Sales team at event

Turn offline events into a strategic sales channel

The operating layer for in-person GTM.

Why now

Companies need new business.
Their channels are failing them.

Digital is saturated. Offline is the only high-trust channel left, and it's growing.

Flooded digital channels

Digital is drowning

AI floods email and LinkedIn. Response rates collapsing.

The Milli Vanilli effect

Trust has flipped

Marc Cuban called it: the Milli Vanilli effect. Once everything feels fake, nothing is trusted.

Events are growing

And it keeps growing

12M+ EU events a year. 58% of teams planning more, not fewer.

Even the AI labs host offline events.
Anthropic OpenAI Lovable
Problem

But there's no system to run it.

The best channel in B2B, run on guesswork. It breaks before, during and after.

Before events

Before events

Time consuming prep, finding the right events

During events

During events

Fragmented chaos, memory fails

After events

After events

Hours of admin hell, no event ROI insight

Hours are wasted before, during and after events. 80% of contacts never get followed up with. Deals are constantly lost.

110+
Interviews Conducted
7+ sectors. Same pains.
€15K booth. Five reps. "I think it was good."  ·  Event apps are hated. Card scanners stop at capture. CRM means Can't Remember Much.
Validation

Same pain, every sector.

We heard it in 110+ interviews before writing a line of code.

B2B Sales
B2B Sales
Sales rep, AE, BD · SMBs

"I meet 30 people at a conference. By next week I've lost half the context and admin takes me hours."

Solopreneurs
Solopreneurs
Freelancers, consultants

"All my business comes from networking. I'm horrible at following-up and keeping track of relationships."

Investors & Founders
Investors & Founders
Actively scouting, raising, building network

"Everyone's pitching at these events. I'm trying to remember who was actually interesting and worth following up with."

Industries where in-person networking drives pipeline

Energy & Cleantech Real Estate Industrial Manufacturing Construction Pharma & MedTech Cybersecurity Telecom Financial Services & Fintech Insurance Cloud & AI Platforms Legal & Professional Services B2B SaaS The pain is sector agnostic
Solution

The system for the channel that had none.

Meet SpeakSoon. The companion that works while you network.

Using SpeakSoon at an event
At the event
WhatsApp capture
Capture via WhatsApp
SpeakSoon Network dashboard
Enriched & ready to follow up
More effective

Stop losing deals the week after events.

Measurable

Know exactly what offline events return.

Lives where you chat

Works through WhatsApp. No new app to install.

Connects where you work

Syncs contacts and context to your CRM.

You focus on the conversation. SpeakSoon handles everything else.

Product · 1 of 2

A natural surface. A proactive engine underneath.

WhatsApp is how you capture. The engine is the actual product.

Parsing & understanding
Every input turned into structured, searchable contact data.
Contact enrichment
LinkedIn, email, company data found and added automatically.
Follow-up drafting
Personalized outreach written from your meeting context.
CRM sync
Full context pushed to HubSpot, Pipedrive, Salesforce.
Proactive nudges
Reminds you before the follow-up window closes.
Event recommendations
Unique offline data trains better suggestions every cycle.

The chat is the tip. The system is the company.

Product · 2 of 2

One loop for the whole channel.

Each event makes the next one smarter.

SpeakSoon
Proactive
Engine
01
Discover events
Find where your buyers are.
02
Capture contacts
Badge, voice, photo via WhatsApp.
03
Organize & research
Enriched, tagged, CRM-ready.
04
Follow up & sync
Drafted outreach + CRM push.
05
Measure ROI
Pipeline from each event, tracked.
Distribution

We're everywhere networking happens.

Adoption spreads on the floor. Organizers pour fuel on it.

SpeakSoon at events
Event-agnostic
by design
01
Organizer activates SpeakSoon
Free to set up. One QR banner.
02
Pushed to all attendees
Hundreds of users, one event.
03
Attendees capture contacts live
On the floor, in real time.
04
They bring it to every next event
Habit forms. Network grows.
05
New organizers discover the value
Loop accelerates.
Events where we've partnered or gone viral
10 → 37
users · 2 days · zero paid
92 users
329 msgs · 136 contacts
82 users
331 msgs · 139 contacts
Where we fit

Where we fit in the sales stack.

The operating layer for offline GTM. Sits neatly between your channels and your CRM.

CHANNELS That generate pipeline
Offline Events
Online Outbound
Inbound
Partners
Referrals
OPERATIONAL
LAYER
Where work gets done
SpeakSoon
SpeakSoon
Offline GTM
Discover Capture Organize Follow Up Measure

Operational layer for offline pipeline building.

Online Outbound

Industry peer

Operational layer for online multichannel outreach.

Partnerships

Industry peer

Operational layer for partner driven GTM.

Connect if desired
CRM Where relationships are managed
HubSpot Pipedrive Salesforce Teamleader Odoo
Optional to integrate with
Defensibility

Why this lasts.

The capture is easy. Everything around it is the moat.

Proprietary data

Months of real offline edge cases from hundreds of events. Not on the public web. Not in any dataset.

Full workflow lock-in

Capture, enrich, follow up, CRM sync, nudges, event recs. Six products in one. Switching = losing your whole system.

Context compounds

After six months, SpeakSoon knows your network history, follow-up patterns, and top performers. Leaving means losing your memory.

Built for business

Team workspaces, role-based access, data privacy, reliable uptime. Built to be used by sales teams — not just individual power users.

Better model available?

We swap the underlying model. Our network data and workflow stay ours. Better AI is our supply chain, not our rival.

Build it yourself?

Go for it — but teams hit limits fast: security, team collaboration, enrichment, edge cases. And if you're already using LLMs, SpeakSoon's natural language interface is a native fit, not a competitor.

Business model

Land with one. Expand to the team.

Individuals adopt and become champions. Teams are the prize.

Prices shown are monthly cost of annual plan, monthly is 20%+
Primary ICP

B2B sales teams at SMEs

Offline events as a core pipeline channel

"I meet 30 people at a conference.
By next week I've lost half the context."

PRIMARY ICP
ICP persona at event
Also serves individuals who network to build relationships
Founders Relationship building
Pro services Networking = business
Investors & execs High-value contacts
Strategic
Individual Only
€19/mo
€228/yr
Core features.
50 contacts /mo
Power
Power Plan
€89/mo
€1,068/yr
Volume, full stack.
500 contacts /mo
Free trial 14 days — Pro Plan
Teams Shared workspace
Unit economics ~€0.12/contact
Individual adopts becomes champion team follows
Go to market

Product-led. Sales-assisted. Organizer-accelerated.

Individuals get us in the door for free. Teams are where we monetize.

Volume engine
Individuals discover & adopt

Zero-friction entry at any event. Self-serve, no app download required.

Free trial converts to self-serve paid. This is where champions are born.

Motion

QR scan → try free → pay. Product sells itself at the moment of pain.

Revenue engine
Teams buy through sales

Companies with multiple reps at events regularly. Champion or outbound opens the door.

Live example: Aqualex

20+ sales reps, events every week. Trial after one demo. Proposal in progress.

Accelerant
Organizer partnerships

One partnership = hundreds of new individuals per event. Feeds both engines simultaneously.

Traction

1 pilot completed, 4+ planned. Free now for organizers: distribution first.

Funnel
QR scan
instant access
Anonymous use
experience value
Free trial
14 days
Paid plan
self-serve
Team expansion
sales assisted
BE → NL → UK '27
Market

Offline is B2B's highest-converting channel.

Demand is not just EU and US. Singapore, MENA, US, Asia: all inbound to us.

12M+
Professional events / yr
EU
1.6B
Event participants / yr
GLOBAL
4.7M
Exhibiting companies / yr
GLOBAL
318M
Exhibition visitors / yr
GLOBAL
Global potential beyond EU: USA MENA ASIA All inbound to us already.
40%

Opportunity-to-close for event-sourced leads, highest of any B2B channel

52%

of B2B marketers say events drive ≥50% of their closed-won deals

80%

of event contacts never get a meaningful follow-up. Lost deals.

58%

of B2B teams planning more in-person events, not fewer

Sources: EIC/Oxford Economics 2023 · GCB Meeting & EventBarometer 2024 · UFI Global Exhibition Industry Statistics Jan 2026 · HockeyStack CRM analysis · Splash 2025 (n=1,058) · Forrester Q1 2024 · SpeakSoon primary field research (110+ interviews, 7 B2B sectors, 2025)

Competitive Positioning

Why we win

No one covers the complete physical event workflow for professionals and builds value for event organizers.

Networking Specific
General Productivity
Relationship
Management
New Relationship
Creation
CRM
LLM
Lead capture & cards
AI Assistants
Personal CRM
SpeakSoon
*
*
Top of Mind

*not shipped or publicly launched yet

💡 Purpose built for networking, from event prep to reporting & CRM.
Two-sided: event-agnostic for professionals, valuable for organizers.

Traction

Real usage. Real revenue.

Revenue 11x'd month over month. Heading into event season with full pipeline.

€100K €80K €60K €40K €20K €0 NOW APR MAY JUN 2026 SEP DEC 2026 €500 ARR €5,700 ARR 🚀 Event season II begins €100K ARR 11× ARR MoM growth
227

Signups

5,158

WhatsApp messages received

3,102

Contacts captured

Paying customers
Coformaco
Sofics
Rankscale
Podcast for Talent
Optiriver
Pipeline // LOIs and ongoing conversations
Bekaert
Boardio
Audioeye
DD Group
Withthegrid
Guestway
Picky
Verhaert
Aqualex
Family First
Visma
Easi
Louwers Mediagroep
Keyloop
···
Distribution in action

We don't talk about offline. We live in it.

Seven events in four months, already the named networking partner at several.

28 Feb 2026 The Future of Networking & Sales — SpeakSoon Launch Event
30 Apr 2026 Cambrian × Mercier van Lanschot
20 May 2026 Envision Community Night
21 May 2026 Recruitment Tech Demo Day
11 Jun 2026 Race & Connect 2
19 Jun 2026 Future of Work / Lyreco
19 Jun 2026 Outlanders Networking Night
Team

We can build, sell and scale.

Mille Mertens Polak
Mille Mertens Polak
CEO, growth & vision
Entrepreneur, B2B Startup Expert
  • 4+ years experience in B2B SaaS sales
  • DESelect, Twikit, Darwin Design, Saply.ai & Verhaert
  • Previous exit: catering company (5 yr)
  • 100+ events & conferences attended
  • Speaks 5 languages, especially the language of sales
Milan Meurrens
Milan Meurrens
CTO, tech & product
Full-Stack Engineer, Head of Product
  • 7+ years full-stack development experience
  • Master's EE & ICT (Cum laude, KU Leuven)
  • Built multiple SaaS products from 0 to 1
  • Ex-Head of Product CityLegends (100K+ installs)
  • Agoria Solar Team (1st place WSC)
Marika Capraro
Marika Capraro
UX/UI & product design
Khushi Gupta
Khushi Gupta
Marketing intern
Ozan Yenersoy
Ozan Yenersoy
Growth intern
Hiring
Full-stack engineer
Advisors & network

Backed by people who've done it before.

Closely involved advisors

Yannick Cuvelie
Yannick Cuvelie
Co-Founder, CTO, Profit Intelligence
  • SaaS co-founder, 9+ yrs in AI, data & BI products
  • Ex-Director BI at Carlson Rezidor (global hotel group)
  • Internationally networked mentor
Jan Vermeersch
Jan Vermeersch
Head of Sales & Marketing, Toreon
  • 25+ yrs building international B2B sales & BD teams
  • VP-level GTM roles across tech, robotics & enterprise
  • Hands-on advisor since day 1
Anthony Lamot
Anthony Lamot
CEO, DESelect (acq. by Unaric)
  • Built B2B SaaS from 0 to exit
  • Deep GTM, growth & B2B SaaS scaling expertise
  • Salesforce ecosystem builder
  • Fundraising & exit experience
Christian Wildiers
Christian Wildiers
COO, Twikit
  • 15+ yrs in SaaS & enterprise ops
  • Built & led cross-functional teams across product, engineering, delivery
  • Operator with 15+ yrs in complex B2B environments

Support network

Start it Accelerate, Fall Cohort 2025 Workspace, mentorship & ecosystem through Nov 2026
Innovatieve Starterssteun €50.000 Vlaio ISS Grant received February 2026
Plan

The next eighteen months.

From first revenue to seed-ready.

NOW
Event season 2.0
Scale
Seed-ready
NOW EVENT SEASON 2.0 SCALE SEED-READY Feb '26 Launch · VLAIO €50K NOW Jun '26 Self-serve live First paying clients Coformaco €100K closed Jul '26 30 paying seats Sept '26 Event season 2.0 Close 1 target Dec '26 500 seats · Close 2 · NL CAPTURE LAYER CAPTURE + ORGANIZE + MEASURE FULL OPERATIONAL GTM LAYER Early '27 UK market entry Q4 '27 Seed-ready · 1K seats Q3 '28 €1M ARR SpeakSoon app
Vision: every sales-driven team uses SpeakSoon continuously and cannot separate their events from us.
The raise

Raising €750K to build, distribute and scale

What the capital does

40%
Distribute the product Growth & GTM: content, events, partnerships, paid acquisition
31%
Build the product Engineering: integrations, reliability
29%
Ops & reserves Team enablement, tooling, ops, legal, buffer

Milestones

Expected Runway: 18 months
Self-serve onboarding live Commercial-ready product beyond MVP
May–Jun 2026
30 paying seats First commercial model proven
Jul 2026
500 paying seats Channels working, BE + NL active
Dec 2026
Seed ready 1,000 seats, multi-market, clear PMF signals
Q4 2027
€1mio ARR Audacious goal, by summer 2028
Q3 2028
The raise

The ask: early is rewarded

Structured to reward high-conviction partners.

Two closes + extended window

Close 1
The conviction close
Timing
End Aug '26
Allocation
Min. €150K
Discount
20%
Conviction
Team & thesis
Close 2
The growth close
Timing
End Dec '26
Allocation
€TBD
Discount
15%
Conviction
Proven traction
Close 3
Additional lenders
Timing
End Mar '27
Allocation
€TBD
Discount
10%
Conviction
Extended capacity
CLA Terms
InstrumentCLA
Cap / Floor€5M / €2M
Interest5% annual
Maturity24 months
Min. ticket€25K
ConversionQualified seed or
maturity at lender discretion
Target profilesStrategic angels, family
office & early stage VC
Already closed Coformaco €100.000
Live Demo

Let me show you.

Capturing a contact via WhatsApp — live on my screen.

Works through WhatsApp
SpeakSoon app
Close

AI can't replace human connection.

But it can make you better at it. We're the system that makes the offline channel work.

Mille pitching SpeakSoon
Watch the 4-minute pitch →
mille@speaksoon.app  ·  milan@speaksoon.app  ·  www.speaksoon.app
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