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# Festicket Raises $680K For Festival Booking Platform
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/festicket-raises-680k-for-festival-booking-platform/
- Published: 2013-03-11T08:26:10.000Z
- Updated: 2013-03-11T08:26:10.000Z
- Description: Founded after experiencing of trying to book a trip from the UK to Coechella in 2011, festival booking platform Festicket has just raised $680,000 in new funding. Investors include France's. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/03/festicket-raises-680k-for-festival-booking-platf
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Live & Ticketing, Music Tech, Radio & Satellite, Startups & Funding, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:49

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Founded after experiencing of trying to book a trip from the UK to Coechella in 2011, festival booking platform Festicket has just raised $680,000 in new funding. Investors include France's Kima Ventures,  
Jacques-Antoine Granjon of vente-privee.com, the UK's #1 Seed and  
Playfair Capital, and NYC VC Windcrest Partners.

#1 Seed’s Raj Ramanandi has joined the Board.

UK based [Festicket](http://www.festicket.com/?ref=hypebot.com)'s mission is to make going to a festival as easy as booking a vacation. The startup [says](http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/11/fest/?ref=hypebot.com) it's already partnered with 40 top Euro\[pean festivals, taking a 20% commission on packages that can include tickets, transportation and accommodations. The company says it has 27,000 active members in the EU..

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