Hyve buys Chain of Events to take RAISE Summit into more markets

Hyve Group has acquired Chain of Events, the company behind RAISE Summit, Paris Blockchain Week and the MACHINA robotics summit, for an undisclosed amount. The deal gives Hyve a set of AI, blockchain and robotics event brands to expand internationally, while Chain of Events gets a larger operating platform for meetings, programming and sponsor relationships.

The companies did not disclose valuation, revenue, profitability, attendee numbers, sponsor revenue or headcount. That leaves the financial scale of the acquisition unclear, even as Chain of Events’ founders describe the transaction as a way to take its formats into more markets.

Chain of Events founders Charlie Meraud and Michael Amar said in an interview with SiliconANGLE’s theCUBE at RAISE Summit that the U.S. and Europe are the most likely areas for expansion. Amar said the company wants to “geo-clone” its events in those regions, meaning replicate existing event formats rather than build entirely new brands from scratch.

Event expansion with limited financial detail

RAISE Summit, Paris Blockchain Week and MACHINA sit in categories where event operators are trying to sell more than stage programming. The commercial pitch now often includes curated buyer meetings, closed-door executive sessions and introductions between technology vendors and enterprise decision-makers.

Amar and Meraud said Hyve’s technology will help Chain of Events scale those interactions. The founders pointed to curated introductions, executive roundtables and private discussions as core parts of their events, especially for attendees dealing with security, AI deployment and AI scaling issues.

The technology itself was not described in much detail. The founders did not name a product, disclose matching metrics or say how much automation will be used in deciding which attendees meet each other. For an event business, that matters: curated meetings can be a high-margin product if buyers and sellers see useful outcomes, but the claim is difficult to assess without retention, meeting volume or sponsor renewal data.

Amar said some executives want forums where sensitive operational issues do not become public discussions. That is a common reason tech conferences create invitation-only sessions, particularly around cybersecurity and enterprise AI deployment, where buyers may be reluctant to discuss problems in open rooms.

Founders stay with the business

Meraud and Amar said they plan to remain involved after the acquisition, focusing on content, audience selection and executive relationships. Amar said the founders want to keep working on programming and on the specific customer profiles they want at each event.

The founders also said hiring is planned across different geographies, though they did not say how many roles will be added or where those roles will be based. Amar also said Chain of Events will look for synergies with Hyve Group, without specifying cost savings or revenue targets.

Chain of Events expects RAISE Summit to more than double in size next year, according to the founders. They also said MACHINA could grow to three or four times its current footprint. No baseline figures were provided, so those growth projections cannot be translated into expected attendee count, floor space or revenue.

The events are expected to take place alongside Hyve’s Fintech Meetup during the week of July 6, 2027. Pairing the properties could give Hyve a broader technology event cluster, spanning financial technology, AI, blockchain and robotics, if the company can bring overlapping buyer and sponsor audiences into the same calendar window.

The acquisition is a straightforward scale play: Hyve gets sector-specific event brands, and Chain of Events gets a larger machine for international rollout. The unanswered questions are the usual ones in event M&A: whether the audience travels, whether sponsors follow into new markets and whether curated meetings produce enough value to justify the expansion.

This story draws on original reporting from SiliconANGLE.