Nextech3D.AI (CSE:NTAR, OTCQX:NEXCF, FRA:1SS) CEO Evan Gappelberg talked with Proactive about the company’s launch of Nextech Credit, a new enterprise-focused solution designed to streamline customer engagement and drive greater value from event-related spending.
Nextech Credit is a dollar-based credit system that allows enterprise customers to pre-fund their engagement spend and flexibly allocate it across the company’s full platform suite, including Eventdex, Map D, and Kraftylabs.
According to Gappelberg, this eliminates friction from fragmented budget approvals and vendor interactions, enabling clients to operate from a “single wallet” and simplifying deployment across departments.
Proactive: Welcome back inside our Proactive newsroom. And joining me now is Evan Gappelberg. He is the CEO of Nextech3D.ai. Evan, good to see you again. How are you?
Evan Gappelberg: I'm good. Great to be back.
The last few times we talked, you've been putting everything in place to offer a complete suite to your clients. Today’s news is about the final piece—Nextech Credit. Tell me about it.
Sure. What we've learned working with enterprise customers is that event and engagement spending is very fragmented. Budgets get approved multiple times a year, across different departments and vendors, and in various formats. That fragmentation really slows down execution and increases friction, limiting how much value customers get from their event budgets.
Nextech Credit is our solution. It's a way to capture a bigger share of wallet. It's dollar-denominated and super simple—1 to 1 enterprise credit. Customers can fund their engagement once and then deploy it flexibly across our platform.
So instead of purchasing event services one at a time, they use this as a single wallet?
Exactly. They can share credits across their organization. It's frictionless and easy. For larger enterprise customers, who may spend $25,000 to $500,000, they can preload that into Nextech Credit and use it across Eventdex, Map D, and Kraftylabs.
You also said this could improve customer retention and increase the average contract value?
Yes, Nextech Credit changes the relationship from transactional to platform-based. It encourages customers to consolidate spend and expand their usage across departments. That naturally increases contract value and retention. It also boosts long-term customer lifetime value and creates a moat around our business. We’ll also reward customers with bonus credits as they buy more.
Is this a cryptocurrency?
Not yet. It’s just a dollar-based enterprise credit system, designed for compliance and usability. But it gives us a clean foundation for blockchain capabilities in the future. We're introducing it as the foundation of a rewards system that could later evolve into a token-based model.
Your broader vision of uniting all parts of Nextech3D.ai seems to be taking shape. Is that a message to investors?
It is. Our goal is to make Nextech a global leader in the $1.5 trillion event space. With Eventdex, Map D, Kraftylabs, and now Nextech Credit, we’re building the infrastructure. Nextech Credit is the operating currency of modern events. It helps customers spend smarter, move faster, and get more value. For shareholders, it means larger enterprise deals, stronger retention, and more predictable, scalable revenue.
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