Industry solutions
Economic development infrastructure
Economic development runs on the right introductions: buyers meeting suppliers, agencies meeting employers, communities meeting capital. Connect Space turns applications into vetted, scheduled one-on-ones and tracks every meeting through attendance, the same pipeline behind Pure Michigan Business Connect's buyer and supplier summits.
Events are only the beginning
Your ecosystem should not disappear between initiatives. Economic development teams collect valuable information through business visits, events, applications and partner programs, and most of it ends up scattered: static directories go stale, event data lives in one-time lists, and supplier knowledge stays in one person's head.
Connect Space keeps that work in one place. Company records persist from program to program, applications and registrations feed the same profiles, and every summit builds on the last one instead of starting from a blank spreadsheet.
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Build the intelligence layer
Collect what actually matters about the companies in your region through intake forms you design: capabilities, certifications, interests and needs. Applications and registrations connect to company records that persist at the team level, with contacts, keywords and descriptions your team can search, so the next initiative starts from what you already know.
Curate the connection
From data to opportunity: collect applications, vet them with your team, let buyers pick the suppliers they actually want to meet, and build a meeting schedule that works for both sides, online or in person. This is the process behind 40+ matchmaking summits a year running at 90% average meeting attendance.
Measure what follows
Every introduction is trackable: registrations, meetings held, attendance, and the outcomes your partners report back. Live reporting during the event and exports afterward give your team numbers stakeholders trust, initiative after initiative.
Pure Michigan Business Connect
With Connect Space, Pure Michigan Business Connect has averaged 90% meeting attendance across its buyer and supplier matchmaking summits.
Using this management software has exceeded my expectations, and has also provided unique ways to improve the overall event experience.
Robert Chasnis
Development & Operations Manager
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FAQs
Supplier summits, buyer and supplier matchmaking programs, trainings and workshops, roundtables, and year-round initiatives, in person, virtual, or hybrid.
Your team collects applications through intake forms and vets them, buyers pick the suppliers they want to meet, and Connect Space builds a best-fit meeting schedule your team can adjust. People stay in control at every step.
Yes. Companies and contacts live at the team level, so records and lists carry from one initiative to the next instead of starting over in a new spreadsheet.
Pure Michigan Business Connect has run its statewide buyer and supplier program on Connect Space for over a decade: 40+ summits a year with 90% average meeting attendance, $8B+ in new contracts generated, and 40k+ jobs supported.
Activate what you already know
Show us how your team collects company data and runs programs today. We'll show you how to bring that work together.
Every platform feature is included with your contract
Your first event starts at $7,000, and free registrations cost nothing
No long-term lock-in. Your first event is the trial.
See it on your events
Book a demo. We’ll tailor it to the events you run and follow up with a contract that matches.
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