What Clocate does

Conference Locate (Clocate) is a privately held, self-serve web directory founded in 2010 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, that catalogs international conferences, exhibitions, seminars, and workshops across 100+ countries and roughly a dozen top-level topic categories (Health, Technology, Business, Science, Industry, etc.). The platform's core technology is a categorized, filterable web database that lets attendees search events by topic, location, and date, and lets organizers submit listings on a pay-per-event or monthly subscription basis. Clocate has extended the platform into a four-sided ecosystem by adding an International Venues directory, an Event Organizers index, and a Service Providers Network where suppliers (speakers, AV, caterers, photographers, booth designers) are searchable by expertise and location.

The company operates a product-led growth model with no sales force: organizers self-select into Basic ($2/event), Service ($3.50/event), or Promotion ($10/month) tiers; service providers sign up through a dedicated network signup funnel; and attendees subscribe to a free monthly newsletter personalized by up to six areas of interest. Monetization is primarily per-listing and subscription, supplemented by affiliate commissions from a Viator partnership for hotel bookings and tours at event destinations. Operating with 1–10 employees, no disclosed institutional funding, and no acquisition history, Clocate functions as a lean, content-driven directory business targeting the global MICE industry.

Name

Clocate

Legal name

Conference Locate (Clocate)

Website

https://clocate.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Clocate is a privately held Tel Aviv-based directory, founded in 2010, that catalogs international conferences, exhibitions, and trade shows across 100+ countries and operates a Service Providers Network for event suppliers. It monetizes via per-event listing fees, a $10/month Promotion subscription, and a Viator hotel/tour affiliate partnership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tel Aviv

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Event Listing Fees (Basic Plan): Event organizers pay $2 per event to add their event listing without promotion or added service.
2. Event Listing Fees (Service Plan): Event organizers pay $3.50 per event for a full-service listing where Clocate's team adds events on their behalf, includes media partnership.
3. Event Promotion (Monthly Subscription): Event organizers pay $10/month for advertising, highlighting, top positioning, link to registration form, social media promotion, and monthly newsletter inclusion. Pay only $10.00 US$ per month.
4. Service Provider Network Membership: Service providers (speakers, AV companies, caterers, etc.) join the network to gain exposure, credibility, and leads from event organizers. Revenue generated through provider sign-up and premium visibility features.
5. Newsletter Subscription (Free): Free monthly newsletter for subscribers, driving engagement and repeat platform usage that supports event listing and promotion revenue.
6. Affiliate - Hotel Bookings: Clocate earns affiliate commissions through hotel booking links (powered by Viator) for conference attendees booking accommodation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Clocate operates a global, web-based directory platform for discovering international conferences, exhibitions, seminars, and workshops, filterable by topic, location, and date. The platform allows event organizers to list and promote events through tiered plans (Basic, Service, Promotion), hosts a Service Providers Network connecting event suppliers (speakers, AV, caterers, photographers) with organizers, and provides a venue directory and free personalized newsletter for attendees.

Product overview

Clocate is a global conference and exhibition directory platform that operates as a unified search and discovery service. The core offering consists of a searchable database of international conferences, exhibitions, seminars, and workshops, supplemented by related directories for event venues and event organizers. The platform also includes a Service Providers Network connecting event professionals with suppliers, and offers paid event promotion plans (Basic, Service, and Promotion tiers) for organizers seeking visibility. Additional services include a free newsletter subscription and hotel/tour booking referrals through third-party partners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Conference and Exhibition Directory A global searchable directory enabling event organizers, service providers, and professionals to discover and browse international conferences, exhibitions, seminars, and workshops by topic, location, and date, with category, country, city, and sub-category filtering.
• International Venues Directory A directory of international venues, including convention centers, exhibition halls, hotels, and meeting spaces that host conferences and exhibitions, with venue profiles showing scheduled events and venue-event correlation.
• Service Providers Network A searchable network connecting event service providers (production companies, speakers, AV specialists, caterers, photographers, booth designers, and other suppliers) with event organizers, filterable by service type, expertise area, and city.
• Event Promotion Plans Paid plans for event organizers to submit and promote events: Basic ($2/event) for self-service listing, Service ($3.50/event) for Clocate-managed event addition with media partnership, and Promotion ($10/month) for advertising, highlighting, top positioning, registration link, social media promotion, and monthly newsletter inclusion. Volume discounts of 5%-40% apply for 2 to 200+ events.
• Newsletter Subscription Free monthly newsletter featuring upcoming events tailored to subscribers' selected areas of interest, covering Arts, Business, Education, Government & Global Issues, Health & Medicine, Industry, Lifestyle, Science, Services, and Technology, with up to 6 interest categories selectable.
• Event Organizers Directory A directory of event and conference organizers, including associations, professional conference organizers (PCOs), and corporate events teams, searchable by name with links to their event calendars and multi-year programmes.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• ViatorminorGTM or Marketing PartnerViator (owned by TripAdvisor) is partnered with Clocate to provide hotel booking and tour/transfer services to conference attendees. Clocate displays Viator links on its platform for booking accommodation and tours at event destinations. Clocate earns affiliate commissions on bookings made through these links.
• VenueDir.comminorGTM or Marketing PartnerClocate features a link to VenueDir.com (Venues Directory) in its footer navigation, providing cross-platform visibility for event venues and enhancing the venues section of Clocate's directory.
• Event Organizers (Conference Series LLC Ltd, Informa, IEEE, IQPC, and 60+ others)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClocate's platform features event organizers as key participants — including Conference Series LLC Ltd, Informa, ComplianceOnline, IQPC, WASET, marcus evans, IEEE, RX Global, Academic Impressions, Terrapinn, MAYO Clinic, Fleming, Hanson Wade, Kenes Group, MCI Group, and many others. These organizers list their events on Clocate, making the platform viable for its directory audience.
• Event Venues (Dubai World Trade Center, ExCel London, RAI Amsterdam, Tokyo Big Sight, Marina Bay Sands, and 50+ others)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClocate's International Venues section features popular venues including Dubai World Trade Center, ExCel London, RAI Amsterdam, Tokyo Big Sight, Marina Bay Sands, Shanghai New International Expo Center, and many others. These venues have active event listings on the platform, connecting venue capacity with event demand.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• 10times: 10times is a global directory of conferences, trade shows, and exhibitions searchable by industry, country, and date. It directly competes with Clocate for both event organizer listings and attendee search traffic in the same long-tail MICE segment.
• AllConferences.com: AllConferences.com is a longstanding directory of international conferences, seminars, and workshops filterable by topic and location. It competes head-to-head with Clocate in SEO-driven event discovery and offers free listings to organizers.
• Conference Alerts: Conference Alerts is a global conference listing and email-alert service targeting academics and professionals by field. It overlaps Clocate's attendee newsletter proposition and organizer listing monetization in the same niche.
• Trade Show News Network (TSNN): TSNN is a leading directory and news resource for trade shows and exhibitions, serving organizers, exhibitors, and attendees. It competes with Clocate's trade show coverage and offers deeper industry-specific event data for the exhibitions vertical.
• Eventful: Eventful is a consumer-facing events discovery platform covering concerts, festivals, conferences, and community events. It shares Clocate's directory-plus-affiliate economics and competes for the same professional attendee search audience.

Broad incumbents

• Eventbrite: Eventbrite is a large-scale event creation, ticketing, and discovery platform with a global events marketplace. While broader and ticketing-focused, it overlaps Clocate in event discovery and competes for the same organizer attention and attendee traffic.
• Cvent: Cvent is an enterprise event management platform with venue sourcing, registration, and supplier networks. It overlaps Clocate's MICE industry focus at the high end of the organizer and venue market with substantially deeper tooling and budgets.
• LinkedIn Events: LinkedIn (Microsoft) embeds event listings, registration, and discovery directly within its professional network, reaching the same professional attendee demographic as Clocate. Its scale and first-party user data create a long-term competitive threat to independent event directories.

Emerging players

• Bizzabo: Bizzabo is an event experience platform serving enterprise organizers with registration, engagement, and analytics tools. It is a more modern, software-heavy entrant in the same MICE space where Clocate operates as a directory and discovery layer.

Others

• Viator: Viator (owned by Tripadvisor) is Clocate's hotel and tour affiliate partner. It is adjacent rather than competitive but materially comparable because its booking and travel content powers a key monetization stream for Clocate's event attendees.

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/clocate
• Facebookfacebook.com/Clocate
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/clocate-com

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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