile event app with comparable feature depth.

Emerging players

• Hubilo: Cloud-based event platform offering registration, mobile app, engagement and analytics. Targets the same event-organizer buyer as DoubleDutch with a similar end-to-end value proposition.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/doubledutch

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds9 records

Investors16 records

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M&A1 record

Investments

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