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Solo-Founded Startup

About The Big Bang Events

One founder. One mission. Smarter event planning for the GTA.

The Story

The Big Bang Events started with a frustration that every event planner knows: planning an event means juggling dozens of vendors, spreadsheets, timelines, and budgets — often with no real tools to help. I saw an opportunity to change that with AI.

As a solo founder based in Vaughan, Ontario, I built this platform from the ground up — 24 AI-powered features, a GTA vendor marketplace, and tools for team collaboration, seating optimization, and budget tracking. The platform is currently in free beta as I work with early users and vendors to make it the best event planning tool in the Greater Toronto Area.

AI-First Approach

24 AI features that automate the hardest parts of event planning — from budgets to seating.

GTA Community

Connecting event planners with verified local vendors across the Greater Toronto Area.

Built from Scratch

Every line of code, every feature, every design — built with care by a solo founder.

Meet the Founder

Portrait of Shivam Tripathi, founder of The Big Bang Events

Shivam Tripathi

Vaughan, Ontario

From Mumbai productions to Toronto's wedding scene

Before The Big Bang Events, Shivam built and ran SEM, an event production company in Mumbai — one of the most demanding event markets in the world. As founder and event manager, he spent three years producing large-scale celebrations: outdoor productions with full stage rigs and LED walls, cultural programs with traditional dance troupes, and seated events for up to 400 guests.

That experience taught him two things that now define The Big Bang Events. First, that big South Asian celebrations aren't "a wedding with more people" — they're multi-day productions that live or die on vendor coordination. And second, that couples deserve to know what things cost before they walk into a negotiation.

When he moved to the Greater Toronto Area, he saw the same celebrations — Anand Karaj ceremonies, nikahs, sangeets, large multicultural receptions — but no marketplace built around them. The Big Bang Events is that marketplace: verified, culturally fluent GTA vendors, transparent pricing on every category, and planning tools built for multi-event weddings. Mumbai taught us production. Toronto is home.

Aerial view of a large outdoor event production with stage, lounge seating and hundreds of chairs, built by SEM in Mumbai
Large-scale outdoor production — SEM, Mumbai
Night-time cultural dance performance on a truss-rigged stage with theatrical lighting, produced by SEM in Mumbai
Cultural dance program — SEM, Mumbai
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Where We Are

Vaughan, Ontario, Canada

Serving event professionals and vendors throughout the Greater Toronto Area. Our marketplace features vendors from Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Vaughan, and surrounding areas.

Current Status: Free Beta

The Big Bang Events is currently in free beta. All features are available at no cost as we refine the platform with early users. If you are a vendor in the GTA, join now to get listed for free and help shape the future of AI-powered event planning.