Verve raises $18.5m to take P2P platform global

The former StreetTeam has garnered 280 new clients in the last 12 months alone with its "scalable and powerful" word-of-mouth festival marketing software

Verve's 'advocate' dashboard, showing points accumulated from selling Bestival 2017 tickets

Word-of-mouth live entertainment marketing platform Verve has raised US$18.5 million in a new funding round, bringing its total investment up to $28.5m. The platform, formerly known as StreetTeam, closed a $10m funding round last October, with label giant Universal Music Group among the investors.

The latest round of investment was led by venture-capital firm Draper Esprit, and also includes existing investors Kindred, Frontline Ventures, and Backed.

Verve’s VP of client success, James Beaumont, spoke at the International Festival Forum (IFF)…

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