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Strong companies build strong relationships with their people. A meeting, offsite, or training day is the best time to get employees out of the usual routine and into an experience that creates connection, energy, and real collaboration. Des Moines gives you great options for team building indoors or outdoors, without overcomplicating logistics.
Engage fast. Keep participation high. Strengthen the team.
Strategic Games is a Dynamic team-building program that is filled with fast-paced problem-solving challenges that reinforce the core values of teams and strategic goals of your organization. Participants are intentionally mixed and remixed across activities, encouraging cross-department collaboration and exposes team members to new perspectives, strengths, and working styles. With every completed challenge, the bar is raised…
Venture Up’s Bike Builder Challenge for Kids in Need is our most popular charity team building event. Teams warm up with quick Energizers, then assemble, decorate, and safety test brand-new bikes for underserved children ages 5 to 10. Each group receives a child’s name and creates a personalized bike and card, delivering a fast, meaningful, and highly rewarding team experience.
Venture Up’s Amazing Race is a fast-paced, city-based team building adventure where teams solve clues, complete challenges, and navigate local landmarks. Designed for all abilities – correctness matters more than speed! Each race features location-specific tasks, and bonus challenges. There’s no better way to experience a city than in this memorable, high-energy group event!
Minutes-to-Win-It and Team Survivors is a fast-paced, high-energy team challenge inspired by classic competition shows. Teams face a multitude of mental and light physical challenges that reward creativity, communication, and collaboration. From indoors to outdoors and small to large spaces and groups, this event is our favorite on-site competitive program.
Escape the Case is Venture Up’s hit conference-room escape game is for groups of 10-500+. Teams organize fractured clues through a series of locked metal cases using clues, ciphers, and clever tools. Fast, high-tech, and wildly fun, with a surprise final collaboration twist to unite the group. Lightly based on the escape room concept and built with 40+ years of professional team development experience.
Game-On Olympics is a high-energy team competition blending creative challenges, problem-solving, and friendly rivalry. Teams face off across multiple stations, earning points as they compete for medals and recognition. Designed for indoor or outdoor spaces, the event features a fun opening ceremony and a down-to-the-wire finish before Bronze, Silver, and Gold claim their podium.
Mega Car 500 is a high-energy engineering challenge where teams design, build, and race life-size, human-powered vehicles with no instructions and no preset solutions. Using provided materials, groups collaborate to create functional cars that must carry a teammate through a competitive course. The experience builds to a crowd-cheered race and awards ceremony, delivering creativity, collaboration, and bragging rights.
Team Survivor | Minutes-to-Win-It delivers nonstop action through short, engaging challenges that test problem-solving, teamwork, and adaptability. Teams stay intact as they rotate through a series of mental, creative, and light physical challenges, earning points with every success. Designed to reward ingenuity, communication, and collaboration this flexible event is a blast for competitive teams.
Mega Boat Regatta is a high-energy build-and-race challenge where teams design and construct life-size, human-powered boats with no instructions and no preset solutions. Using provided materials, and no-instructions teams collaborate to create water-worthy vessels before racing them head-to-head. The experience is unique, fun and rewarding for racers and spectators alike.
We offer Collaborative, Competitive, and Charity (CSR) focused events.
Pricing is per person and all inclusive. Our fees are based on group size, our schedule, and program type. Contact us, we’ll send information.
Last minute event this week? We’ll do our best to make it happen.
In general, we recommend booking at least a month out.
Our events are flexible and run 2 to 4 hours on average, with shorter and longer multi-session options available. Tell us the time you have, we’ll fill it.
We come to you. Corporate campuses, hotels, resorts, conference spaces, public parks and more. Wherever your meeting is, we’ll be there.
Venture Up has been facilitating professional team building since 1983, with more than 500,000 participants nationwide. We run year-round programs designed to be inclusive, practical, and easy to join in. You get a fun experience that also supports the meeting, improves communication, and builds momentum that carries into the work.
We deliver programs throughout Des Moines and nearby areas, including Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, and Ames. We can run your event indoors or outdoors (weather permitting) wherever your meeting is taking place.
We return calls quickly and typically deliver proposals within 24 hours. We work on short notice or plan months ahead. Expect clear options, smooth logistics, and a well-run event that supports your meeting goals.
Around 80% of our work comes from repeat clients and referrals. Clients bring us back because the programs run clean, keep people engaged, and feel worth the time. US Duns # 148821721
Des Moines teams often choose strategic games like Team Survivor, charity events like Can Creations, high-energy builds like Paper Airplane Drones, and crowd-favorite formats like Game Show.
We recommend booking at least 1-month out. Many of our clients book further, even 1+ year.
Yup! Once you lock in your date we are committed to your event at that cost. We achieve ~80% of our business from repeat clients and referrals (zero advertising) because we prioritize your meeting.
Yes. Participation is always voluntary. Those who choose not to participate physically can still contribute ideas and cheer on their team, everyone has a role to play!
From public parks to luxury resorts, we’ll help you find the perfect space for your team event, but we do not make the booking.
We can schedule your program at any time, from early morning to late evening, 7 days a week. Just let us know your preferred date and time, and we’ll make it happen!
Of course, just let us know. Whether it be a few hour change or a whole new date, we understand the unexpected happens. Although we can't guarantee your new date is available, we always work with our clients to find a solution.
