MatchMaker Service
for Meetings and Introductions

Autotech Council's Matchmaker Meeting Service facilitates personal introductions via pre-arranged, private, 15-minute meetings both in person and virtually after select meetings.  The result is a series of meaningful introductions over concise, private meetings in a short time among delegates committed to technology discovery and partnership development.

This private service is available once in the Spring and once in the Fall, generally following an Autotech Council meeting and is available for free to Autotech Council members and for a fee to select non-members. Participants can take meetings onsite in Silicon Valley on one day and take more meetings online the next. Meetings generally run 10 to 15 minutes, depending on whether they take place online or in-person, and can include multiple representatives from each company around a table or in a virtual meeting room.

  • April 14, 12:30pm to 4:00pm Onsite in Silicon Valley
  • April 15, 7am to 7pm online via zoom

Delegates will benefit from a series of meaningful introductions over concise, private meetings in a condensed timeframe. On average, delegates who use our MatchMaker service get more introductions and more continuing conversations than they expected. 

MatchMaker Service

HOW IT WORKS

MatchMaker participants set their preferences, objectives, and (if relevant) technology and product information in our Portal well in advance of the meeting. Then, in the run up to the meeting and on the meeting day, participants log in to request, accept, reschedule or decline meetings with other attendees  Meetings are automatically scheduled based on attendees availability and automatically allocated a table in the meeting room or a Zoom link dependent on whether you will be onsite or online.  Meetings generally run 10 to 15 minutes and can include multiple representatives from each company at the table or in the virtual meeting room.

  • Fill your schedule in advance with back-to-back meetings
  • Filter companies to find the right technology match
  • Filter people to find the right partnership match
  • Include extra people from your company to move the conversation forward more quickly
  • Take advantage of extra information to be better prepared for each meeting
  • Continue conversations post-event via the portal

GET MORE MEETINGS

On average, delegates who use our MatchMaker service get more introductions and more continuing conversations than they expected.

The most successful company from our last MatchMaker event was a Series B startup with 2 representatives who took 19 meetings between them, and the average participant who actively used the MatchMaker to request and curate meetings in Oct 2021 got 8 personalized meetings.

A well phrased elevator speech, succinct product profiles, photos and images, all contribute to introduce your innovation prior to the event. An intuitive interface makes setting up profiles easy and effective.

  • Profiles are set up prior to the MatchMaking event and can be reviewed and updated as needed
  • Add personal details, including photo so that prospective partners can recognize you
  • Add company profile, including logo, descriptions, keywords for meaningful matches
  • Add product profiles, include images, descriptions, development stage, market segment for focused conversations
  • MatchMaking takes place online over 2 weeks before the meeting day, with the majority of meetings scheduled the week before. Companies can field multiple delegates, request a specific meeting time, and requests may be accepted, declined, rescheduled or waitlisted, dependent on your individual goals.