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iXcelerator is a regional community-building, management, and analytics platform for the startup and technology ecosystem.

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What is iXcelerator

One platform for your entire regional tech & startup community

iXcelerator brings the fragmented world of local meetups, conferences, and community events into a single platform. It helps people find the right events, helps organizers run flawless in-person experiences, and gives everyone the data to understand how the community is actually growing and connecting — across every event, all in one place.

Discover

Find the events that actually match your interests.

Manage

Run check-in, badges, and networking on-site.

Measure

Understand attendees and connections, event over event.

For Attendees

Find the best events. Never get lost getting there.

Topic-based event discovery

iXcelerator surfaces the best events in the region based on the topics you actually care about — AI, defense tech, venture capital, founders, and more — so you spend time at the right rooms, not scrolling event boards.

Maps

See every upcoming event plotted on an interactive regional map, so you always know what's happening near you.

Lists

Browse a clean, filterable list of events by date, price, location, and tags — built for quickly scanning what's on.

Calendars

Visualize event density by day and week, and add anything you're attending straight to your own calendar.

Augmented Reality navigation

Point your phone and let AR guide you straight to a venue, entrance, or room — no more wandering a conference floor.

For Organizers

Run in-person events without the chaos

End-to-end event management

Manage RSVPs, run-of-show, and on-site logistics for in-person events from a single, purpose-built dashboard.

On-site badge printing

Check attendees in with a QR scan and print their badge on the spot — fast lines, zero spreadsheets.

Curated networking

iXcelerator recommends who to meet based on shared interests and goals, turning a room of strangers into real connections.

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Check-in that does more than check a box

Attendees scan a QR code from LinkedIn or their iXcelerator Connect page, iXcelerator prints their badge, and then emails them the people at that event they should meet.

The Product

Everything, in one screen

List, map, and calendar views of every regional event — side by side.

iXcelerator event discovery portal showing a filterable list, interactive map, and calendar of regional startup and tech events

For Organizers

Analytics that go beyond a headcount

Every event on iXcelerator comes with a full analytics picture for organizers.

Check-in time

See exactly when attendees arrived, so you can spot rushes and smooth them out next time.

Attendee interests

Understand what topics your attendees actually care about, based on their real activity across the platform.

Who attended

Get a clear picture of attendee roles, companies, and backgrounds — not just a raw attendance count.

Where they came from

See the geographic and organizational reach of your event, from across town or across the region.

Connections established

Track the real relationships formed during the event — the true measure of a community event's success.

Cross-event aggregation

Roll up data across multiple events over time to see how your community — and its interests — are evolving.

Ready to plug into the region's tech & startup community?

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