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Set roles and rounds
Name two groups and give them colours, then pick a round length. Investors and founders, mentors and mentees, buyers and sellers. Or one group where everyone mingles.
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Free matchmaking tool · For the events industry
Networking is why they came.
Stop leaving it to chance.
Set roles and rounds in two minutes. Put it on the big screen. Press play. The screen assigns tables and guides the room through the rounds. No app for your guests. Free.
NetworkingTables is a free matchmaking tool for events. You set roles and rounds, put it on the screen and press play. It tells everyone who to meet and where, runs the timer, and rotates the room. Your guests need no app for any of it.
The problem
At most events, networking is a lottery.
At most events, networking is a lottery.
A rotation gives the room a shared plan.
People talk to whoever is standing nearby, which is usually their own colleagues. Approaching strangers takes courage, and most people will not pay it. So they stay in their group, hover near the buffet and check their phones.
The catering has a schedule. The keynote has a run of show, timed to the minute. And networking, an important reason people may attend, gets a room and a bit of hope.
The idea
Structure is a kindness,
Structure is a kindness,
not a constraint.
Nobody has to be brave when the screen says Table 7.
The screen takes the social risk so your guests do not have to. No icebreaker that nobody enjoys. No paper plan that falls apart in round two. Just a clear cue: you, over there, now. A shared cue makes it easier to begin the next conversation.
Live demo
Watch a full event
Watch a full event
in under a minute.
This is not a video. It is the real tool, fast-forwarded. Watch the countdown hit zero, the buzzer fire, and the whole room reorganise itself without a word spoken.
Screen in the room Live
Set up your own event
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Runs right in the browser. Turn on sound in the demo with the speaker icon.
How it works
Set up in two minutes.
Set up in two minutes.
The screen does the rest.
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Put it on the big screen
A projector or a large screen, one browser, done. The screen shows the round number, the table and the countdown, big enough to read across the room.
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Press play
You run it from your phone: start, pause, skip, extend. The buzzer tells the room when to move. The screen follows you.
Two screens
The room sees the screen.
The room sees the screen.
You control it from your phone.
Big enough for the whole room.
A giant round number, table assignments, role colours and a countdown as the centrepiece. A buzzer tells the room when to move. At the end, the event closes on a short moment to celebrate, not on a repeat.
The remote in your pocket.
Scan a QR code and go: start, pause, skip, extend. The screen follows instantly. The room never sees you making a quick adjustment.
Fair by design
See the planned encounters before you start.
See the planned encounters before you start.
Review the generated rotation.
The schedule is computed, not improvised. That sounds like a detail, but it is exactly the part where hand-made rotations break down.
No repeats
The schedule makes sure nobody lands at the same table twice as long as there are new faces to meet.
Odd numbers handled
Odd group sizes can be planned too. Review who sits out and when in the generated schedule.
The shortest walk
Everyone moves one table over. No searching, no chaos between rounds.
Review the round plan
Review the generated schedule with your group size, table count and number of rounds before use.
For any goal
Investors and founders.
Investors and founders.
Or simply everyone.
Investors and founders
Every founder gets their minutes at each investor table. No scrum, no luck of the draw.
Buyers and sellers
Structured conversations at trade fairs and buyer days, instead of business cards at a standing table.
Mentors and mentees
Every mentee talks to several mentors, fairly distributed and with no repeats.
Just everyone
One mode where the whole room mixes. Ideal for meetups, alumni nights and community events.
No app
Your guests look at the screen and move.
No accounts
No login, no sign-up. Open it and go.
No data
You do not need to enter guest profiles to run the rounds.
Free
Free to use.
Why it is free
Free, because we run on it ourselves.
At PIRATEx we have been running events for over 15 years, and we built NetworkingTables for our own rooms. A tool that actually gets a networking hour going, instead of leaving it to chance.
It works for us, so we share it. A small PIRATEx logo appears on the screen.
NetworkingTables / FAQ
Common questions about the matchmaking tool
Is the matchmaking tool really free?
Yes. NetworkingTables is completely free, not a trial and not freemium. We run events ourselves and built it for our own rooms. A small PIRATEx logo appears on the screen.
Do my guests need to install an app?
No. Your guests look at the screen and move one table over. No app, no download, no login. Only you as the host control it from your phone by scanning a QR code.
What events is the tool good for?
Any event where people should meet: conferences, meetups, investor nights, trade-fair networking, retreats and community events. Two roles like investors and founders, or simply everyone mingling.
How does the matchmaking work?
You set two groups and a round length. The tool builds a fair schedule from that: everyone meets the right mix, with no repeats and the shortest walk between rounds. The larger group rotates, the smaller group stays seated.
How many participants are possible?
From a handful to large rooms. Odd numbers are no problem either: review how breaks are distributed in the generated schedule. The tool suggests the table count to fit your headcount.
Is any guest data collected?
No. There are no accounts and the tool collects no data about your guests. Name tags carry numbers, that is all it needs. The session lives only in your browser.
What do I need to get started?
A large screen or projector with a browser, your phone as the remote, and name tags with numbers. Allow time to configure and test your setup before the event.
Your next event has a networking hour.
Give it a plan.
A free matchmaking tool for the events industry. Set up in two minutes, no app for your guests.
Open the free toolA rotation or one focused conversation?
NetworkingTables structures successive encounters. If existing customers need time to examine one shared question, a facilitated Customer Roundtable has a different job: guest fit, preparation, discussion and an agreed summary.
Explore Customer Roundtable →