About Blackthorn
Who is Blackthorn?
Blackthorn turns any organization’s Salesforce® CRM into event management software powered by their connected data.
With Blackthorn’s native apps, teams can unlock the full potential of their data to plan, manage, and measure events directly within Salesforce—no tricky integrations required. Features like secure payment processing, SMS messaging, and real-time analytics make it easy to engage attendees and measure success.
From one-off webinars to annual in-person conferences, Blackthorn helps teams simplify planning, improve efficiency, and quantify the business impact of all kinds of events, right from the comfort of their existing CRM system.
Our history
Blackthorn was founded in 2015 by three colleagues who saw a common problem: Salesforce users were constantly switching between tools and wrangling data just to get basic work done.
Their first solution—Salesforce-native payment processing—solved that problem in one area. But a bigger disconnect quickly emerged around events. Teams were planning, running, and measuring events with spreadsheets and third-party tools, while valuable customer data remained siloed in Salesforce.
Blackthorn Events was created to bring event planning directly into the core system that organizations use every day. Today, our suite of Salesforce-native apps helps companies use the data they already have to create more personalized events and track results with precision. From higher education and nonprofits to healthcare and beyond, teams trust Blackthorn to extend the power of their CRM and better connect with the audiences they serve.
Blackthorn’s global team
With no board of directors and 75% employee ownership, our fully remote team of 100+ is united by a collaborative spirit and a shared mission.