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Overview
The Vendry operates a centralized marketplace and community for event professionals to find and book venues, vendors, and agencies, with added industry news, networking, and job listings. It earns revenue through subscriptions for premium features, advertising from venues and vendors, and commissions on bookings made through the platform. It differentiates itself by concentrating on major urban markets and combining resource discovery, networking, and career opportunities in one place, with a diversified revenue model beyond just listings. Its goal is to simplify and speed up event planning by giving professionals an easy, one-stop platform to find resources, connect with peers, and finalize arrangements.
About The Vendry
Industries
Consumer Software
Enterprise Software
Entertainment
Company Size
1-10
Company Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$6.5M
Headquarters
Beverly, Massachusetts
Founded
2018
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Groupize said 150,000 planners used The Vendry monthly before integration started.
- The 2025-2026 AI search rollout expands cross-sell into hotel bookings and attendee management.
- Corporate event recovery and experiential budgets increase demand for specialized venue sourcing tools.
What critics are saying
- Groupize integration can cannibalize The Vendry brand by late 2026, making standalone demand vanish.
- Tripleseat, Cvent, and VenueXtra pressure sourcing budgets, compressing marketplace margins and lead quality.
- If Groupize de-prioritizes The Vendry, product investment stops and the marketplace becomes a dead asset.
What makes The Vendry unique
- The Vendry by Groupize combines event marketplace discovery with Groupize's meeting management workflow.
- Its 2024 acquisition added 70,000 venues and vendors to Groupize's 190,000-hotels marketplace.
- The platform's AI-powered search and community-sourced venue data sharpen sourcing relevance.
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Funding
Total Funding
$6.5M
Above
Industry Average
Funded Over
1 Rounds
Industry standards
Company News
The Vendry to launch new search engine.
Hoppenot secured $1 million in funding for The Vendry in December 2019.
Sourcing platform The Vendry announced today the launch of Copilot.
Event venue sourcing startup The Vendry has launched a Chrome browser extension that displays additional information about event vendors and venues, the company announced Tuesday.
With COVID-19 bringing in-person experiences to a halt, experiential agency CSM Sport & Entertainment is partnering with event planner The Vendry to launch the Experience Good platform specifically for industry peers to share their thoughts during this uncertain time.
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About The Vendry
Industries
Consumer Software
Enterprise Software
Entertainment
Company Size
1-10
Company Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$6.5M
Headquarters
Beverly, Massachusetts
Founded
2018
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