Coverage compounds
0%
of pairs can match if 40% of attendees install an app (0.4 × 0.4)
0%
with badges, because the badge replaces the lanyard
40% is illustrative. Matching needs both people.
Smart name badges for events
The name badge that knows who you should meet.
NexSwap badges match attendees in real time. When two well-matched people are near each other, both badges buzz and show the same reason to talk.
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01NexSwap V3
Everything the room needs, worn on a lanyard.
- Always-on touchscreen480×320 and it never sleeps, because it's your name badge.
- 1-minute setupTap the badge, scan its QR code, fill a short profile on a web page. No app.
- Matching on the badgeESP32 + Bluetooth LE. No phone, no app in a pocket.
- Signed OTA updatesThe whole fleet updates over the air between events.
- 4–6 hour batteryA full evening event, or a conference afternoon, on one charge.
02Set up in a minute
No app. One minute at check‑in.
1 · Tap the badge
A new badge says Tap here to set up. One tap and it shows its code.
2 · Scan its code
The phone's camera opens the setup page. No app, and no account needed.
3 · Fill a short profile
First name, a few interests, and what you can offer or are looking for.
4 · Send it to the badge
One tap sends it over Bluetooth. The badge buzzes: Profile saved.
03The match moment
Two badges. One reason to talk.
Listening
Alex and Jamie are on opposite sides of the room. Their badges quietly listen for each other.
Comparing
As they get close, the badges compare goals and interests on the spot.
Matched
Both badges buzz. Both show why to talk. Nobody makes a cold approach.
04Match signs
Every match gets its own sign.
Both badges in a pair show the same sign. With 4 styles and 8 colours, two pairs side by side, like these, never look alike.
05After the event
Your matches, waiting on your phone.
- Nothing to do after the eventDrop your badge off on the way out. We sync it for you, and every match from the night shows up on the page you set up with. Still no app.
- Only the people you matchedEach card shows their company, title and LinkedIn, shared only between the two of you.
- One tap to follow upEach card keeps why you matched, with LinkedIn and email a tap away.
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NexSwap
My profileMatches3
Your matches
From last night's event.
- A
Alex
Lumen Pay · Head of Product
Hiring · AI, Fintech
LinkedInEmail - P
Priya
Orbit Labs · Founder
Hiring freelancers · Fintech, Design
LinkedIn - S
Sam
Tidewave · Engineering Lead
Mentoring · AI
LinkedInEmail
06Why a badge, not an app
Apps handle before and after the event. The badge handles the room.
No app to open
One minute at check-in.
Tap the badge, scan its QR code, fill a short profile on a web page. Then it just runs.
Privacy by design
First name and interests. That's it.
Company, title and LinkedIn are shared after the event, and only between people who matched. PDPA-friendly.
Both at once
No cold approach.
Both people are signalled at the same moment, with the same sign, so the first line is already written.
Proof of who met
Real conversations, not scans.
Badges know which pairs actually spent time together: evidence for organisers, confirmed leads for exhibitors.
07Built, worn, rebuilt
Three badges. Shown at true relative size.
V2 · Field test
Cheap Yellow Display tag
ESP32 board, screen and LiPo in a three-piece printed case. 100+ units built and worn in pilots.
V3 · At events now
The touchscreen tag
On-badge Bluetooth matching, signed over-the-air updates and a one-minute setup page.
V3.5 · Compact
The 40 mm wearable
A round, two-piece clip-on. Same matching idea in a much smaller body.
08For organisers
Make the networking
the part people remember.
Pay per event
Priced by attendee count. We bring the badges, set them up at check-in and take them home after.
Exhibitor lead capture
A scan records a walk-past. NexSwap records a lead only when both sides opt in. Fewer leads, better ones.
One fleet, many events
Badges are reused event after event. Venues like coworking spaces and bars can lease a fleet.
Pilots open in Singapore
Run NexSwap at your next event.
Tell us the date, the crowd and the kind of conversations you want to happen. We'll bring the badges.