Your attendees came to meet people.
Make sure they do.

Conversation Starter plans relevant 1:1 meetings at your conference, community event, incubator programme or job fair. 275,000 meetings planned and counting.

Customise Conversation Starter for your events, personally assisted by our team

Startup incubators & accelerators

Help startups succeed by providing them with connections: from cofounders and investors to mentors and employees.
Trusted by Imec.istart, Techstars, StartupAmsterdam, Start it @KBC, SetSquared, among others.

Conferences

Enable powerful lead generation for exhibitors and create unforgettable experiences for attendees.
Trusted by Work Smarter, Accor Hotels, INSIDEOUT Summit, ReumaNetherlands, among others.

Business communities

Make memberships more meaningful by helping your members forge impactful connections. Who wouldn’t stay in a community that keeps on giving?
Trusted by Agoria, EIC Scaling Club, Voka, Belcham, EIT, among others.

Corporates

Exchange expertise and opportunities while strengthening the corporate social fabric. Information flows faster in a well-connected organisation.
Trusted by Deloitte, Puratos, Servier, EY, Accor Hotels, among others.

Universities

Accelerate your innovation and valorisation with relevant connections at tech transfer events, academic conferences, and student job fairs.
Trusted by KU Leuven, University of Ghent, TEDxUHasselt, Avans Hogeschool, among others.

Governments

Foster a stronger local economy by connecting local entrepreneurs and innovators.
Trusted by City of Lokeren, City of Antwerp, Sports Flanders, StartupAmsterdam, among others.
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In-person events

Participants connect at meeting points, aided by the AI-driven meeting planner.

How in-person events work

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Online events

Built-in video calls enable participants to easily join from anywhere in the world.

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Participants love it when you help them network. How do you make that happen?

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Conversation Starter

“I wanted to express my gratitude to facilitating the networking during Food's Future of Food Conference.”

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EU Research Executive Agency

“During the 1:1 meetings, we had a great experience.
Thank you, Techstars Team!”

Felipe Arriola

BioEsol

Good matching with interesting people. The tool guided us through the evening sending reminders.”

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Flexvia

Event organisers love our quick support

A dedicated Conversation Starter success manager is available to help you at every step: from set-up to communication strategy.

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Dries Hendrickx: Sales & Operations
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How does Conversation Starter benefit sponsors?

Sponsors love measurable results. With Conversation Starter, participants can book meetings directly with your sponsors: driving traffic to their booth and generating qualified leads.

And it works both ways: when sponsors reach out to participants, over 60% of their meeting invites get accepted. That's the power of a networking context: people actually want to talk.

Add several prominent spots for sponsor branding in the app, and your sponsorship packages become more valuable and easier to sell.

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Can I also show my speakers and programme in the app?

Absolutely! Alongside networking, Conversation Starter can show your full programme: speaker schedule, session sign-ups, and more. One solution for the whole event.

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How customisable is Conversation Starter?

Very! You can match Conversation Starter to your event's look and feel: your logo, colours, and domain. On the functionality side, we can adapt matchmaking rules, profile fields, and more to fit your format.

Get in touch at info@conversationstarter.net and we'll work it out together.

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Which languages is Conversation Starter available in?

Conversation Starter is available in English, Dutch, French and German.

Need another language? We can add it, usually within a month.
Get in touch at info@conversationstarter.net and we'll make it happen.

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Is my event too small (or too big) for Conversation Starter?

It depends on your event. For pure matchmaking events (think buyer/seller or investor/startup), 50 participants is enough.

For more general events where 1:1 meetings are just part of the programme, we recommend 100 participants or more.

Conversation Starter scales up to 5000 participants, and works for any format: a few hours of networking, a full day, or a multi-day conference.

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How secure is Conversation Starter?

You control who gets in. Events can be protected with a password or restricted to a guestlist, so only invited participants can join. Your event also won't show up in search engines.

As per GDPR guidelines, Conversation Starter has been designed with a privacy-first approach. No user data is stored without consent, and participants can view, update and delete their own data at any time.
More details in our privacy policy.

And if you want to go further: after your event, we can send you a full export of your data and then permanently remove all of it from our databases. You keep everything, we keep nothing.

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Is there a non-profit discount available?

Yes! We believe connecting people can change the world. Please get in touch with us at info@conversationstarter.net.

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Do participants need to download an app?

No! Conversation Starter works inside the web browser: nothing to download or install.

That's a deliberate choice. Many people skip the networking when they have to install an app first, especially for a one-day event.

Conversation Starter simply texts participants a link when the event starts, and they're in with one click. More participants, more meetings.

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How do I access Conversation Starter?

To join the networking for your event, go to events.conversationstarter.net and log in with the email address you registered with.

No download needed: Conversation Starter runs right in your browser, on desktop and mobile.

Happy to show you around

I’m Dries - your personal contact at Conversation Starter. Get in touch with me for a personal walkthrough and direct answers to your questions.