What Zephyr Events does

Zephyr Events (legal entity Zephyr Orbital LLC) is a boutique event-technology integration agency and Swoogo Certified Partner that builds custom integrations, bespoke product builds, and enterprise-grade tooling on top of the Swoogo event management platform. The company maintains a catalogue of 76–78 reusable, production-deployed products organized into 13 categories — including Enterprise CRM (Salesforce High-Fidelity Engine, HubSpot Behavioral Orchestration, Salesforce Campaign Mapper), Association Governance (iMIS, Aptify, YourMembership, WildApricot, CEU enforcement), Exhibitor & Showfloor (Lead Gen PWA, Advanced Exhibitor Registration Portal), Travel & Logistics (IATA Travel Manifest Engine), and Education Management — unified through a proprietary Zephyr Dashboard built on NestJS and SvelteKit with RBAC, AES-256 encryption, TLS 1.3, isolated per-tenant deployments, and a replay-safe audit log. Its consumer-facing sub-brand, ZappContact, is a mobile-first PWA badge scanner that replaces hardware scanners with offline-first QR capture, CRM sync, and post-scan AI matchmaking.

The company serves enterprise event organizers, trade and professional associations, exhibitors and trade show operators, and event-operations teams, with named customers spanning Verkada, Virgin Media, Ochsner Health, Citizens Bank, Intuit, Lundbeck, Scopely, MCI Group, Gold House, Clean Energy Council, Australian Catholic University, and others across North America, Europe, and Australia. Go-to-market combines enterprise field sales with inside sales and self-serve dashboard access, leveraging Swoogo ecosystem referrals as a flagship channel.

Commercially, Zephyr Events operates a hybrid model: per-project, multi-year contracts with year-one maintenance bundled in, plus a small annual maintenance subscription beginning in year two. Pricing is quote-based and deliberately not metered per event, per attendee, or per seat; the pricing emphasis is on enterprise-grade infrastructure delivered at mid-market economics. The firm is privately held, founder-owned, with no disclosed institutional investors and a headcount of approximately 7 people.

Name

Zephyr Events

Legal name

Zephyr Orbital LLC

Website

https://zephyr.events

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Zephyr Events is a boutique Swoogo Certified Partner that builds custom event-tech integrations, dashboards, and PWAs (including the ZappContact badge scanner) for enterprise event organizers, associations, and exhibitors across North America, Europe, and Australia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Technology Software and Integrations

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Abstract, Speaker & Session Management Systems (THAHAFAI)

Keywords

• Event data orchestration
• Event management software
• Event technology integrations
• Exhibitor lead capture
• Swoogo platform development

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Project-Based Professional Services: One-time project pricing tied to scope (integrations, custom builds, platform work) with year-one maintenance included. Small annual fee from year two for ongoing maintenance and updates.
2. Annual Maintenance Subscriptions: Small annual recurring fee from year two onwards covering monitoring, fixes, minor updates. No event-by-event invoicing. Includes unlimited Swoogo account access and unlimited dashboard usage.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Zephyr Events engineers 78 purpose-built event technology products for the Swoogo platform ecosystem, spanning bespoke Progressive Web Apps, integration modules, dashboards, and middleware. The company's two flagship products — the Zephyr Dashboard (enterprise administration console) and ZappContact (exhibitor lead capture PWA) — anchor a broader catalogue of pre-built integrations that synchronize Swoogo with major CRMs, Association Management Systems, identity providers, and travel/operations systems.

Product overview

Zephyr Events is a Swoogo Certified Partner offering a modular product ecosystem built for the Swoogo event management platform. The portfolio centers on two core products: the Zephyr Dashboard (a proprietary, RBAC-secured command center for managing all integrations) and ZappContact (a mobile-first PWA badge scanner for exhibitors). The ecosystem comprises 78 battle-tested, production-deployed products organized across 13 categories including Enterprise CRM (Salesforce High-Fidelity Engine, HubSpot Behavioral Orchestration, ActiveCampaign High-Volume Sync, Workday Identity Sync, Salesforce Campaign Mapper, CRM Event Overview Widget, CRM Listener & Audience Builder), Association Governance (iMIS Association Bridge, Aptify Membership & CEU Bridge, YourMembership AMS Bridge, WildApricot Register-to-Member Flow, CEU Credit Enforcement), Exhibitor & Showfloor (Lead Gen PWA, Advanced Exhibitor Registration Portal), Messaging & Comms (SMS Manager via Twilio), Travel & Logistics (IATA Travel Manifest Engine), and Platform Foundation (The Zephyr Dashboard). The product catalogue spans Enterprise CRM (7), Association Governance (9), Finance & Compliance (7), Travel & Logistics (4), Attendee Experience (13), Messaging & Comms (3), Exhibitor & Showfloor (4), Networking & Matchmaking (1), Enterprise Security (2), Platform Foundation (18), Onsite Operations (4), Web & Content (1), and Education Management (5). Products are deployable as standalone integrations and are all operable through the unified Zephyr Dashboard.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ZappContact: A mobile-first PWA for exhibitors to scan attendee badges, qualify leads in real time, and sync data to CRM. Features offline-first scanning, AI matchmaking, and real-time analytics.

Products and services

• Zephyr Dashboard Enterprise administration console purpose-built for the Swoogo platform, providing central oversight and management capabilities for event technology deployments. Targeted at event operations teams running complex Swoogo environments.
• ZappContact Progressive Web App for exhibitor lead capture at events, designed for field-ready on-site deployment. Sold under per-event licensing to exhibitors, trade show operators, and show organizers.
• Salesforce High-Fidelity Engine Integration module that performs high-fidelity, bidirectional synchronization between the Swoogo platform and Salesforce CRM. Designed for enterprise event organizers requiring reliable CRM data fidelity.
• HubSpot Behavioral Orchestration Integration module that orchestrates behavioral event data from Swoogo into HubSpot, enabling marketing teams to trigger personalized campaigns based on attendee behavior.
• ActiveCampaign High-Volume Sync High-volume synchronization engine between Swoogo and ActiveCampaign for marketing automation, designed to handle the throughput demands of large-scale events.
• Workday Identity Sync Identity synchronization module that bridges Workday HR with Swoogo for single sign-on, employee registration, and workforce attendance flows.
• iMIS Association Bridge Integration bridge connecting the iMIS Association Management System with the Swoogo platform for member lifecycle, registration, and chapter event synchronization.
• Aptify Membership & CEU Bridge Integration bridge connecting Aptify AMS with Swoogo to handle membership data and Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credit tracking and enforcement.
• YourMembership AMS Bridge Integration bridge connecting YourMembership association management software with Swoogo for member registration and association event workflows.
• WildApricot Register-to-Member Flow Conversion flow integration that connects WildApricot's registration system to its membership database through Swoogo, supporting register-to-member pipelines.
• CEU Credit Enforcement Standalone module that enforces Continuing Education Unit credit rules during event registration and attendance, ensuring compliance for credentialed association events.
• IATA Travel Manifest Engine Engine that generates IATA-compliant travel manifests for event attendees, supporting travel and logistics coordination for trade shows and conferences.
• SMS Manager (Twilio) Communications module built on Twilio APIs that enables Swoogo-based event organizers to send SMS notifications, reminders, and on-site communications to attendees.
• Advanced Exhibitor Registration Portal Custom exhibitor registration portal built on Swoogo that supports complex exhibitor onboarding, booth assignment, and credentialing workflows for trade shows.
• Lead Gen PWA Progressive Web App designed to support lead generation campaigns at events, with offline-capable data capture and CRM-ready export.
• Salesforce Campaign Mapper Module that maps Swoogo event campaigns to Salesforce campaign hierarchies, supporting marketing attribution and campaign-level reporting.
• CRM Event Overview Widget Dashboard widget providing at-a-glance event metrics and KPIs within CRM environments for sales and marketing teams.
• CRM Listener & Audience Builder Module that listens to CRM events and builds dynamic audience segments based on event engagement signals, enabling targeted follow-up campaigns.

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% reduction in manual labor for exhibitor registration coordination
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers26 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration13 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SwoogoflagshipTechnology or IntegrationSwoogo Certified Partner - the company's primary platform partnership. Zephyr Events builds all products specifically for the Swoogo ecosystem, with deep platform integration including access to edge cases, data models, and operational patterns known at the source. Status provides credibility and ecosystem visibility.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Swoogo: The event management platform that Zephyr builds on and is a Certified Partner of. Swoogo is the core dependency and ecosystem that defines Zephyr's addressable market; comparison is direct because Zephyr sells extensions and integrations into Swoogo's customer base.
• Cvent: Incumbent enterprise event management suite covering registration, attendee management, on-site solutions, and venue sourcing. Comparable as a much larger incumbent in the same enterprise event tech category where Zephyr serves as a Swoogo-side specialist.

Direct peers

• Bizzabo: Event Experience Operating System serving enterprise event organizers with registration, attendee engagement, and integrations. Comparable as an alternative platform Zephyr customers might choose and as a broader event tech suite overlapping with Zephyr's registration and attendee experience modules.
• RainFocus: Enterprise event experience platform with deep CRM integrations (especially Salesforce) and attendee data orchestration. Direct overlap with Zephyr's Salesforce High-Fidelity Engine, CRM Listener & Audience Builder, and registration engineering offerings.
• EventMobi: Event app and engagement platform offering mobile apps, registration, and live engagement for in-person and hybrid events. Comparable as a specialist in attendee-facing mobile experiences overlapping with Zephyr's Lead Gen PWA and ZappContact offerings.
• Hubilo: Event technology platform with registration, mobile apps, attendee engagement, and analytics. Comparable in targeting enterprise event teams with integrated mobile and registration experiences, similar to Zephyr's catalogue scope.
• vFairs: Virtual and hybrid event platform with registration, mobile apps, lead capture, and exhibitor tools. Comparable in the exhibitor and attendee mobile experience category where Zephyr's ZappContact and Lead Gen PWA compete.
• EventsAir: Enterprise event management platform serving associations and corporations with registration, travel, and on-site logistics. Direct overlap with Zephyr's association bridges (iMIS, Aptify), travel manifest engine, and exhibitor portal modules.
• Swapcard: Event platform for trade shows and conferences offering registration, exhibitor portals, lead retrieval, and matchmaking. Direct overlap with Zephyr's exhibitor registration portal, lead retrieval PWA, and attendee experience modules.

Emerging players

• Zkipster: Guest list management and event check-in platform used by enterprise events and brand activations. Comparable as a specialized mobile-first event app vendor focused on guest experience and on-site operations, overlapping with ZappContact's on-site badge scanning use case.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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