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Your Complete In-Person GTM Platform

Winter 2021Founded 202060 peopleNew York, NY, USA; Remote

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Capture leads, scan badges, enrich data, and sync it all to your CRM—at events, conferences, and beyond. Powered by AI and our proprietary data engine, Popl helps companies around the world turn in-person events into a measurable & scalable growth channel.

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Popl provides an in-person GTM platform that captures leads at events, enriches contact data, and syncs it to CRMs. It targets event-focused teams aiming to measure ROI and reduce manual data entry.

Popl offers a universal lead scanner that captures data from event badges, business cards, and QR codes, then enriches leads using an AI-driven data engine and 20+ data partners. The platform enables instant CRM sync (Salesforce, HubSpot, Marketo, and other integrations), lead qualification, and campaign management for events, with real-time data enrichment and automated follow-up capabilities.

Who it’s for: Event marketing teams, sales organizations, and enterprises running events, conferences, and activations who need to capture, enrich, and sync in-person leads to their CRM.

Features
  • Universal badge scanner for events
  • AI-powered data enrichment with 20+ partners
  • Real-time CRM sync
  • Lead qualification and routing
  • Campaign management for events
  • Unified branding across digital assets
  • Insights on event ROI

Hiring/traction indicated by product expansion and multiple integrations; notable enterprise adoption claims (Fortune 500 trust factor) and ongoing feature development.

Founders · 1

Jason Alvarez-Cohen
Jason Alvarez-CohenCEO & Founder
UCLA

CEO & Co-founder @ Popl UCLA class of 2018, software engineer obsessed with tech that connects people

Launch

Launched on Y Combinator · Nov 2025
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Imagine one AI-powered lead capture platform that finally makes your events worth it.

Popl offers a universal in-person lead capture and enrichment platform. It scans event badges, business cards, or LinkedIn QR codes to enrich leads with data and syncs them to CRMs and other tools, aimed at improving speed-to-lead and ROI for events.

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