Online marketplace for premium tickets to live events, Seat Unique, has raised £7m (€8m/$9m) in a Series A funding round led by London-based Nickleby Capital. The Series A funding comes after the platform surpassed £30m in ticket sales, and the securing of partnerships with over 40 UK venues, clubs and promoters. The most recent deal …
Robbie Williams backs Tickets For Good
British singer Robbie Williams has become the largest investor in Tickets For Good, a platform that provides free and discounted tickets for events to NHS and charity sector workers. Following a seed funding round, £500,000 (€581,000/$628,000) of investment capital has been secured for Tickets For Good. Williams joins existing investors Bethnal Green Ventures and US …
Magic raises $52m in strategic funding round
Magic, a wallet-as-a-service (WaaS) provider, has raised $52m (£42m/€49m) in a strategic funding round led by PayPal Ventures, with participation from Cherubic, Synchrony, KX, Northzone, and Volt Capital. The latest round brings the total raised to over $80m. Magic works with companies that are looking for a way to incorporate Web3 into their offerings. Magic …
Queensland supports the arts through touring fund
The Queensland Government has supported 13 arts tours through an investment of almost A$1.6m (£844,000/€973,000/$1m) via the Touring Queensland Fund, with the aim of engaging regional communities. The funding will go towards 13 touring arts and cultural experiences, including five full-time industry placements. The funding will support a range of arts experiences, from music tours …
Oldham Coliseum set to close doors for good
Oldham Coliseum Theatre is set to close on March 31 after losing funding from Arts Council England’s National Portfolio. The 135-year-old venue will be cut from ACE’s National Portfolio from April 1 and since the news in November last year, the Board of Trustees and Senior Leadership Team had been trying desperately to find a …
Ticketing start-up Jump raises $20m in funding round
Ex-baseball player Alex Rodriguez and business partner Marc Lore have raised $20m (£17m/€18m) in a recent funding round for a new ticketing and fan experience business. The funding round for start-up Jump was led by Forerunner Ventures and joined by Courtside Ventures, Will Ventures and Marty Ventures. We’re leading the $20M round for JUMP, an …
Music Venue Trust reveals latest Pipeline Investment Fund recipients
Music Venue Trust (MVT) has revealed its third round of recipients for its Pipeline Investment Fund, which provides grants to grassroots music venues in the UK. The charity has announced that a further 13 venues will benefit from grants of up to £5,000 (€5,700/$6,000) to help with projects and improvements including lighting, sound, CCTV, air …
Creative Scotland celebrates budget cut u-turn
Creative Scotland has welcomed the Scottish Government’s decision to reverse a cut to around 10% of its budget. The decision, taken as the Scottish Parliament considered the Scottish Government’s 2023/24 Budget, reverses the £6.6m reduction proposed in the Draft Budget, in December last year, and restores Creative Scotland’s Grant-in-Aid budget to £63m. Creative Scotland, which …
Fever raises further $110m in Goldman Sachs-led round
New York-headquartered live entertainment discovery platform, Fever, has raised a further $110m (£91m/€102m) in funding. The venture funding round was led by Goldman Sachs with the participation of Eurazeo, Convivialité Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Alignment Growth, Vitruvian Partners and Smash Capital. Many of these companies, including Goldman Sachs, were involved in the platform’s previous funding round. …
RocketRez closes $15m Series B funding round
All-in-one ticketing and operations platform for tours and attractions, RocketRez, has closed a $15m (£12.2m/€13.8m) Series B funding round with growth capital firm, Level Equity. RocketRez will use the new funding to extend its capabilities for new clients, as well as tours and attractions already in its portfolio including Maui Ocean Center, Xtreme Xperience, Aquarium …