BoomPop has raised $41 million in new funding to expand its AI-powered platform, which helps companies design, book, and manage in-person events at scale. Wing VC led the round with participation from Atomic, Acme, Four Rivers, Thayer Investment Partners, the Fund of Operators Guild, Gaingels, and individual backers including Alex Rodriguez, Brian O’Malley, Dane Glasgow, Christopher Payne, and several Silicon Valley founders. The funding package includes sixteen million dollars in debt and credit provided by Silicon Valley Bank.
With companies increasingly prioritizing off-sites, retreats, and experiential gatherings, BoomPop is targeting a corporate group travel and events market valued at one trillion dollars. The company’s AI-native planning platform is built to simplify every step of event creation, including destination exploration, detailed itineraries, guest websites, contract management, RSVPs, and 24-hour guest support. The platform serves both professional planners and employees who are responsible for event duties in addition to their primary roles.
BoomPop’s AI draws on a vast proprietary database, combining real-time data points like weather patterns, hotel pricing, flight schedules, and citywide events with past itineraries from thousands of successful gatherings. The company says its system can design complex multi-day off-sites in minutes rather than the weeks typically required. Once an event plan is selected, the AI executes logistics, books pre-vetted vendors, and aligns guest details across hotels and venues.
The company’s leadership bench is expanding with the addition of two industry veterans. Craig Dooley has joined BoomPop Studio as Vice President and General Manager, bringing extensive experience from leading SDI’s global corporate meetings and incentive travel practice. In his new role, he will oversee BoomPop’s in-house event agency that complements its AI technology. Additionally, Indrajit Bavan has been appointed Vice President of Partnerships, bringing over twenty years of experience in travel tech and partnerships from roles at Expedia, Fareportal, Microsoft, and several startups. He will build out the partner network that powers BoomPop’s supply, channel, and feature integrations.
BoomPop has already facilitated over 60,000 hotel nights across clients such as Google, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Tesa, Bill.com, Forrester, SVB, and many others. The company reports that offsites, retreats, and client-facing events are its fastest-growing segment as organizations look to foster culture, productivity, and revenue through in-person engagement. Industry data from Mastercard and Brex indicates that events and entertainment are often the second-largest budget category for hybrid teams, trailing only payroll.
In September, Brex announced a partnership with BoomPop, enabling companies to redeem Brex points for private dining bookings and sports suite experiences through the BoomPop platform.
Founded in early 2023 by Healey Cypher and Blake Hudelson, BoomPop is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area and is backed by leading venture investors focused on workplace transformation, travel, and AI-enabled business infrastructure.
KEY QUOTES:
“Many people don’t realize meetings and events are a company’s second- or third-biggest line item in the P&L. Especially in an AI-driven world, nothing replaces authentic human connection. BoomPop makes that simple. Our mission is to be the default way the world gets together.”
Healey Cypher, Co-Founder and CEO of BoomPop
“Group travel is the last frontier of travel tech because it’s exponentially more complex than booking for one person. Fifty people means fifty bookings, preferences and dietary restrictions, plus meeting spaces, activities, and countless variables. Our AI doesn’t just manage the chaos, it turns it into clarity.”
Blake Hudelson, Co-Founder and CPO of BoomPop
“Post-pandemic, companies are investing more resources into bringing their employees together. But the process behind planning and executing these gatherings is still painfully manual. By fusing AI with proprietary data, BoomPop is making group enterprise events scalable and easier to arrange. We believe they are building the infrastructure layer for how organizations will connect and thrive in the hybrid-work era.”
Gaurav Garg, Founding Partner at Wing Venture Capital
