Vivid Seats Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2001

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Public

  • Employees
  • 575

Employees

  • Stock Symbol
  • SEAT

Stock Symbol

  • Investments
  • 5

  • Share Price
  • $6.75
  • (As of Thursday Closing)

Vivid Seats General Information

Description

Vivid Seats Inc is an online ticket marketplace for connecting fans to live events and artists. It is the official ticketing partner of brands in the entertainment industry providing tickets for sports, concerts, theatres, and comedy. It operates in two segments namely marketplace and resale.

Contact Information

Ownership Status
Publicly Held
Financing Status
Formerly PE-Backed
Primary Industry
Other Restaurants, Hotels and Leisure
Other Industries
Publishing
Application Software
Stock Exchange
NAS
Primary Office
  • 24 East Washington Street
  • Suite 900
  • Chicago, IL 60602
  • United States

Vivid Seats Timeline

2020202120222023
Financing RoundCaptured Employee CountEstimated Employee Growth

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Vivid Seats Stock Performance

(As of Thursday Closing)

Stock Price Previous Close 52 wk Range Market Cap Shares Average Volume EPS
$6.75 $8.14 $5.58 - $9.89 $758M 112M 773K $0.70

Vivid Seats Financials Summary

In Thousands,
USD
TTM 30-Sep-2023 FY 2022 31-Dec-2022 FY 2021 31-Dec-2021 FY 2020 31-Dec-2020
EV 1,384,432 1,506,882 1,497,427
Revenue 679,566 600,274 443,038 35,077
EBITDA 111,209 91,949 41,676 (668,456)
Net Income 59,656 28,662 (16,119) (774,185)
Total Assets 1,385,076 1,151,431 1,408,795 1,159,130
Total Debt 285,114 282,559 460,132 877,315
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Vivid Seats Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Valuation/
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Post-Val Status Debt

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Vivid Seats Comparisons

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Vivid Seats Competitors (6)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Zoonga Venture Capital-Backed Mumbai, India 00 000 0000000000 000
00000000 Private Equity-Backed New York, NY 000 000.00 00000000000 000.00
0000000 Venture Capital-Backed Wilmington, NC 0000 000.00 000000 - 000
00000000 Venture Capital-Backed New York, NY 000 00000 00000000 00000
00000000 Venture Capital-Backed San Francisco, CA 000 00000 000000 - 000 00000
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Vivid Seats Patents

Vivid Seats Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
GB-202313588-D0 Electronic ticketing transferability and authenticity verification Pending 10-Feb-2023
GB-202314250-D0 Ticketing validation and fulfilment system and method Pending 18-Oct-2022
CA-3183533-A1 Ownership restricted electronic ticketing system Pending 22-Nov-2021 0000000000
GB-2614599-A Ownership restricted electronic ticketing system Pending 22-Nov-2021 0000000000
GB-202216923-D0 Ownership restricted electronic ticketing system Pending 22-Nov-2021 G06Q30/018
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Vivid Seats Executive Team (13)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
Stan Chia Chief Executive Officer
Lawrence Fey IV Chief Financial Officer, Finance
Riva Bakal Executive & Chief Strategy Officer, Strategy
Jon Wagner Chief Technology Officer
Ted Pickus Chief Accounting Officer
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Vivid Seats Board Members (6)

Name Representing Role Since
00000 0000000 GTCR Chairman & Board Member 000 0000
0000 00000000 Vivid Seats Board Member 000 0000
0000 00000000 Self Board Member 000 0000
000000 000000 Vista Equity Partners Board Member 000 0000
0000 000000 Eldridge (Greenwich) Board Member 000 0000
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Vivid Seats Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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Vivid Seats Investors

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info

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Vivid Seats Investments & Acquisitions (5)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
Vegas.com 03-Nov-2023 0000000000 00000 Other Restaurants, Hotels and Leisure 0000 0000
Wavedash (Japan) 08-Aug-2023 0000000000 0000 Real Estate Services (B2C)
Betcha 13-Dec-2021 0000000000 0000 Entertainment Software 0000 0000
Horizon Acquisition Corporation 18-Oct-2021 0000000000 Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) 0000 0000
FanXchange 11-Apr-2019 Buyout/LBO 0000 Business/Productivity Software 0000 0000
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Vivid Seats Subsidiaries (1)

Company Name Industry Location Founded
Vegas.com Other Restaurants, Hotels and Leisure Las Vegas, NV 0000
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Vivid Seats ESG

Risk Overview

Risk Rating

Updated February, 23, 2023

19.53 | Low Risk

Risk Scale

A lower score indicates better sustainability

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0-10

Low

10-20

Med

20-30

High

30-40

Severe

40+

Exposure

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Peers Analysis

Peer performance insights compare the company’s ESG performance to the performance of selected peers to help inform future ESG decisions and drive internal performance improvements.

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Subindustry

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