Attract High-Quality Members

Move beyond ads and cold outreach. Strategic events help you attract founders, partners, and members who truly align with your mission — through experiences that build trust from day one.

Increase Retention Through Belonging

Make people want to stay. Community-driven events and rituals create emotional connection and loyalty, keeping startups, members, and alumni actively engaged.

Turn Community Into a Growth Engine

Every touchpoint becomes a chance to drive business outcomes. From activation to partnerships, your community becomes a living network that accelerates the success of your ecosystem.

Community Building

Event Series

We design everything from cozy founder circles to big-stage summits — all built to spark real connection. Whether it’s 10 people or 500, the goal’s the same: keep your community alive, engaged, and coming back for more.

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Project Management

Branded Event

Have a big idea and no time to pull it off? We plan and manage high-impact events that make your brand shine — from intimate VC dinners to full-blown summits.You bring the vision, we handle the chaos (and the catering).

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Event & Networking Platform

Smart Connect

Use Smart Connect platform to simplify event networking — from registration to AI-powered matches that actually make sense. Attendees get personalized intros, you get a lightweight CRM, and your event becomes a hub for real connection.

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About SMAC ∞

Hey — I’m OT, the one behind SMAC.After building my first company in architecture, I shifted into the startup world and began leading communities across Canada, Brazil, and the U.S. Along the way, I worked with innovation hubs, wellness brands, and purpose-driven founders — and I started to notice a pattern:Companies that thrive aren’t just the loudest. They’re the ones that build real connection.That’s what SMAC is about.I help startup hubs create strategic communities and transformative events — the kind that turn attention into traction, growth into loyalty, and ideas into movement.

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With belonging

• Organic growth through advocacy• Users stay longer — they feel part of something• Deeper, ongoing insights that guide better products• Marketing becomes storytelling — clear, authentic, trusted• Growth is fueled by relationships, not just ad spend

Without belonging

• High CAC, low conversion• Users drop off fast• Shallow product feedback• Marketing feels like noise• Growth depends entirely on paid channels

Join forces to

Scale

Build strategic partnerships and community structures that amplify your reach, deepen your impact, and unlock financial sustainability — all while staying true to your values and purpose.

Create spaces for your people to thrive and

Connect

Help your audience go further — together.
Foster spaces where people don’t just consume, but engage, exchange, and grow through meaningful peer-to-peer interactions.

Design powerful experiences that move people

Transform

Create unforgettable event experiences that inspire action and build emotional resonance with your audience.
We design purposeful gatherings — online or in-person — that spark curiosity, deepen connection, and move people to care, share, and return.

Event Project Management

Branded
Event

While your administrative assistant or marketing person can probably throw a pretty good event, your team is busy — and great events demand time and expertise. With 10+ years of experience, we know what works and how to make every hour and dollar count.

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Events + Community

Branded Community

Full strategy considering events series and community building, including project management and community moderation..

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Become a partner

Sponsor our flagship events

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