The Presence Layer

Real events.
Real people.
Real connection.

The consent-first social layer for live events. Walk in, activate. Walk out, disappear.

Free on iOS & AndroidConsent-first by designBuilt for anywhere people gather
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Anywhere people gather

FirstMove activates wherever connection can happen.

Not a nightlife app. A VibeZone can switch on in a park, a gym, a coffee shop, a conference floor, or a club. If people gather there, FirstMove fits.

See it in action

This is what's already happening around you.

Live VibeZones, real venues, right now. Open the app and see who else is in the room.

The FirstMove home feed showing nearby live VibeZones
The Problem

Rooms full of people.
Phones full of nothing real.

A packed crowd at a gig, phones down, hands in the air

You walk past 500 potential connections a day. You go home and tell an AI chatbot how your day went instead.

Dating apps reduced people to swipes. Cold approaches feel awkward at best, threatening at worst. So the room stays quiet.

We built the bit that's been missing. A safe, mutual way to make the first move when you're already in the room.

Right now, somewhere

Every night,
somewhere just like this.

Doesn't matter if it's a festival, a club, or a Tuesday-night gig. The room's already full and the energy's already real.

Everyone in it is still one screen away from the person stood next to them.

FirstMove switches on right here. The room stops just looking connected and actually is.

A silhouetted crowd with hands raised against warm stage lighting
How it works

The 3-Way Handshake.

Three steps. Both parties have to mean it. Nothing happens without mutual consent.

01

Knock.

Spot someone interesting nearby and send a Knock. Nothing happens unless they Knock back.

02

Challenge.

If the interest is mutual, a Challenge confirms it. No accidental matches, no DM spam.

03

Connect.

A short chat built to push you toward saying hello in person. It ends when the VibeZone does.

Profiles only exist while you're in the VibeZone. Nothing follows you home.

What we stand for

Privacy is the architecture.
Not a setting you toggle.

Consent-first by design

Nothing happens without mutual opt-in. The handshake is the product.

Ephemeral by default

Profiles, chats, and presence reset when the event ends. No long-term digital residue.

Hyperlocal, never global

Location data stays inside the geofence. We don't follow you home.

Built for IRL

The win condition is you putting the phone down and saying hello.

The product

Three threads.
Pull whichever you need.

Find what's on, plan around it, then feel what happens once you walk in.

Discovery

Find what's on, where you are.

A live feed of what's happening around you: bars, gigs, festivals, conferences, campus nights. Wherever people gather, it's on the map.

See how discovery works
Two phones showing the VibeZones list and a venue detail page with its map location
Two phones showing a live VibeZones list and a venue detail page with its map location
VibeZones

Social, only when you're there.

Geofenced activation. Ephemeral profiles. The 3-Way Handshake. Privacy is the architecture, not a setting.

See how VibeZones work
Events

The ones worth planning around.

Time, location, who's going. Full details in one tap. Save it, share it, show up.

Browse events
The FirstMove app showing a full event detail page with time, location, and description
For Partners

Organiser, venue, or promoter? Partner with FirstMove.

One programme, three ways in. Event organisers, venues, and independent promoters all sign in to the same partner dashboard and grow with the FirstMove community.

Straight answers

Questions people actually ask.

Tap a question to expand.

What is FirstMove?

FirstMove is the presence layer for the physical world. Walk into a venue, festival, conference or campus running a VibeZone and the app switches on, letting you connect with people who are actually in the room through a consent-first protocol called the 3-Way Handshake. Walk out and it switches off.

Is FirstMove a dating app?

No. FirstMove is not a dating app, a ticketing platform, or another social network to maintain. There is no swiping, no follower count and no social graph to build. People use it to meet collaborators at a conference, find their crew at a festival, or say hello to someone at a gig. Romance is one possible outcome, never the product.

How does the 3-Way Handshake work?

Three steps. Knock: signal that you noticed someone nearby. Challenge: if the interest is mutual, both sides confirm it. Connect: a short chat built to push you toward saying hello in person. Nothing reaches anyone who has not opted in, so there are no unsolicited messages and no accidental matches.

What happens to my data after the event?

Your profile only exists while you are inside the VibeZone. When the event ends, the profile, the chat and your presence end with it. Location data stays inside the geofence, so you are not tracked between venues. Privacy is the architecture here, not a setting you toggle. Full detail is on our security page.

How much does FirstMove cost?

FirstMove is free for attendees on both iOS and Android. There is no premium tier for meeting people. Venues, organisers and promoters pay for the partner platform, and those plans are set out on our pricing page.

I already sell tickets through Eventbrite or DICE. Do I have to switch?

No. Adding FirstMove costs you nothing you already have. Keep your ticketing, your box office and your audience exactly where they are, then switch on a VibeZone for the room itself. If you would rather consolidate, FirstMove Partners ships ticketing, payouts and white-label event pages too, with no fee at all on free events and paid ticketing from 2.5% + £0.30. Either way, the VibeZone is the reason your room changes.

Where does FirstMove work?

Anywhere people gather and a VibeZone has been switched on. Bars, parks, gyms, festivals, gigs, clubs, conferences, campuses, cafés and co-working spaces. If people gather there, FirstMove fits.

Still deciding?See how FirstMove compares to the tools you already use.

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One more thing

Real life is already happening.
Be there.

Free on iOS and Android. No social graph to build. No follower count to maintain. Walk in, activate, meet someone real, walk out.