The Black Tux

Founded in 2013 by a groom and a groomsman who had a frustrating rental experience, The Black Tux is reinventing formal wear. We help people stand out for the right reasons by designing modern suits and tuxedos that look great, fit better and can be ordered online without a trip to the tux shop.

Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)

The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) is a nonprofit organization creating an inclusive green economy by unlocking innovation (through working with startups to accelerate the commercialization of clean technologies), transforming markets (through catalytic partnerships in transportation, energy and sustainable cities) and enhancing communities (through workforce development, pilots and other programs). Originally founded as an economic development initiative by the City of Los Angeles and its Department of Water & Power (LADWP), LACI is recognized as one of the most innovative business incubators in the world by UBI.

Ticketmaster

Our world-class engineers connect fans to live events through Ticketmaster’s cutting-edge tech. We’re always innovating & building new products, from our mobile apps to next-gen venue management software, open API platform & ticketmaster.com, one of the top e-commerce sites with over 27MM unique monthly visitors. JOIN US: ticketmaster.com

Joymode

Joymode was founded in the summer of 2015 and is based in Downtown Los Angeles (right next to Staples Center). We work in a huge warehouse filled with giant games, old-fashioned popcorn machines, and all the fog machines you could ever want.

IndieU

IndieU is a music platform that connects independent artists to college students by allowing students to create events, book local artists and blast out the event/ticket to their friends through our platform.

Gigit

<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;">Gigitt.com connects fans with promoters, bands, and venues finally allowing them a say in the live music process. Traditionally, the fans only say as to who played in their area was by attending the shows of the bands they enjoyed. If they were lucky, fans had a very attentive promoter or venue who brought acts fans genuinely wanted to see. But for the majority of live music lovers, they were at the whim of the cosmos.&nbsp;</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;">Gigitt.com aims to change this by giving fans a voice in the live music decision making process. With Gigitt.com, fans can request for bands to play in their area or at their favorite venue. They can participate in polls started by bands, promoters, or venues and help decide who plays. Gigitt.com allows fans a true voice in the live music decision making process.&nbsp;</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;">For bands, Gigitt.com will allow them to tap into the crowd and discover exactly where people want to see them. It also allows them to interact with promoters and venues to request shows or apply to polls. For venues and promoters, they will finally be able to know exactly who the crowd wants to see. Venues and promoters will be able to reduce the risk they take on shows as well as be able to create more profitable shows for all involved.</span></p>

Planana

<p>Turn your attendees into promoters!</p><p>Planana is a simple, but powerful word-of-mouth tool for events, conferences, and tradeshows. Using popular social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook, our tool allows event marketers and promoters to expand their event’s reach using the networks of their current attendees.</p><p>Our first product is a perks plug-in that rewards attendees with discounted tickets and awesome benefits for sharing the event through their networks.</p>

Bloominous

<p><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, freesans, 'liberation sans', 'numbus sans l', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.484375px;">DIY wedding flowers in a box</span></p>

Jangel

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Haptuit

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Roaming Hunger

Roaming Hunger makes it super easy to book over 18,000 food trucks, trailers, carts, and pop-up caterers for any event across the US and Canada. Whether it’s a company party, a birthday or even a wedding, we make food truck catering and booking simple. In addition to catering events, Roaming Hunger is the go-to source for hyper-local marketing campaigns and promotions. We have executed campaigns for brands you may have heard of: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, DreamWorks, StubHub, NBC, Capital One, Spike TV, FOX Broadcasting Company, Ben &amp; Jerry’s, Saks Fifth Ave, Anheuser Busch and musical artist Kelis.

Oust

A curated activity discovery and planning app which allows users to find things to do in real-time, based on location and interests, while allowing vendors to utilize real-time marketing. Easy access for users to discover new and fun activities, events, and experiences meanwhile allowing vendors to generate incremental revenue.

WaltzIn

WaltzIn does what no other software has been able to do before - it allows guests to actually book events and catering through a venue's own website without taking a percentage. You can think of WaltzIn as a white labeled OpenTable for events and catering. We guarantee more bookings, higher check averages, and 10+ hours of time saving per week.

Tixr

Tixr has served as a focal point for evolving the ticketing space and beyond, redefining what it means to plan and attend an event at any scale. Started by fans for fans, we were founded with the mission to upgrade the world of ticketing by delivering an unparalleled experience for event creators and fans. As an experiential commerce partner to some of the world's top venues, festivals, clubs, and more, we operate at the intersection of software and service, providing comprehensive solutions through powerful platform features, digital sales tools, and on-premise support.

Field Day

Field Day is the first cloud-based enterprise platform to help multi-unit retail brands system and structure their local marketing efforts and investments at scale.

Telescope Inc.

Telescope delivers high profile, real-time audience engagement experiences. From voting, play-along, live streaming, and more, Telescope helps clients engage with their audience on a deeper level, no matter what channel. Telescope is also a preferred partner for all major social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Twitch, & TikTok) giving us unique access to the largest social platforms.

See Tickets

See Tickets is an international ticketing organization which has offered a comprehensive suite of ticketing, marketing and event support solutions for over 25 years. Our experienced team supports over 8,000 promoters, festivals, performance venues, sporting events, and monuments across the globe including Troubadour Los Angeles, World Cafe Live in Philadelphia, Belly Up Aspen, Disco Donnie Presents, and Pitchfork Music Festival.

Happily

Happily helps you manage events simply with an expertly defined task management platform that gives you immediate access to the knowledge and networks of the best event planners available on-demand.

PTTOW!

PTTOW! is an invite-only community for today’s most creative & inspiring CEOs, CMOs & Icons, from all 70 major industries, who are shaping our culture.

RECESS

RECESS is an online marketplace connecting brands with event organizers that makes access to event audiences a turn-key, efficient and data-driven process. We work with brands (Google, L'Oreal, Microsoft, Lyft), agencies (Omnicom and WPP) and media companies (Viacom and IAC) to help them reach millions of consumers via programmatic event marketing