HelloTickets is a global ticketing platform.<\/p>\n
Created primarily for travellers, it has just sold part of its shareholding for \u20ac2m.<\/p>\n
It has done so to new investors, but also to others who had previously shown their support.<\/p>\n
Thus, the company will move from focusing solely on event tickets to a worldwide coverage of activities and travel.<\/p>\n
More and more promoters are including online ticket sales for their shows.<\/p>\n
This is a fact that is reflected both in the companies in the sector and in the movements of their corporate finances.<\/p>\n
Hellotickets<\/a> is a global ticketing platform<\/strong>.<\/p>\n It has a great differential value:<\/p>\n The firm expects to exceed ten million euros in turnover by 2020, a year in which it also expects to reach profitability and start generating profits.<\/p>\n In addition, it works with more than 100 travel agencies and sells 5,000 activities to customers in 15 different countries.<\/p>\n It currently has 25 employees and its headquarters are located in Madrid.<\/p>\n Until just a month ago, the platform's inventory was entirely focused on events and activities in the United States for those travelling there.<\/p>\n However, the road to expansion is now open: a new website with 5,000 activities in more than 30 specially selected and filtered destinations.<\/p>\n In doing so, it has expanded its business model to cover the global market for travel activities and experiences.<\/p>\n A walking tour of Amsterdam or a wine tasting in Florence are just some of the new options that can be found on their website.<\/p>\n In its early days, therefore, the company was working with other companies such as Ticketmaster, but now it is also working with Civitatis<\/a> o TripAdvisor.<\/p>\n There is no doubt that Hellotickets is ready to compete with the big players in the market.<\/p>\n This Spanish Star Up is growing by leaps and bounds.<\/p>\n At the end of 2019 it sold part of its shareholdings, for the second time since its creation, this time for 2M\u20ac<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The sale<\/a> previous was in April 2018 in a round<\/a> de 1M\u20ac<\/strong>The event was attended by US funds and 21 executives from large digital companies.<\/p>\n The current investors include American funds, but also Spanish funds.<\/p>\n It is worth mentioning that some of them had already invested in the company in the past.<\/p>\n We are talking about Pillar VC<\/a>, a Boston fund<\/strong> involving, among others Stephen Kaufer<\/strong>founder and CEO of TripAdvisor.<\/p>\n Among the newcomers are active investors in the ecosystem such as Faraday Ventures<\/a> or Launch me<\/a>.<\/p>\n In addition, there are also some\u00a0business angels<\/em><\/strong>involved in the project from the outset:<\/p>\n Founded in 2015 and based in Barcelona, Travelperk<\/a> is a business travel management and booking platform<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Its technology, consumer-grade design and business model are highly disruptive.<\/p>\n\n
<\/span>EXPANDING ITS BUSINESS MODEL<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/span>INCREASED COMPETITION<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/span>SECOND SHAREHOLDING SALE<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/span>OLD AND NEW INVESTORS<\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/span>OTHER RELEVANT ROUNDS IN THE SECTOR<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/span>TRAVELPERK<\/span><\/h3>\n