With the rise of virtual platforms, Mainvision and Ventuz collaborated to produce engaging virtual events that captivated audiences and adapted to the changing environment.

The pandemic situation had even a bigger impact on small countries like Portugal, where Mainvision was one of the reference companies making live events for corporate and entertainment projects. This meant that it was time to react quickly to stay in business, and the only possible business in those trouble times were virtual events, so the Mainvision team led by Jorge Sousa and Mario Bocke analyzed the situation and took the decision to bet on virtual events.

Founded in Lisbon (Portugal) in 2009, Mainvision follows the vision of Jorge Sousa, a renown professional in the Portuguese AV market with more than 20 years of experience, including working as a camera operator, video producer and even DJ. Initially the company focused on a broad range of live events, from corporate to music gigs to festivals, but as the company evolved, they focused on corporate events, and they finally became one of the main actors in the Portuguese market.

In the spring of 2020, Mainvision pivoted and began producing Virtual events. After the what came the how: How could they repurpose their extensive technical knowledge to design a similar, yet different workflow for virtual events.

After extensive research and testing, they decided that Ventuz software, due to its openness, reliability and affordability, compared to other solutions, was the best option.

After having produced dozens of virtual events over the past months, now the business is expanding and getting into the Hybrid and Live events market again, while keeping the Virtual events in place. Business has gone so well that Mainvision is growing rapidly, adding new staff and even building a second, bigger studio at their Lisbon head office, for all kinds of events. The new studio premiered with a big corporate event for Microsoft, that combined virtual and live/hybrid sessions, and even a gig by Portuguese band “The Black Mamba”.

By shifting away from traditional pre-produced content playback, Ventuz enables live synthesis of ultra-high-resolution visuals, creating an ever-changing digital landscape. “Seeing Ventuz technology as a core part of Outernet’s futuristic and vibrant multimedia backdrop is incredibly rewarding,” says Stanke.

Jorge Sousa and the rest of the Mainvision team have shown what you can achieve with passion, determination and forward thinking, and a little help from Ventuz too. “I´ve been involved in the Mainvision virtual events transition from the beginning, and I´m really proud of seeing how our tools helped Jorge and his team to stay in business, and even grow, in these hard pandemic times. This is a great inspiration for all of us at Ventuz to keep on working to produce top notch graphics creation solutions that will help our customers to fulfill their vision in the future”, concluded David Paniego, Ventuz Product Marketing Manager.