Everfest is an Austin-based company that connects the festival community online. Festival-goers can find worldwide festivals, connect with friends, build a calendar and share content about festival experiences. Festival organizers work with Everfest to manage their online presence and market their event to attendees, including a perk system that allows organizers to provide discounts or free items to festival-goers.[1]
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| Founded | 2014 |
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| Headquarters | , United States |
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Everfest includes festivals of all types, grouping them across 12 categories: art, book, civic, cultural, faith, food, film, historical, music, performance, seasonal, and unique. The platform uses an algorithm to recommend festivals to festival-goers based on their likes and locations, as well as festivals they prefer or have attended previously.
History edit
Everfest was founded in the summer of 2014 by Jay Manickam (co-founder of uShip), Paul Cross (founder of Ticketbud), and Brad Dixon.[1]
In February 2015, Everfest was named one of 50 Startups to Watch by Built In Austin.[2]
In April 2015, Everfest closed an angel round of funding totalling $1.5 million, which included notable individual investor Bob Kagle (founder of Benchmark Capital) and a group from ATX Seed Ventures.[1][3][4] Everfest appeared on Product Hunt on April 5, posted by Ryan Hoover (founder of Product Hunt), and finished the day as the second-most upvoted product.[5]
Everfest was named to the Austin Chamber of Commerce's Austin A-List of Hottest Startups on May 14, 2015, one of 12 winners from a pool of 275 nominees. They were one of four winners from 160 in the Emerging category.[6][7]
In February 2016, Everfest was named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies of 2016.[8]
In September 2016, Everfest acquired competitor Fest300, with Chip Conley (Burning Man, Airbnb, Joie de Vivre Hotels) joining as Chief Strategy Officer in a part-time capacity.[9]
Everfest closed a $3.6 million Series A round of venture capital funding in June 2017. The round was co-led by Live Nation Entertainment and ATX Seed Ventures.[10] Charlie Walker of C3 Presents and Chris Shonk of ATX Seed Ventures joined Everfest's board of directors as part of the deal.[11]
In February 2020, Everfest was acquired by Qcue, an Austin company that provides dynamic pricing software for live entertainment events. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.[12]
Company culture and philanthropy edit
Everfest competed in the 2015 Austin Startup Games as part of the ATX Seed Ventures team, earning a $1,000 donation to The Bunker, Austin.[13]
References edit
- ^ a b c Constine, Josh (April 3, 2015). "Do Something Epic with Everfest's Festival Finder". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
- ^ McLean, Tessa. "50 Austin startups to watch in 2015". Built In Austin. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
- ^ McLean, Tessa. "Everfest comes out of stealth mode, raises $1.5M and plans to hire in-house costume designer". Built In Austin. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
- ^ Meadow, Matthew (April 4, 2015). "New App Lets You Discover Any Festival, Anywhere". Your EDM. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
- ^ Hoover, Ryan. "Everfest on Product Hunt". Product Hunt. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- ^ Hawkins, Lori (May 14, 2015). "12 more startups in Austin join chamber's A-List". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
- ^ "Austin's 12 'most promising' startups revealed". TechFlash. Austin Business Journal. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
- ^ "Everfest Ranked Among Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies of 2016". Everfest. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
- ^ Calnan, Chris (September 20, 2016). "Austin online festival hub buys San Francisco-based competitor". Austin Business Journal. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
- ^ Magistretti, Bérénice (June 1, 2017). "Everfest raises $3.6 million to connect people with festivals around the world". VentureBeat. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ Aswad, Jem (June 1, 2017). "Everfest Raises $3.6 Million from Live Nation, ATX Seed Ventures". Variety. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ Hawkins, Lori. "Austin online festival hub Everfest sold to Qcue". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
- ^ Lorek, Laura (January 26, 2015). "SpareFoot Wins Austin Startup Games Again". Silicon Hills News. Retrieved April 13, 2015.