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Svase (legally Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs) is a privately held, small-scale event agency headquartered at 29 Hoffman Avenue in Manhattan, New York. Founded in 2016, the company provides turnkey event organization services to corporate clients, city administrations, and commercial companies across the United States, with sporadic international activity including a conference in Poland. Its core product portfolio is organized around three lines: organization of conferences (large-scale business gatherings), business events (seminars, forums, exhibitions, presentations, corporate parties, team building), and press conferences (media-focused briefings with journalist coordination, press kit preparation, and media database management). The company claims to have completed over 250 projects for major regional and federal companies since inception.

The underlying operating model is service-based rather than technology-based; Svase delivers events using in-house technical capabilities (sound, lighting, projection), catering coordination, branded venue decoration, souvenir production, and travel logistics, supported by a team of approximately six professionals each with over six years of event organization experience. Leadership includes Director Helen R. Williams, Technical Director Sean C. Whitton, and Project Manager Robert E. Clark. There is no proprietary technology platform, software product, or AI/ML capability referenced. The company holds GDPR compliance certification for data handling.

Svase generates revenue through professional services fees on a custom project-by-project basis, with no publicly disclosed standardized pricing tiers. Costs are determined individually based on event scope, timeline, and resource requirements, with urgent events priced at a premium. Go-to-market is sales-led and event-driven: clients engage through website consultation forms, direct phone inquiries, or email, followed by an in-person meeting to define scope, leading to a cooperation agreement and full-service execution. Marketing is primarily conducted through the company website and an active blog covering event organization topics, SEO, and adjacent industries. No external funding, parent company, or institutional ownership is disclosed; the company appears to be founder/owner-operated.

Name

Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs

Legal name

Svase

Website

https://svase.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Svase is a privately held Manhattan-based event agency, founded in 2016, providing turnkey event organization services including conferences, business events, press conferences, and corporate parties to corporate clients, city administrations, and commercial companies across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Management Services

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192), Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAGAGAM

Conferences & Conventions Operations Services (Registration, AV, Logistics)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Live Entertainment & Events (Concerts, Theater, Festivals)/Conventions & Conferences (Business Events)

SECONDARYHSACADAB

Corporate Event Production & AV Services

Home & Personal Services/Event & Personal Concierge Services/Corporate Event & Meeting Services

SECONDARYTHAHACAL

Onsite Operations & Event Staffing Management

Travel & Hospitality/MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions)/Professional Conference Organizers (PCOs) & Meeting Planners

Keywords

• Event management services
• Corporate event planning
• Conference organization
• Press conference services
• Business event agency

Headquarters

HQ city

Manhattan

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Event Organization Services: Full-service event agency providing turnkey event organization including conferences, seminars, press conferences, corporate parties, team building, and technical support. Revenue generated through service fees for event planning and execution, with costs determined individually based on event scope and requirements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Svase is a full-service event agency that organizes turnkey business events including conferences, seminars, forums, exhibitions, press conferences, corporate parties, team building events, and presentations. The agency handles the complete event lifecycle from program development, venue selection, and technical equipment provision (sound, lighting, projection) through catering coordination, branded decoration, and post-event reporting for corporate clients, city administrations, and commercial companies across America.

Product overview

Svase is a full-service event agency providing a unified platform of event organization services. The core offering encompasses three interconnected product lines: Organization of conferences (large-scale business gatherings), Business events (seminars, forums, exhibitions, presentations), and Organization and holding of press conferences (media-focused briefings). All services are delivered through a coordinated workflow from initial consultation through event execution and post-event reporting, supported by creative teams, technical specialists, and experienced project managers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Organization of conferences

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Bizzabo: Bizzabo is an event experience platform serving corporate conferences and events with registration, engagement, and analytics tools. Comparable to Svase as a player serving the same corporate conference buyer, though via SaaS rather than agency services.
• Cvent: Cvent is an event management technology platform offering registration, venue sourcing, and event marketing tools. While tech-enabled rather than service-led, it competes for the same corporate conference and event budgets as Svase.

Direct peers

• Alison Events: Alison Events is a high-touch event planning agency specializing in corporate, nonprofit, and private events. It matches Svase's positioning as a service-led agency delivering fully managed corporate events and conferences.
• MKG Events: MKG is a full-service event agency producing brand experiences, conferences, and corporate gatherings for enterprise clients. It is directly comparable to Svase as a boutique-style event planning firm serving corporate and brand customers with end-to-end production.
• Colin Cowie Lifestyle: Colin Cowie Lifestyle is an event and experience design firm delivering corporate and private celebrations with full-service production. It is comparable to Svase in providing creative-led, end-to-end event organization for discerning clients.
• Rafanelli Events: Rafanelli Events is a Boston/NY-based event design and production firm serving corporate and private clients. It overlaps directly with Svase in offering turnkey planning, production, and design for corporate events.
• Preston Bailey Designs: Preston Bailey is a globally recognized event design and production studio known for high-end corporate and social events. Comparable to Svase as a small, creativity-led agency offering bespoke corporate event production.

Broad incumbents

• Freeman: Freeman is the largest brand-experience and event production company in the US, handling trade shows, conferences, and corporate events. It overlaps with Svase's conference and corporate-event work but operates at vastly larger scale with owned production assets.
• Maritz Global Events: Maritz Global Events is an established corporate event and meetings management firm serving enterprise clients. Comparable to Svase in delivering managed corporate events, but with much broader infrastructure and program-management capabilities.
• George P. Johnson Experience Marketing: GPJ is a large experience-marketing agency producing corporate events, conferences, and brand activations globally. Comparable to Svase in the corporate event and conference space, but at significantly greater scale and with broader geographic reach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/svforum
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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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