#Bevy company series#

Joel Fernandes: It was hard to get more adoption and more cities.

As Startup Grind grew, the team began to look for a better solution. So we looked for tools that would allow us to scale the community, but there was nothing out there.Įach Startup Grind event on Meetup or Eventbrite had to be created manually. We want to make sure they keep things consistent with Startup Grind. We were always concerned about our reputation in a new city. Joel Fernandes: Eventually people started to come back to events, and they wanted to host them in their own cities. That was a small win, but it was still thrilling.ĭerek inside the early Startup Grind office Eventually, he tried Meetup, which did actually work to get more people to the events. He was putting time and effort and money into these meetings, and not a lot of people were showing up. Joel Fernandes: Derek was almost at the point of giving up on Startup Grind. Every now and then, he would get friends and brainstorm about their struggles with their companies.ĭerek Andersen, Bevy/Startup Grind CEO and Co-founder: This whole thing started in a garage. It was really just meetups that Derek was having on the side.

Joel Fernandes, Bevy/Startup Grind Chief Engineer and Co-founder: The concept of Bevy came out of a need that Derek and I had back in the day with Startup Grind. By 2014, the two were working together at Startup Grind to build the platform that would eventually become Bevy. How did Startup Grind’s technology become Bevy today? Below, the 9 original members of Bevy share their stories.ĭerek met Bevy co-founder Joel Fernandes on a 99Designs design project in 2009. Bevy has hosted over 100,000 events in 120 countries, with more than 30,000 event organizers using the platform. More than 40 investors participated in the round, including repeat investors like Accel, new investors from the community industry, and 25 influential Black voices in tech - a testament to the role of community in business today.

#Bevy company series#

Last week, Bevy announced a Series C funding round to continue powering communities at scale. In 2017, Bevy was spun out as its own company, with a roster of customers that has since included Google, Snowflake, and Salesforce. But Startup Grind and Bevy founder Derek Andersen quickly realized these problems weren’t unique to Startup Grind, and other communities were looking for a similar solution. But it’s not every day that Startup Grind spins out its own technology as a new product, much less one that becomes a $325 million company.īevy was created to solve Startup Grind’s challenges with creating scalable and consistent events using tools like Meetup, Eventbrite and Mailchimp. Stacey Abrams at Startup Grind 2021, hosted on Bevy VirtualĮvery day, entrepreneurs come to Startup Grind to make connections and learn to scale companies.