Original system
Running in the original systemIn daily use at Do Luxo à Mesa: leads, clients, calendar, logistics and team.
In conceptionFounding Design Partners · applications open
The event happens in a day. The work starts long before.
Sollelio Events is the new operations platform for events businesses in Portugal. It is in the conception and architecture phase, and it will be built from the start with a group of businesses that live this work every day.
For event organisers, caterers, decorators, venues and estates, equipment hire and other suppliers in the sector.
One detail is in a message, another in a voice note, another in a photo. The decision changed three weeks later. And you need to find the last confirmed version, fast.
Day to day
Between the first enquiry and the day of the event, information changes hands many times.
What we learned inside an events business
An enquiry rarely arrives defined
It can start as a simple equipment hire and end as a full decoration service, with more guests than at the start. Between first contact and confirmation there are proposals, options and adjustments, and only the deposit confirms the date.
The conversation is also the archive
WhatsApp is the communication channel and, at the same time, the place where the event’s history lives. On large events followed over months, finding the last confirmed detail costs time and attention.
One change pulls on all the others
Fifteen more guests change the table composition, the stock, the material to transport, the team and the timings. If the change does not reach everyone, someone prepares the event with old information.
Observations recorded with Do Luxo à Mesa during product discovery, August–September 2026.
Origin
Not an idea on paper. It grows out of a system that works every day.
Before Sollelio Events there is a system built for Do Luxo à Mesa, an events business in Lisbon. It is used daily for leads, clients, calendar, logistics and team.
Sollelio Events V2 is a new product, separate from that system, and it starts from what the system taught. No capability of the original system is available in V2 yet.
The event journey
From lead to confirmed event, every client in a visible stage.
The next step, in view
The system says what is left to do. Here: record the deposit, because the deposit reserves the date.
The whole event in one place
Documents, materials, photos, payments, tasks, plans and notes, in tabs.
Quote, contract and briefing
Generated, sent and accepted, with each step recorded. Shared as PDF or over WhatsApp.
An event page in the original Do Luxo à Mesa system, in that company’s visual identity. Demonstration data. It is the origin of Sollelio Events, not its visual direction.
Where we stand
We say exactly what exists.
Sollelio Events V2
In conceptionIn conception and architecture. There is no functional implementation yet, and no capability of the original system is available in V2.
With the founding partners
From now onPriorities are set with the partner businesses: discovery conversations, prototype reviews and tests when suitable versions exist. The final product decisions are Sollelio’s.
We do not announce launch dates, access or a fixed feature roadmap.
Founding Design Partners programme
Building Sollelio Events with the people who make events happen.
A Founding Design Partner is not a beta customer. It is an events business that gives us access to its real daily work, challenges what we assume and, when it makes sense, tries what we build.
You will hear back from Hélio Gonçalves, founder of Sollelio.
- 3 to 5businesses in the first round
- 3 monthsextendable by mutual agreement
- 1 to 2 ha month, flexibly
- Freeand no obligation to buy
Who it is for
Businesses in the events sector, operating in Portugal.
- Event organisers
- Catering
- Decoration
- Venues and estates
- Equipment hire
- Other suppliers in the sector
No minimum size or turnover. Selection depends on product fit and the potential for collaboration.
Frequently asked questions
What people ask before applying.
Do I have to change the way I work?
No. We start by understanding how you work today. The whole point of the programme is to learn from your real operation, not to ask you to change it. Conversations and tests happen at your business’s pace.
How much of my time will it take?
About one to two hours a month, flexibly, over three months extendable by mutual agreement. That covers discovery conversations, prototype reviews and, when suitable versions exist, short tests.
Does the programme cost anything?
No. Participation is free during the initial three months and there is no obligation to buy. Sollelio intends to consider preferential terms for partners after the programme, but does not guarantee prices, discounts, permanent free access or any other commercial benefit.
The way you work may differ from the business where Sollelio Events began.
That is exactly why we want to talk. If you run an events business in Portugal and recognise some of these challenges, we would like to understand how your business works.
Apply as a Founding Design Partner
Prefer email? helio@sollelio.com