Festicket raises $10.5m to fuel international growth

The UK-based company, whose marketplace connects fans with sellers of festival tickets and travel packages, has now raised nearly $25m since launching in 2012

News By IQ | 12 November 2018

Beringea's Eyal Malinger also joins the Festicket board of directors © Beringea

UK-based festival travel portal Festicket has secured a further US$10.5m in investment to fund its expansion internationally.

The series-D round is led by venture-capital firm Beringea, with Jaguar Land Rover’s InMotion Ventures fund, Channel 4’s Commercial Growth Fund, merchant bank Lepe Partners, investment advisory firm U-Start and ex-Spinnin’ Records CEO Eelko Van Kooten also participating.

Prior to the latest round, Festicket had raised $13.7m from investors including Lepe Partners, PROfounders, U-start, Playfair, Wellington and Windcrest, with the most…

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