About Eventship
The event platform for lean teams
Hey, I'm Hussein 👋
I've been building in the San Diego startup ecosystem since 2005. After serving as CTO for multiple high-growth companies and seeing my own startup, Money Minx, acquired by Arta Finance, I found myself in a position many of us know: digitally connected but physically isolated.
I missed the "jam sessions" on cool products and the raw energy of the startup world. I wanted to meet people in person, but with a busy schedule, a two-hour round-trip drive to a mixer just wasn't sustainable.
In late 2023, I decided to host a mixer five minutes from my house. I called it the North County SD Startup Mixer. What started with 10 people in a bar quickly exploded to 150+ attendees with waitlists for every event.
Solving the "Room Full of Strangers" Problem
As the host, everyone knew who I was. But I realized that for most attendees, walking into a room of 150 people is intimidating. You don't know who to talk to, and you often leave without the one connection you actually needed. I wanted everyone to have the "Host Experience."
I built an AI matchmaking algorithm to review attendee profiles and suggest high-value introductions. By pairing people based on specific interests and goals, the platform creates an "instant icebreaker." No more awkward wandering. Everyone has a reason to be there and someone to talk to.
From a Single Mixer to Global Communities
What started as a tool for my own events quickly took on a life of its own. Hosts started asking to use the technology for their own communities. That was the birth of Eventship.
Today Eventship runs the whole event, not just the ticket. Registration and payments, the published agenda, sponsor and exhibitor inventory, badge printing and check-in on the day, and the attendee record that outlives all of it. The hosts who use it are almost never a full events department. They are two people, or five, running something that looks like it took twenty.
Automated Sponsoring
Our AI doesn't just process sponsorship payments. It acts as a matchmaker between events and sponsors based on ideal customer profiles (ICP) and goals. Then it auto fulfills sponsorships benefits like placing logos on the event page and in emails.
Why we build it this way
Most event software assumes you have a team to run it. There is an implementation call, a configuration phase, a customer success manager, and a price that reflects all three. We build for the opposite assumption: that the person configuring the platform is the same person who will be at the registration desk on the day. Everything here is meant to be set up without our help, and to hold up when the room is full.
Run the whole event. Without a whole team.
See you at the next one,
Hussein
What we believe
Three convictions that decide what we build and what we refuse to
One system, not a stack
Tickets, agenda, booths, badges and check-in belong in one place. Every tool you bolt on is another thing to reconcile at midnight.
The data is yours
Who registered, who showed up, who came back. It syncs to your CRM and email tools rather than sitting in an export you have to ask us for.
No sales call required
You can sign up and run a real event today without talking to us. Pricing is published, and the setup is yours to do.
By the numbers
What has run on Eventship so far
Users
Events hosted
AI-powered introductions
Community hosts
How Eventship works
Four steps, in the order an event actually happens
Set up your host profile
Add your branding, invite your team, and publish an event page, or a full website on your own domain with Pro
Sell and program it
Ticket types, coupons and add-ons, the multi-day agenda with speakers, plus sponsor packages and exhibitor booths
Run the day
QR check-in, badge printing at the door, and AI introductions so nobody walks into a room of strangers
Keep the list
Everyone who registered and attended stays in one record across events, and syncs to your CRM and email tools
Our community in action
Snapshots from events
Our journey
From a small mixer to a platform for communities
The Original Mixer
Hussein, our founder, hosted his first-ever founder/investor mixer in Encinitas, CA, to spark local connection.
The Original Mixer
Hussein, our founder, hosted his first-ever founder/investor mixer in Encinitas, CA, to spark local connection.
AI Matchmaking is Born
Tired of matching attendees manually, Hussein wrote our first matchmaking AI algorithm to connect guests using data instead of guesswork.
The Launch of Startup Beach
Startup Beach was born as a dedicated platform for the San Diego community to connect, moving matchmaking away from messy spreadsheets and into a seamless experience.
The Launch of Startup Beach
Startup Beach was born as a dedicated platform for the San Diego community to connect, moving matchmaking away from messy spreadsheets and into a seamless experience.
A Full-Scale Events Platform
Startup Beach evolved into a comprehensive events and ticketing engine, powering both large-scale conferences and intimate meetups across San Diego.
Expanding Beyond the Beach
The platform expanded beyond San Diego and the startup world, selling its first major sponsorship and launching "Sponsorship AI" to help hosts monetize their communities.
Expanding Beyond the Beach
The platform expanded beyond San Diego and the startup world, selling its first major sponsorship and launching "Sponsorship AI" to help hosts monetize their communities.
Eventship is Born
Startup Beach officially became Eventship, expanding our mission to power all types of communities and events far beyond San Diego.
Going All-In
Our founder Hussein officially transitioned full-time to Eventship, committing 100% of our energy to building the future of in-person community infrastructure.
Going All-In
Our founder Hussein officially transitioned full-time to Eventship, committing 100% of our energy to building the future of event infrastructure.
The Hub Era
Eventship launched its flagship conference features, powering major industry pillars like San Diego Startup Week, Portland Startup Week and San Diego Design Week.
Eventship in Your Pocket
Our first mobile apps went live, giving hosts and attendees a seamless way to manage connections and events on the go.
Eventship in Your Pocket
Our first mobile apps went live, giving hosts and attendees a seamless way to manage connections and events on the go.
The Community Revolution
"Communities" officially went live on the platform, allowing leaders to foster year-round engagement and networking through a single hub.
Hosts Get Their Own Website
The website builder went live, and hosts started running full branded sites on their own domains, with registration, agenda and ticketing native to the page instead of linked out to somewhere else.
Hosts Get Their Own Website
The website builder went live, and hosts started running full branded sites on their own domains, with registration, agenda and ticketing native to the page instead of linked out to somewhere else.
Backed by
Industry leaders who believe in our mission
Andy Ballester
Cheslav Versky
Aaron Lebovitz
David Shapiro
Venkat Rapaka
Caesar Sengupta
Anne Robie
Joseph Asaro
Rose Bowlus
Ali Darugar
Gunnar Schaefer
Niraj Desai
Archith Mahadevan
Trang Vu
Born in America's finest city, built for everywhere
Our roots are in San Diego's incredible startup ecosystem. From the beaches of North County to the innovation hubs downtown. While we power communities across the country, we'll always be proud to call SD home.
Ready to run your next event?
Start free, set it up yourself, and talk to us only if you want to. If you would rather look around first, the events on Eventship are open to browse.