Kanpai — where community events meet their sponsors
Kanpai
San Francisco  ·  more cities soon
Taking the first SF cohort now

Your {{ rotatingWord }} has a sponsor.

Kanpai is a platform for community stewards of book clubs, salons, game nights, hackathons and meetups of all sorts to find sponsors. Focus on building your community.

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Kanpai empowers founders, marketing teams and individual patrons to support niche early-adopter communities by sponsoring their events. The people who show up on a Tuesday night are the ones who will care about what you build.
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Book clubs
Salons
Hackathons
Game nights
Vetted

Hosts join by application. We review every host and their past events before an event is hosted so sponsors are only ever looking at real communities.

How it works

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  1. 01 Describe the room. Date, headcount, and who actually shows up.
  2. 02 Sponsors find you. They browse the rooms and reach out — money, a venue, food, or all three.
  3. 03 Settled before the event. Cash through Stripe, or a venue on the calendar.
  1. 01 Browse the rooms. Upcoming events with the guest mix spelled out, priced.
  2. 02 Pick your fit. Agree what you get — a mention, a demo, a seat at the table.
  3. 03 Back it and show up. One click, Stripe handles the rest.