"With PIRATEx we had an agile partner at our side to execute an innovative hybrid event. We benefited enormously from their agility and solution-oriented approach on the ground. A key to the event's success was that PIRATEx worked with our crew as one big team – not as two separate parties."
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Everyone organizes events. We design encounters.
Most business events are a waste of time. We change that: As a full-service event agency from Cologne, we create strategically planned, creatively staged, and radically human experiences.
Events we organise
Be there before everyone else is.
Three evenings we put on ourselves – or help organise. Completely different in format and mood, but all with the same goal: letting real connections happen.
We produce many more events per year – these are our own.
Community Night · Cologne
June 24, 2026 · Odonien, Cologne
PIRATE Night
An evening in the spirit of the PIRATE Summit. For founders, investors and future-shapers. Honest, loud, inspiring and unforgettable.
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Concert · Cologne
July 6, 2026 · Odonien, Cologne
TREELINE
The forest plays piano. Graham Fitkin listened to a Cologne beech tree – and turned it into a concert. An evening about nature, sound and what connects us.
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Aftershow · DMEXCO · Cologne
September 23, 2026 · Cologne
OMClub
The highlight of the trade show. OMClub is the most legendary night in digital marketing. The event that makes two days of DMEXCO truly worth it.
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Pitch Training · Press Start Alumni
Pitch Training for Press Start Alumni.
We prepare games startups for strong pitches. For gamescom, publishers, partners and investor conversations.
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YOUR EVENT, ONLY BETTER.
We bring your
event vision
to life.
An idea alone doesn't make an event. As a full-service event agency from Cologne, we translate your goals into formats that deliver real impact. Consistently across Germany, with a strong home advantage in NRW.
We don't just bring a core team. To realize your vision, we tap into a specialized network of scenographers, technicians, motion designers, and hosts. People who master their craft and keep their cool when the cameras are rolling.
15+ Years of Experience
250+ Large-Scale Events
500k+ Attendees
Experience meets radical creativity.
Since 2010, we've been producing what cookie-cutter agencies avoid.
From tech conferences to exclusive CEO dinners. Whether roadshows, award nights, or precision side events for major international trade shows like Gamescom or DMEXCO: We reject routine work. We build spaces tailored exactly to your audience. And we show major brands how to make their trade show presence measurably better — and above all, more human.
Great events always come down to the same thing at their core: They bring the right people together in the perfect setting. To turn that into tangible results, we break old patterns. We rely on strong concepts, bold design, and the PIRATE factor — that raw, direct energy that turns an obligation into an occasion.
Not just event planning.
Full-service production.
From award-winning event concept to final production. We are your partner for strategy, creation, technology and logistics. Rooted in Cologne, active across Europe — we make the complex simple and the simple extraordinary.
Festivals & Conferences
STAGE
We turn sterile venues into living spaces. Conferences that feel like festivals. Trade fair stands that pull people in. Unconventional energy for your brand.
Dinners, Retreats & Networking
GATHERING
Trust is built when the masks come off. Exclusive dinners and retreats in protected spaces. No pitch, no sell. Just radically honest exchange on equal terms.
Speakers, Hosting & Coaching
PEOPLE
Practitioners with battle scars, not theorists. People who can read a room and wake your audience up. We train your team until they shine on stage.
Playbooks, Tools & Blog
INSIGHTS
We share our secrets. Our best tools and checklists from 15 years of event madness. Open source and free. So your next event is better.
Services overview
What we actually do for you.
Our service portfolio is clearly structured into three phases. We support you exactly where you need depth and execution power.
01
Consulting & Strategy
01
Event Consulting
Clarify goals, evaluate options, develop formats — before the first budget is set.
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02
Event Strategy
Annual planning, budget optimization and format development — the plan before planning begins.
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03
Event Concept
Storyline, dramaturgy, speaker curation and attendee journey — all from one source.
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04
Sparring Partner
Ongoing strategic support from experienced senior consultants. No ticket system, direct line.
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02
Conception & Management
01
Event Concept
From raw idea to masterplan: storyline, dramaturgy, speaker curation and attendee journey.
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02
Speaker Curation
From keynote to panel: we find personalities who can read a room — and prepare them for it.
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03
Storytelling & Content
Content that lives on after the event. Editorial curation, content strategy, repurposing.
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04
Operational Project Management
Contractor coordination, budget management, execution responsibility — so you can focus on what matters.
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03
Production & Technology
01
Technical Support
Lighting, sound, stage — all from one source. From conference PA to LED wall.
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02
Video Production
Aftermovies, stage openers, documentaries, recordings — professional moving images that last.
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03
Streaming Studio
Hybrid events, podcasts, webinars — produced at the highest level in Cologne or on location.
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04
Videoconferencing Support
Smooth execution of Zoom, Teams and Webex events with professional direction and technical lead.
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Eye-level collaboration
What our clients say.
The concept workshop was a creative ignition for us – a key inspiration for the successful design of our "EWR-Zukunftsforum'24". Many thanks for the smooth and warm collaboration – we're already looking forward to the next project together!
For HANNOVER MESSE 2024 we worked with PIRATEx for the first time and were immediately won over by the great team and professional collaboration! Both the design and execution of the startup stage programmes, and the wide range of tasks around students and young people, were handled brilliantly. Many thanks – we'd love to work together again.
The Group
More than an agency.
We're a group of companies.
PIRATEx is part of a group of companies helping businesses transform — from live experiences and AI automation to software development and structured lead generation.