U2’s Edge invests in ticketing start-up Coras
The Dublin company says its API-based solution will "move the industry … to a responsive model that matches consumers' changing lifestyles"
News By IQ | 28 March 2017
U2 guitarist the Edge is among the latest investors in Coras, an Irish start-up which enables ticket agencies to integrate inventory into third-party websites, allowing “customers to buy tickets for any event or activity through sites they already use”.
The Edge is one of several participants in a €1.9 million funding round, led by private-equity firm Atlantic Bridge and also including Hambro Perks and Elkstone Capital, ahead of the platform’s launch later this year.
Coras CEO Mark McLaughlin (pictured) comments: “We’re…