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Eventbrite Readies IPO After Period of Event Ticketing Consolidation

Andrew Sheivachman

Photo Credit: Eventbrite co-founders Kevin and Julia Hartz at Eventbrite headquarters in San Francisco. Eventbrite / Stefan Wieland

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Eventbrite's rise has happened in tandem with that of the experience economy at large. Both the consumer and enterprise event technology sectors have thrived in recent years, with mobile tools redefining how people research and buy tickets to events.

Eventbrite, which has long been considered the premier service for small consumer event planning, is headed to the stock market. The event-ticketing platform will hold an initial public offering before the end of 2018, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. Details are scarce, with the company's paperwork being filed confidentially, but the move signals the success of the event technology provider in an extremely crowded market. An Eventbrite representative declined to comment

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