is otherwise written in a promotional tone . please help by either rewriting this article from a neutral point of view or by moving this article to wikinews . when appropriate blatant advertising may be marked for speedy deletion with db spam . july 2015 eventbrite type private founded san francisco california usa headquarters san francisco united states area served worldwide key people julia hartz ceo ; kevin hartz chairman ; renaud visage cto employees 500 website www.eventbrite.com type of site ticket sales available in english german french spanish dutch italian portuguese swedish launched 2006 current status active eventbrite is a global marketplace for live experiences that allows people to find and create events in 190 countries . 1 the platform allows event organizers to plan promote and sell tickets to events event management and publish them across facebook twitter and other social networking tools directly from the site s interface . 2 it also enables attendees to find and purchase tickets to these experiences . founded in 2006 eventbrite is headquartered in san francisco ca and now has offices in nashville london dublin berlin melbourne mendoza and s o paulo . 3 the company generates revenue by charging organizers a fee of 2.5 % of the ticket price plus 99 cents per ticket sold but does not charge any fee for free events . 3 contents 1 founders 2 funding 3 products 4 competition 5 see also 5.1 other meeting exchange networks 6 references founders edit eventbrite was founded in 2006 by kevin ceo and julia hartz president and renaud visage cto . prior to his position at the company kevin hartz was involved with paypal and the co founder and ceo of xoom corporation an international money transfer company . 4 julia hartz wife of kevin was raised in santa cruz ca . after studying broadcasting at pepperdine university she became a creative executive at fx network in los angeles . soon after the two became engaged she moved to the bay area and helped co found eventbrite . renaud visage built the eventbrite site platform . visage started his career as a consultant with geomatrix consultants . he later became the director of engineering with zing networks . he has a master of engineering from cornell university and from cole centrale de lyon in france . 4 funding edit on march 18 2011 eventbrite raised 50 million in series e financing led by tiger global . 5 on april 22 2013 eventbrite raised another 60 million in growth capital financing led by tiger global and including t. rowe price . 6 this brought their total funding to 140 million . previous funding involved firms including sequoia capital dag ventures and tenaya capital . 7 products edit eventbrite has developed two applications targeted towards event organizers . the mobile app entry manager 8 is available for both ios and android . it processed more than 390 million tickets in 2012 . 9 its application at the door allows the user to check in attendees as well as purchase tickets and process credit cards on site . 10 the app was leased as a bundled package with an ipad ticket printer and credit card swiper . 9 in september 2013 eventbrite acquired lanyrd . 11 in september 24 2014 eventbrite announced eventbrite neon app . eventbrite neon is the one stop shop to manage orders track sales and check attendees into an event . this app is only available for ios . eventbrite also offers a consumer app 12 for ios and android that allows people to find live experiences near them . competition edit eventbrite was the first major player in this market in the us 13 and as such saw the benefits of being a first mover in the market . since the launch of eventbrite many alternatives have been developed and are now fighting for recognition . capterra the software comparison site lists 173 ticketing systems available . 14 these are direct and indirect competitors some of whom are aimed at a niche audience such as music or sports . eventbrite announced they were not looking to go public immediately in 2015 . 15 see also edit all events in city cts eventim bookitbee other meeting exchange networks edit meetup meetin references edit interview eventbrite s julia hartz on building a global ticketing marketplace . the irish times . retrieved 2016 02 21 . geron tomio may 2 2011 . names you need to know eventbrite . forbes online . retrieved 2014 09 21 . a b nine startup scaling secrets from eventbrite . xconomy . a b eventbrite . eventbrite . even with new 50 million funding eventbrite is not taking aim at ticketmaster . fast company . carmichael terra 22 april 2013 . eventbrite announces 60 million in growth capital financing . eventbrite press release the wall street journal . retrieved 2013 05 02 . crunchbase profile eventbrite . crunchbase . check in attendees with the eventbrite entry manager iphone app . eventbrite . retrieved 2012 03 07 . a b casserly megan january 10 2013 . eventbrite s epic 2012 raises ipo flags for the new year . forbes online . retrieved 2014 09 21 . georgopulos stephanie . eventbrite announces its new ipad app that will revolutionize ticket sales . the next web . retrieved 2014 09 21 . lanyrd acquired by eventbrite lanyrd blog find your next experience on eventbrite . eventbrite . event ticketing companies amiando and eventbrite get european backing . best ticketing software 2016 reviews of the most popular systems . buhr sarah . eventbrite s kevin and julia hartz don t want to go public just yet . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title eventbrite & oldid 735991021 categories ticket sales companiesevent management companieshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from july 2015all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction 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