In March 2017, Eventbrite purchased D.C.-based event tech startup Nvite for an undisclosed sum. In 2016, Julia became the CEO of Eventbrite, while Kevin took the role of executive chairman. Previous funding involved firms including Sequoia Capital, DAG Ventures and Tenaya Capital. This brought their total funding to $334 million. On March 13, 2014, Eventbrite raised a private equity round of $60 million, and on September 1, 2017, the company raised $134 million in a Series G funding round. On April 22, 2013, Eventbrite raised another $60 million in growth capital financing led by Tiger Global, and including T. On MaEventbrite raised $50 million in Series E Financing led by Tiger Global. Soon after the two became engaged, she moved to the Bay Area and helped co-found Eventbrite. After studying broadcasting at Pepperdine University, she became a creative executive at FX Network in Los Angeles. Julia Hartz, wife of Kevin, was raised in Santa Cruz, CA. Prior to his position at the company, Kevin Hartz was involved with PayPal and was the Co-Founder and CEO of Xoom Corporation, an international money transfer company. The company was the first major player in this market in the US. History Įventbrite was founded in 2006 by Kevin Hartz (Co-Founder and Executive Chairman) and Julia Hartz (Co-Founder and CEO) and Renaud Visage (Co-Founder and CTO). The company went public on the New York Stock Exchange on Septemunder the ticker symbol EB. The company has local offices in Nashville, London, Cork, Amsterdam, Dublin, Berlin, Melbourne, Mendoza, Madrid, and São Paulo. Launched in 2006 and headquartered in San Francisco, Eventbrite opened their first international office in the United Kingdom in 2012.

The service charges a fee to event organizers in exchange for online ticketing services, unless the event is free. The service allows users to browse, create, and promote local events. Eventbrite is an American event management and ticketing website.

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