# Monstrè

> we create experiences that connect.

Monstrè is an NFC hardware and software company for event access and onboarding. It builds wristbands, cards, and embedded NFC tags that let organizers and attendees enter venues, unlock content, and make contactless payments in closed-loop settings.

Monstrè is a company that designs near field communication hardware and companion software for event access, onboarding, and closed-loop engagement. Its core products, Playbands and customizable NFC cards, let attendees tap to enter venues, unlock digital content, and complete contactless payments without separate accounts or cash. The company also builds bespoke software such as admin dashboards, payment tools, and analytics for organizers running these environments.

The offering addresses a practical problem at live events and festivals, where issuing accounts, cards, or handling cash slows entry and engagement. By embedding NFC chips into wearables and cards, Monstrè lets organizers issue a single tap credential that also functions as an access pass, payment method, and rewards trigger. Embedded NFC extensions carry this into collectibles and merchandise, unlocking bonus content or interactive rewards when tapped.

Monstrè's flagship hardware line is the Playband, alongside NFC cards and embedded NFC items, supplemented by bespoke software builds for organizers. Its products have powered activations at gaming and blockchain community gatherings, and it has run gamified engagement programs tied to a partner token. The company serves event organizers, festival operators, and communities seeking onboarding and access tools, though public activity has slowed with no recent product updates or activations reported.

- Type: Company
- Sector: Payments
- Status: Active
- Founded: 2022-01-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/monstr_

## Products

- [Monstrè NFC Platform](https://thegrid.id/profiles/monstr_): Monstrè NFC Platform is a physical NFC hardware and software system that enables tap-based event access, payments, and onboarding experiences. It works through wristbands, customizable cards, and embedded tags that users tap with a smartphone to authenticate identity, gain event entry, or complete a payment, with an authentication layer verifying each tag before granting access. Businesses and partners receive admin dashboards and analytics software to manage payments, events, and authenticated collectibles such as NFC-linked keychains. The platform underlies Monstrè's own activations as well as partner-branded NFC applications built on the same authentication technology. (Ticketing, Live, Main Product)
- [Buddies for Paws Keychains](https://thegrid.id/profiles/monstr_): Buddies for Paws Keychains is an NFC authentication product that verifies the authenticity of physical keychains and links each one to its individual owner. It works through a cryptographically secured chip embedded in each keychain, which a smartphone tap verifies against Monstrè's authentication layer before granting access to an owner-linked animal profile page. The product enables buyers to track a sponsored guardian animal through updates while contributing part of the purchase to animal welfare, distinguishing it from generic collectibles through its unclonable, personalized authentication mechanism. (Decentralised Identity, Live)
- [BONK Blind Box](https://thegrid.id/profiles/monstr_): BONK Blind Box is a physical collectible toy platform selling blind-box figurines co-branded with the BONK meme token. It operates its own storefront where buyers purchase randomized toy figurines inspired by the BONK mascot. The product targets collectors and toy enthusiasts within the BONK community rather than crypto payment or authentication use cases, and runs on its own domain independent of the core Monstrè NFC platform. (E-Commerce, Inactive/Support Ended)
- [Lucky Paw](https://thegrid.id/profiles/monstr_): Lucky Paw is a questing platform tied to the BONK meme token that rewards users for completing social and community tasks. Participants create a profile, share BONK-related content and Lucky Paw collectibles, and complete tasks to earn BONK token rewards distributed to a registered email. Users obtain a Lucky Paw item through community activations or a secondary art auction, then use the platform to track and redeem their earned rewards. The platform retains its own standalone app and account system separate from Monstrè's core NFC platform. (Questing Platform, Inactive/Support Ended)

## Links

- [Main](https://www.monstre.net)
- [Media Kit/branding](https://www.monstre.net/branding)
- [Telegram](https://t.me/monstre_kitchen)
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/gm_monstre)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/monstre_kitchen)
- [Medium](https://medium.com/@longeye_monstre)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/monstrekitchen)

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