The funding comes at a critical moment for independent venues, promoters, and events, who are facing rising costs, tighter margins, and increasing consolidation. As large incumbents like Ticketmaster bundle ticketing, data, and distribution into closed ecosystems, many independent operators are left with limited visibility into their performance and fewer tools tailored to their realities.

“Opendate is rethinking how live events operate,” said Eric Tobias, co-founder and CEO of Opendate. “For too long, operators have been forced to stitch together tools that weren’t designed for the pace, margins, or complexity of this business. This funding allows us to keep building software that works the way live events actually work.”

Purpose-Built for Independent Operators

Unlike legacy ticketing platforms, Opendate brings booking, ticketing, and marketing into a single system built specifically for independent venues, promoters, festivals, and attractions. The platform gives operators a shared source of truth from the first offer through show day, helping teams move faster, reduce errors, and make better decisions using their own data.

With over 200 customers and having more than doubled in the past year, Opendate is the fastest-growing ticketing platform and alternative to Ticketmaster. 

Working with some of the country’s leading independent venues, customers using the platform have: 
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• Increased revenue by 20-40% through earlier, more coordinated on-sales
  
  
• Added over $1M annually through the add-on revenue options built directly into the platform
  
  
• Increased offer velocity through Opendate’s booking tools by over 30%, booking 100+ shows per month
  
  
• 10x’d premium upgrade revenue after implementing Opendate tools
  
  
• Grown the country’s largest single-day arts festival by 34% year-over-year
  
  
• Saved thousands of hours by consolidating different tools into a single, easy-to-use platform
  
  
• Launched automated email and SMS campaigns with over 10% conversion rates 
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While major ticketing companies increasingly control pricing, data access, and fan relationships, independent venues often struggle to answer basic questions about demand, pacing, and marketing effectiveness in real time.

Opendate’s platform is designed to reverse that trend by giving operators full visibility into their ticketing and marketing performance, without sacrificing ownership or flexibility.

Recent product investments include Conductor, Opendate’s AI-accelerated workspace that keeps booking details, marketing plans, and ticket performance optimized for accessibility, helping teams respond faster as conditions change.

Looking Ahead

“Opendate is positioned to become the core infrastructure for independent live events,” said Mike Fitzgerald, co-founder and partner at High Alpha. “Eric and his team bring a rare depth of operational insight from both the tech and venue worlds. They aren't just building a tool, but instead delivering the modern operating system the industry is starving for.”

The $14M Series A will be used to:

• Deepen product capabilities across booking intelligence, ticketing, and marketing
  
  
• Expand the team across engineering, data, and go-to-market roles
  
  
• Support continued adoption among venues, promoters, festivals, art fairs, and other attractions seeking purpose-built alternatives
  
  

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About Opendate

Opendate is the all-in-one platform for booking, ticketing, and marketing live events. Built by venue operators for independent venues, promoters, festivals, and attractions, Opendate helps teams operate more efficiently and sell more tickets using their own data. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Opendate serves customers nationwide.

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