Amsterdam-based Celebratix, a blockchain ticketing startup, announced on Tuesday that has secured €1.1M in investments from numerous Dutch serial entrepreneurs, the Swedish VC uBIT, and the UK business angel Justin Rees.
The Dutch company backed by Solana will use the funds to expand internationally, particularly in Sweden and the United Kingdom.
“We are beyond excited to set a new standard of blockchain-based ticketing”, says Frank Roskam, Founder, and CEO of Celebratix.
Celebratix: Blockchain ticketing startup
Founded by Hans Jochem Dijk, Frank Roskam, and Guy Rombaut in 2022, Celebratix is a blockchain ticketing startup.
It uses the Solana blockchain to improve event revenue and manage customer data before, during, and after events.
“Celebratix was founded by event organisers, for event organisers”, says Roskam. “Having organised festivals for 40.000+ people ourselves in Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam, we’ve first-hand experienced fraud issues when it comes to reselling tickets. Let alone all the data that is being lost for retargeting. We are perfectly positioned to challenge the incumbent ticketing companies like Ticketmaster.”
As a result, the company enables event organisers to take back control of their secondary market, while offering event attendees a 100 per cent safe, simple, and secure experience.
The company aims to onboard the next 1B+ users into Web3 through its innovative NFT Ticketing approach.
The Dutch startup offers a secure and easy ticketing system based on blockchain technology, so users don’t have to deal with cryptocurrency.
The company provides ticketing for major venues in Amsterdam, Hamburg, and Berlin.
The Dutch startup has a core customer base of events in and around Amsterdam, such as the Chicago Social Club and Jimmy Woo.
Through a partnership with MixMag, Celebratix recently entered the German market providing services in both Berlin and Hamburg.
“With Celebratix, organisers have full control over the sale of their tickets, which means they do not have to pay fees to secondary marketplaces and can better engage their attendees,” says Taco Ketelaar, one of the Dutch business angels.”
“As a one-stop shop for events, I am convinced that Celebratix is setting the new standard for ticketing in Europe. With the backing of Solana it has the potential to scale worldwide,” adds Ketelaar.
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