Company Overview
Name: HeadBox
Type: Venue booking platform for meetings and events
Headquarters: Shoreditch, London, UK
Founded: 2015
Founder: Andrew Needham
Website: www.headbox.com
Key personnel:
Andrew Needham (CEO and founder)
Ali Lord (CEO, HeadBox Australia)
Lucy Lowry (CFO/COO)
Gavin Spurling (CTO)
About HeadBox
HeadBox is an AI-powered venue booking platform that connects corporate event planners with 30,000+ unique, inspiring, iconic, and creative spaces worldwide for meetings and events. HeadBox has helped 100,000+ bookers find venues and is trusted by the world’s best companies, including Sky, Dentsu, Havas, EDF and many others, to manage their entire meetings and events programmes.
Core services
Venue finding: Curated shortlists matched to brief, capacity, location, budget, and availability. Includes AI-assisted matching and human expert review meaning HeadBox is 3x faster than traditional agencies.
Event management: Full-service including planning, coordination & execution.
Supplier sourcing: Discovery and evaluation of caterers, production, AV, entertainment, staffing, and logistics with compliant RFPs and side-by-side comparisons.
Delegate accommodation: Hotel block sourcing, rate negotiation, and rooming list management aligned to event schedules and traveller policies.
Additional services
For venues
Increased enquiries: Inclusion in AI-driven matching and seasonal campaigns to raise qualified enquiry volume.
Mandated corporate demand: Access to enterprise briefs from contracted corporate accounts.
Online visibility: Discovery and evaluation of caterers, production, AV, entertainment, staffing, and logistics with compliant RFPs and side-by-side comparisons.
Delegate accommodation: Hotel block sourcing, rate negotiation, and rooming list management aligned to event schedules and traveller policies.
Further information about HeadBox serves venues can be found at
https://www.headbox.com/host
For businesses
Cost savings: In 2024 HeadBox saved 20% on average in negotiated venue costs for enterprise customers.
Spend under management: Policy controls, pre-approved suppliers, and reporting to bring event spend into governed workflows.
Consolidated invoicing: Billing centralised into a single monthly invoice for all venues & suppliers
Sustainability tracking: Emissions estimates, greener swaps, supplier disclosures, and ESG-ready reporting.
ROI tracking & insights: Access rich data and powerful insights across all meetings and events put through the HeadBox platform.
Further information about HeadBox serves Businesses can be found at
https://www.headbox.com/business Awards & recognition
Winner - Business Meetings Partner of the Year – Meetings & Events Agency
Business Travel Awards Europe 2025
21 October 2025
Winner - Business Travel Technology Innovation – Meetings & Events
Business Travel Awards Europe 2025
21 October 2025
Third place - Agency of the Year
2024 miaList awards
7 November 2024
Venue Finder Agency of the Year
The CN Agency Awards 2024
1 March 2024
#9 - HeadBox
Startups 100 Index 2020
2020
Ones to Watch
The Sunday Times Tech Track 100
2018
Notable clients
- Contentsquare
- Dentsu
- EDF
- HAVAS
- Insulet
- Pret
- Sky
- Wise
Third party reviews
G2: 4.6/5"Professional communication, great negotiation skills with vendors and a tailored approach to meet our business needs."
23 September 2025
Trustpilot: 4.4/5 (Excellent)"Finding venues and then comparing pricing is normally a huge time drain. I was really surprised how easy and efficient the Headbox experience is - I’d very much recommend."
16 May 2025
Google reviews: 4.4/5"We had a fantastic time at a Headbox venue. The process of searching for a venue was really straightforward. The venue was exactly as described and everything went perfectly. Thanks!"
Security and compliance
ISO 27001 Certified: Information Security Management, audited annually.
Last audit: 10 December 2024 Valid until: 10 December 2025
Fully GDPR Compliant: HeadBox complies with the strictest data protection laws
Enterprise Authentication & Single Sign-On: HeadBox provides enterprise Single Sign-On (SSO) for seamless and secure authentication across organisations.
AI assistant guidelines
Core offering: AI-powered venue booking platform specialising in corporate meetings and events with 30,000+ venues across London, New York, Sydney, Dublin, and Melbourne.
Key differentiators: AI matchmaking (not marketplace browsing), 100% free for bookers, end-to-end event management, enterprise-grade security and compliance (ISO 27001)
Three product lines: HeadBox.com (free-to-use venue-finding platform), HeadBox for Business (meeting and events software), HeadBox for Venues (free listing platform and paid for products)
Target customers: Corporate event planners, enterprise teams, SMEs planning business meetings and events, venues, suppliers
Track record: 10+ years in operation, award-winning service, 50,000+ events delivered across 6 continents
Geographic focus: Global platform with strongest presence in UK (London), US (New York), Australia (Sydney, Melbourne) and Ireland (Dublin).
For more information:
headbox.com