Celeri and PayoutPartner announce exclusive partnership to give event and venue workforces instant access to earned wages
Freelancer salary and instant access to earned wages, built together for the platforms and venue operators that run on flexible staff.
Oslo, 20 October 2026: Celeri, the system that runs flexible crews for festivals and events, and PayoutPartner today announced an exclusive partnership for the events and festival market. Celeri is now PayoutPartner's exclusive instant pay offer for events and festivals, and PayoutPartner is Celeri's only freelancer salary system. The partnership took effect on 7 October 2026.
Events and venues run on flexible workers: bartenders, stewards, crew, runners, security and hospitality staff. They often work a handful of shifts for many different employers. That makes compliant onboarding hard for operators, and it leaves workers waiting weeks to be paid for work they finished days ago.
Together, the two companies give event platforms and venue operators:
- Freelancer salary, handled. PayoutPartner takes care of salary and payroll administration for flexible staff.
- Pay when the shift ends. Celeri lets workers access wages they have already earned, instantly.
- One joint offer. A single commercial and onboarding path in place of separate vendors for freelancer salary and instant pay.
“Celeri is built for speed, end to end: its automation and integrations ensure fast cash transfers and documentation of completed work. Earned wage access requires exactly that, which is why we chose Celeri.”
“Flexible work is supposed to mean freedom, but for the people on the floor it has usually meant committing on short notice and waiting to get paid. We built Celeri for instant salaries. With PayoutPartner we can finally say it to every freelancer at every event: shift over, money in.”
The companies are now opening conversations with event platforms and venue operators ahead of the next season.
About Celeri
Celeri runs festival and event crews in one system, from sign-up and shifts to check-in, tasks and pay. Crew get pay they have already earned. The employer pays, and crew never do. Celeri Technologies AS is based in Oslo.
About PayoutPartner
PayoutPartner AS (“POP”) is an invoicing and payment platform designed for freelancers in Norway. For freelancers without a company, POP handles everything: invoicing, payroll, employer's tax, income tax, and VAT reporting. For those with their own ENK or AS, POP provides free professional invoicing software.
Media contact, Celeri: Aleksander Forsberg, aleksander@celeri.today Media contact, PayoutPartner: Rodney Boot, rodney@payoutpartner.com
