Partnership & Sponsorship
We don't sell visibility. We enable participation in the ecosystem.
Partner with Community Stack to engage directly with the engineers, leaders, and organisations shaping modern technology.
Operate at the centre of AI, Cloud, DevOps and Platform ecosystems through continuous, community-led engagement across events, content, and global communities.
Why organisations partner with Community Stack
Sponsorship isn't about logo placement. It's about becoming part of the ecosystem — earning trust, building relationships, and showing up consistently.
Access to High-Value Audiences
Reach the people actually building and buying.
- Senior engineers, architects, and platform leaders
- Heads of Engineering, Data & AI, and Cloud
- Decision-makers shaping tooling, architecture, and strategy
Always-On Engagement
From a single touchpoint to continuous engagement.
- Monthly meetups (in-person and online)
- Webinars and technical sessions
- Content and thought leadership
- Flagship conferences
Trusted Distribution
Your brand sits inside the community — not outside it.
- Content is practitioner-led
- Conversations are peer-driven
- Engagement is earned, not forced
Pipeline, Hiring & Brand
From awareness to influence to outcomes.
- Generate qualified pipeline opportunities
- Build credibility in technical ecosystems
- Attract high-quality engineering talent
- Position as a category leader
Trusted by our ecosystem partners
Ecosystem Sponsors
Event Partners
Previous Speakers From
Attendees Joining Us From
Delivery at a glance
Annual ecosystem performance
17+
Communities operated
5
Core ecosystems
45+
In-person meetups
50+
Online events
5+
Conferences
10+
Community brands
100+
Total events / year
3
Countries
Average registered attendees
79
Average online attendance
27
Average Speaker NPS
8.6
Based on 90 days between November 2025 to January 2026. Contact for verification.
Ecosystem portfolio
Each ecosystem is a coherent portfolio of communities and conferences. Every community belongs to one ecosystem to preserve clarity of audience, purpose, and value.
Data & AI
Applied AI, GenAI, data platforms, MLOps, analytics, and leadership networks shaping intelligent systems.
Cloud
Cloud platforms, architecture, operations, and modernisation across AWS, Azure, and emerging GCP capability.
Communities
Future communities
Databricks UG · GCP Cloud Community
DevOps & Platform Engineering
SRE, reliability, CI/CD, internal developer platforms, DevEx, and platform leadership — where modern operations meets engineering culture.
Communities
Leadership Programmes
Platform Engineering Leaders — small-format practitioner-to-leader bridge community
Platform Engineering Leaders Conf — London (leadership conference)
Cloud Native & Open Source
Kubernetes, CNCF tooling, OSS maintainers, and cloud native engineering culture — grounded in open collaboration and production practice.
Communities
Flagship Conference
Cloud Native & Open Source AI Conference
London — June 11
Startups, Ventures & Operators
Where founders, operators, investors, and ecosystem builders collaborate across growth, resilience, and strategic execution.
Communities
Future communities
Startup perks · Venture/operator roundtables · Global founder network expansion
Recent Event Spotlight
Data & AI Leaders — Agentic AI
Hosted with Lloyds Banking Group in London. 120+ in person attendees exploring the cutting edge of Agentic AI in enterprise.
Speakers
Joanna Crown
Director of Data, Moonpig
Dylan Ratcliffe
Founder & CEO, Overmind
Sultan AI Awar
Solutions Architect (Digital Natives), Databricks
Joseph Reeve
Growth, ElevenLabs
Astitva Karunesh
AI Business Lead, AI CoE, Lloyds Banking Group
Lara Vomfell
Senior Data & AI Scientist, AI CoE, Lloyds Banking Group
Who attends our events
Practitioner-led communities attract senior, experienced professionals who ship real products.
Attendee Seniority
Industry Breakdown
Job Titles Across Our Audience
A snapshot of the roles represented across our communities and events.
Based on registration data from events between November 2025 to March 2026.
What our partners say
Trusted by industry leaders
We've loved partnering with Yorkshire Azure User Group and Yorkshire DevOps in Leeds, consistently high-quality, practitioner-led events.
Edward Richardson-Lee
Accenture
We're proud to have hosted GenAI UK through the GenAI Loft programme for the second year running.
Matheus Guimaraes
AWS
Sponsoring Community Stack lets us support practitioner-led communities focused on real delivery, reducing operational risk, cutting review toil, and improving reliability at scale.
Dylan Ratcliffe
Overmind
Tier 1
Global Ecosystem Sponsorship
Operate across all Community Stack ecosystems, communities, events, and conferences with maximum visibility, influence, and strategic alignment.
Global Headline
£50,000Primary ecosystem partner with full strategic positioning.
- Primary logo placement across all communities, conferences, webinars, and digital communications
- First-right of renewal
- Top speaking and panel priority across all ecosystems
- Guaranteed speaking opportunities: 2-minute partner intro at in-person events + pre-recorded intros for online
- Co-development opportunities: Webinars, themed content series, quarterly strategic alignment sessions
- Inclusion in Community Impact Reports and Ecosystem Reports
- Editorial co-branding across ecosystem content
- Dedicated partner success manager
- 30 VIP conference passes annually
- Access to anonymised ecosystem insights
- Opportunity to collaborate on ecosystem initiatives and programmes
Global Platinum
£30,000High-impact presence across the full ecosystem.
- Prominent branding across all communities, conferences, and webinars
- Speaking consideration across multiple categories
- Priority over category and community sponsors
- Guaranteed speaking opportunities: 2-minute event intro (in-person) + online intro placements
- Sponsor spotlight: Content features + newsletter inclusion
- 15 VIP conference passes annually
- Inclusion in partner roundtables
- Access to ecosystem reporting and insights
Tier 2
Category Sponsorship
Own a technical domain and lead the conversation within a specific ecosystem. Available categories: Data & AI, Cloud Platforms, Cloud Native & Open Source, DevOps & Platform Engineering, Startups, Ventures & Operators.
Category Headline
£20,000- Lead brand across entire ecosystem
- First speaking priority
- Guaranteed speaking slots: Event intros + webinar placements
- Host 1 category event or webinar
- Strategic positioning session
- Featured in category reports and content
- 10 conference passes
Category Platinum
£15,000- Strong brand visibility across ecosystem
- Curated speaking opportunities
- Guaranteed intro placements
- Co-host meetups or panels
- Inclusion in newsletters and content
- 3 conference passes
Category Gold
£10,000- Logo visibility across events and communities
- Occasional speaking consideration
- 1-minute intro opportunities
- Recognition in communications
- 2 conference passes
Tier 3
Community Sponsorship
Engage directly with specific communities and build strong local ecosystem presence.
Community Headline
£10,000
- Primary sponsor for the community
- First speaking priority
- Guaranteed 2-minute opening pitch
- Host one event or webinar
- Priority placement on community pages
Community Platinum
£7,500
- High visibility branding
- Curated speaking opportunities
- 1-minute intro placements
- Collaboration on themed sessions
- Named sponsor in communications
Community Gold
£5,000
- Logo inclusion across events
- Occasional speaking consideration
- Recognition in event comms
Community Supporter
£2,500
- Acknowledgement in comms
- Entry-level visibility
- Logo on community pages
Tier 4
Conference Sponsorship
Become a primary presence at our flagship conferences across Data & AI, DevOps, Platform Engineering, and Cloud Native.
Conference Headline
£10,000- Lead sponsor across all channels
- Guaranteed keynote or main stage
- 1x prime exhibition booth
- Premium branding on signage, registration, lanyards
- Newsletter and content features
- 10 VIP passes
Conference Platinum
£7,500- Prominent placement across channels
- Speaking priority (main stage or track)
- 1x exhibition booth
- Logo on signage and materials
- 6 VIP passes
Conference Gold
£5,000- Strong visibility
- Curated speaking opportunity
- Logo placement across signage
- 4 VIP passes
Conference Silver
£2,500- Logo across materials
- Occasional speaking consideration
- 2 VIP passes
Sponsorship Hierarchy & Priority
Our sponsorship tiers work together as a transparent, fair structure. Here's how priority works across the ecosystem.
Hierarchy Order
- 1.
Global Headline
Highest priority across all ecosystems, communities, and conferences
- 2.
Global Platinum
Broad ecosystem presence across all surfaces
- 3.
Category Headline
Primary voice in a chosen technical domain
- 4.
Category Platinum / Gold
Visible within their category, behind Headline
- 5.
Community Headline
Primary community-level presence
- 6.
Community Platinum / Gold / Supporter
Local visibility within individual communities
- 7.
Conference Sponsors
Event-specific presence
Key Rules
- Global sponsors always take priority over category, community, and conference sponsors.
- Category Headline sponsors lead within their ecosystem but defer to Global sponsors.
- Speaking slots, intro opportunities, and branding follow tier order.
- First-right of renewal protects committed partners.
- Higher-tier sponsors cannot be displaced by lower-tier sponsors within the same cycle.
- Sponsor exclusivity by category is available upon request.
Community Engine
The operating system for technical communities.
Community infrastructure has been fragmented, overpriced, and underbuilt for too long. Community Engine replaces the disconnected stack of tools that organisers depend on today — events, ticketing, speakers, sponsorship, memberships, analytics, and discovery — with one unified platform built from the ground up for communities that want to operate at scale, not just survive.
Core capabilities:
- Event management, RSVP, and conference operations
- Ticketing, QR check-in, and attendee tracking
- CFP and end-to-end speaker management
- Sponsorship engine with package builder, CRM, and ROI dashboards
- Memberships and recurring monetisation
- Community microsites and branded web presence
- Discovery directories for communities, speakers, venues, and partners
