What Conventex does

Conventex Gesellschaft für Softwareentwicklung mbH is a Münster-based German software company, founded in 2008, that develops and sells GENOLIVE®, a modular participant management platform covering digital events, legally compliant elections, donation management, CRM, workspace/project management, and membership-fee administration. The core platform is delivered as a family of sub-products (GENOLIVE® Events, Voting, Engage, CRM, Workspace & Intercom, Business, Bonus) sharing a common infrastructure, with the voting module developed to BSI Common Criteria PP-0037-2008 standards and hosted in ISO-27001 certified German data centers under full GDPR/DSGVO compliance.

The company's primary customers are German cooperative banks (Volksbanken, Raiffeisenbanken, and their sector bodies BVR and GENOVERBAND), German trade associations (BPI, BDEW, Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission), and German works councils requiring legally compliant digital elections. Secondary segments include nonprofits, foundations, and youth parliaments. Conventex monetizes through a hybrid model: tiered monthly subscriptions (Express €105 to Corporate €580 per month), à la carte event-production packages (€5,500–€13,000), and fixed-price voting configuration engagements (€7,500–€9,500).

Go-to-market is sales-led, with a direct sales team led by a Head of Sales & Marketing, targeting German-speaking B2B buyers through content marketing, webinars (GENOLIVE® Academy), case studies, and sustainability messaging. The company is founder/management-owned (Managing Directors Carolin Hahn and Dominik Schulte-Scherlebeck), has no disclosed external funding or M&A, and operates from a single headquarters in Münster with a headcount in the 11–50 range.

Name

Conventex

Legal name

Conventex Gesellschaft für Softwareentwicklung mbH

Website

https://conventex.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Conventex is a Münster-based German software company that develops GENOLIVE®, a modular participant management platform for digital events, legally compliant elections, and donation management, primarily serving German cooperative banks, trade associations, and works councils.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Münster

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses (Subscription): Monthly subscription licenses for GENOLIVE® platform modules including Events, Voting, Engage, CRM, Workspace, and Business. Tiered pricing based on feature sets and event volumes.
2. Digital Events Services: One-time or per-event services for digital event execution including streaming, moderation, cameras, microphones, and voting module integration. Pricing varies by production tier (Standard with 2 cameras, Premium with 3 cameras).
3. Hybrid Events Services: Combined in-person and digital event services with on-site support, video production, and integrated voting capabilities.
4. Voting Configuration Services: Setup and configuration services for digital elections including instance creation, election page design, individual voting codes, project management, and professional event manager support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Conventex develops and sells GENOLIVE, a modular cloud-based participant management platform designed for German organizations. The platform delivers legally compliant digital voting (works council, representative and association elections), full lifecycle event management (digital, hybrid and in-person), donation and fundraising processing, CRM and membership fee administration. Software is developed, hosted and operated entirely in Germany under DSGVO compliance, with ISO-27001 certified infrastructure and BSI-compliant voting module architecture.

Product overview

Conventex develops and sells GENOLIVE®, a modular participant management and event software platform. The platform is delivered as a family of sub-products under the GENOLIVE® brand, including GENOLIVE® Events (event management), GENOLIVE® Voting (digital elections), GENOLIVE® Engage (donation/fundraising management), GENOLIVE® CRM (member/contact management), GENOLIVE® Workspace & Intercom (project management), GENOLIVE® Business (membership fees/finance), and GENOLIVE® Bonus (rewards). These modules share the same platform infrastructure and can be licensed together. Software is offered through tiered license plans (Express, Basic, Advanced, Professional, Corporate) as well as à la carte service packages for digital events, hybrid events, and digital voting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GENOLIVE® Events: Participant management platform for event organization including digital, hybrid and in-person events.
• GENOLIVE® Voting
• GENOLIVE® Engage
• GENOLIVE® CRM
• GENOLIVE® Workspace & Intercom
• GENOLIVE® Business

Products and services

• GENOLIVE Platform Central modular participant management platform developed and sold by Conventex, covering digital elections, event management, donation processing, CRM, workspace and business modules. Sold as a subscription license to German associations, banks, works councils and enterprises.
• GENOLIVE Events Module for managing participant registration, accreditation, invitations, communication, and on-site logistics for digital, hybrid and in-person events. Sold as part of GENOLIVE license tiers for German event organizers.
• GENOLIVE Voting Digital voting module enabling legally compliant and audit-secure elections including representative elections, works council elections, association elections and youth parliament elections, with support for simple/multiple choice, person/list voting, weighted voting, secret ballots and postal voting combinations. Targeted at German organizations with legally regulated voting processes.
• GENOLIVE Engage Fundraising and donation management tool for digital donation processing, from donation receipts to analytics and reporting. Designed for foundations, nonprofits and charitable organizations running fundraising campaigns.
• GENOLIVE CRM Customer relationship management module for simplifying communication processes and the administration of members, companies and contacts. Integrated with GENOLIVE Business for membership fee management.
• GENOLIVE Workspace & Intercom Project management module providing intelligent task planning and task visibility for team collaboration. Sold as part of the GENOLIVE platform for organizing event and election projects internally.
• GENOLIVE Business Module for managing membership fees and revenue with CRM integration and precise financial forecasting. Designed for associations, cooperatives and member-based organizations.
• GENOLIVE Bonus Rewards and incentive program module integrated into the GENOLIVE ecosystem, enabling organizations to run points, rewards or bonus programs for members or participants.
• GENOLIVE Event-App Mobile event application available as a web app requiring no installation, providing participants with access to event agendas, speaker information, question submission and interactive event features. Sold alongside GENOLIVE Events for event organizers.
• Digital Event Production Service Full-service digital event production service with livestream, polling, breakout sessions and integrated GENOLIVE Voting, delivered as Standard (2 cameras) and Premium (3 cameras) packages with professional production teams. Targeted at organizations holding digital conferences, assemblies and member meetings.
• Hybrid Event Production Service Hybrid event production service combining in-person and digital participation, with on-site technical teams, livestream infrastructure, video recording, ambiance microphones and integrated voting module. Offered in Standard and Premium tiers for hybrid assemblies and member meetings.

Quantifiable outcome

• Increased event participation through digital channels
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• POLYAS: POLYAS is a Germany-headquartered provider of online elections and digital voting software for cooperatives, associations, and works councils. Most direct competitor to Conventex on legally compliant German election workflows with similar BSI/GDPR positioning.
• ElectionBuddy: ElectionBuddy provides online voting and election management for organizations including associations, boards, and unions. Direct functional peer to GENOLIVE Voting's audit-ready online election offering.
• Simply Voting: Simply Voting is an online voting platform supporting board elections, shareholder votes, and member assemblies. Comparable to GENOLIVE Voting's election-as-a-service model with audit trails and weighted ballot support.
• Lumi: Lumi provides audience engagement, live polling, and digital voting for events, AGMs, and corporate meetings. Closely comparable to GENOLIVE's event + voting integration, especially for hybrid and digital member events.
• Survey & Ballot Systems: Survey & Ballot Systems provides election administration, online voting, and member voting services for associations and unions. Direct comparable peer in member-based organization elections with compliance-grade ballot auditing.
• eBallot: eBallot offers online voting platforms for boards, associations, and member organizations with compliance-grade audit trails. Comparable to GENOLIVE Voting for legally binding digital elections in association settings.

Broad incumbents

• Bizzabo: Bizzabo is a broader event-experience platform offering registration, engagement, and analytics for in-person, virtual, and hybrid events. Overlaps with GENOLIVE Events on participant management and hybrid event production but serves a much wider market.
• Cvent: Cvent is a large enterprise event management platform covering venue sourcing, registration, attendee engagement, and on-site logistics. Broad incumbent competing with GENOLIVE Events in the mid-market and enterprise event space.
• Eventbrite: Eventbrite is a large ticketing and event management platform widely used for public and corporate events. Overlaps with GENOLIVE Events on registration, ticketing, and event-app functionality for a much broader audience.
• IDEMIA: IDEMIA provides identity, authentication, and election solutions including biometric voter registration and verification. Broad incumbent in the regulated election technology space with BSI-relevant certified deployments relevant to German cooperative and works council voting.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

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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