Lokato is a wristband that lets attendees see their whole crew as live dots on a map when cell service is gone. In 2027 we bring bands and gateways to partner clubs and block parties and split the door with you. From 2028, Lokato ships inside your VIP or GA+ credential with a 30% revenue share, a lightweight SDK for your app, and anonymized crowd data you have never had.
Wristband scans tell you when someone arrived and left. That's it. You have no visibility into where your attendees went, how long they stayed at each stage, how crowds moved, or what experiences they actually had.
Lokato bridges that gap — giving you anonymized, real-world behavioral data that's never been available before, without compromising your attendees' privacy.
For a club night or block party, Lokato brings everything: 200–500 bands, 2–4 elevated gateways, the app, and a person at the door. You bring the crowd. Bands sell at the door or inside a "find your crew" ticket tier, and you keep 20–30% of every unit.
One build day · We supply all hardwareFor festivals, a pre-certified LoRa + Bluetooth module (9.8 × 17.2 × 1.7 mm) is laminated into the RFID SmartCard your wristband vendor already makes. ID&C and PDC have both built custom electronics into bands before. Your band order stays with your vendor; Lokato supplies the inlay.
Your vendor · Your band · Lokato insideA 3–5 line SDK drops live friend dots onto the map your app already has. Attendees link by mutual-consent QR. In 2027 pilots the same experience runs in the Lokato app; from 2028 it lives in yours.
Plug-in to existing map · Your app, your brandEach band sends a short 915 MHz LoRa beacon that crosses a packed crowd the way Bluetooth cannot. Three to four elevated gateways around each stage hear every band at once, and comparing their signal strengths places each friend in a specific part of the crowd. Positions push to phones over gateway Wi-Fi with satellite backhaul. Cell service can be completely dead; it still works.
Works offline · Real-time crowd intelligenceSee exactly how attendees move between stages, zones, and amenities throughout the event. Identify bottlenecks, underutilized areas, and peak movement windows in real time.
Know not just who attended each stage, but how long they stayed. Understand which artists and time slots drove the deepest engagement — and use it to book smarter next year.
Understand how friend groups navigate your event together vs. separately. Which areas pull groups apart? Which bring them back together? Design smarter layouts using real social data.
Monitor crowd density in real time across all zones. Get early signals of dangerous overcrowding before incidents occur — a safety layer that protects both attendees and your brand.
Privacy-first, always. All behavioral data is fully anonymized and aggregated before it reaches your dashboard. No individual attendees are identifiable. Location sharing between friends is mutual-consent only. Lokato is built to protect your attendees — and your reputation.
Lokato generates revenue for your festival from day one. No upfront costs, no hardware changes. You plug us in — we add value for your attendees and dollars to your bottom line.
Lokato is a paid add-on: at the door for 2027 partner events (you keep 20–30%), at ticket checkout inside your VIP/GA+ band from 2028 (you keep 30%). A 40,000-person event earns $67K–$134K at 10–20% attach.
Annual access to your anonymized behavioral data dashboard — crowd flow, zone analytics, dwell time, and post-event insight reports to inform next year's planning.
Offer attendees a VIP Lokato tier — higher precision tracking, faster refresh rate, exclusive overlays, and priority features. Another upsell, zero effort on your end.
"Lokato bridges the gap between wristband scans and real-world behavior — without sacrificing privacy."
Totem Labs (62K users) and CrowdCompass (Shark Tank, TIME Best Inventions) proved people want friend location at festivals. Both built a consumer gadget your attendees buy online. We built the one that lives in the wristband — and we pay you.
Totem bonds a maximum of 8 friends and needs every one of them to own a puck. Lokato shows the whole crew on one map and is the only product built to become part of the credential. They proved the market; Lokato is the version you can own.
Whether you're running a 500-person boutique event or a 100,000-person festival, Lokato is built to scale with you. Tell us about your event and we'll put together a custom partnership proposal.
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