TicketIQ
| Type of business | Private |
|---|---|
Type of site | Ticket Search |
| Available in | English |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York, United States |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Employees | 25 |
| Slogan(s) | The Smartest Ticket Search |
| Website | |
| Launched | July 4, 2010 |
| Current status | Active |
TicketIQ is an event ticket search engine and aggregator which provides ticket-buying options from many different secondary market and primary market ticket sellers, including Ticketmaster, NFL Ticket Exchange, Telecharge and SeatSmart . TicketIQ was formerly knows as TiqIQ, and rebranded in August 2016.[1] TicketIQ is one of the more active companies in disseminating ticket data on the ticket market via editorial and social media outlets like Facebook, Twitter, Forbes and CNBC. TicketIQ has a low price guarantee, where they reimburse consumers 110%[2] of their purchase price if they find the same ticket for less. Their IQAccess product available via their app shares deals directly from teams and venues.
History
- TiqIQ launched on July 4, 2010 and was founded by CEO Jesse Lawrence.
- Company Rebrands at TicketIQ on August 26, 2016
- TiqIQ has its headquarters in New York City and has 25 employees.
Funding
Business Insider reported in 2013 that New York based software company MediaMath invested in TiqIQ.[3]
VentureBeat reported that TiqIQ raised venture capital from iNovia Capital and Contour Venture partners.[4]
In The Media
Founder and CEO Jesse Lawrence is a contributor at Forbes, Huffington Post and Elite Daily, Grantland, Time, among many other top level news sources. Lawrence has also been featured on various television news programs on CNBC, Fox Business News. He has also contributed to Techcrunch on how technology will drive the market's evolution.
TiqIQ has also been featured in major publications like the New York Times and is one of the most quoted sources on ticket prices and ticket-price trends.[5]
References
- ↑ "TiqIQ Rebrands As TicketIQ In Consumer-Facing Effort". Sports Business Journal. Sports Business Journal. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ↑ "Low Price Guarantee". TicketIQ. TicketIQ. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ↑ "MediaMath Invests In TiqIQ As CEO Ponders IPO". Business Insidert.
- ↑ "TiqIQ raises $1.7M to sell more game tickets — & data about all those tickets". VentureBeat.
- ↑ "TiqIQ: The Kayak of Live-Event Tickets". New York Times.