No investors to answer to
GatherNearby is a bootstrapped LLC. There's no cap table waiting on a payout — so we build for the people who show up, not for an acquisition.
Independent · Bay Area-made · No ads
Find something to do. Meet someone new. Grow your community.
GatherNearby is where Bay Area communities gather — classes, clubs, walks, and more, hosted by your neighbors.
Ways to gather
Find a gathering
Classes, walks, and gatherings happening this week. Show up, meet people, leave with a skill.
Join a club
Recurring crews for book lovers, hikers, ceramicists, and more. Find your people.
Host something
Teach a skill, lead a walk, start a club. It takes ten minutes to list your first gathering.
Happening this week
Independent by design
Built for the people who show up — not for a cap table.
Most community apps are owned by venture capital or private equity, and built to grow fast and sell. GatherNearby is bootstrapped and independent — which changes who we answer to.
We earn only when communities do
Our revenue is a small fee when you book a gathering. No ads, no selling your data, no engagement traps. If your community isn't active, neither are we.
Yours, not the next buyer's
Meetup and Eventbrite were both sold to the same owner — and their communities had no say. We're independent, with no exit plan and no one to flip you to.
You’re the host the Bay Area needs.
Whether you’re teaching a skill, running a weekly walk, or starting a club — the Bay Area is looking for exactly what you do.