Software Engineer, Viagogo
Finance Tech
Online event ticket marketplace for secondary buyers and sellers
Job no longer available
Online event ticket marketplace for secondary buyers and sellers
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
201-500 employees
Company mission
Their mission is to provide an online marketplace that allows consumers to buy and sell tickets to sports, music, theatre and comedy events.
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Company mission
Their mission is to provide an online marketplace that allows consumers to buy and sell tickets to sports, music, theatre and comedy events.
10% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
One of the main problems in the events industry is the difficulty faced by secondary buyers and sellers when it comes to finding each other. Viagogo aims to solve this problem by building an online marketplace for secondary buyers and sellers of online event tickets.
Viagogo differentiates itself through the simplicity of its interface, aiming to offer a seamless experience for buyers and sellers. This represented a unique selling point for the company, taking into account the difficulty of using the options offered by other competitors, such as StubHub.
Viagogo acquired its rival StubHub in 2020 for $3.8bn, attracting the scrutiny of the UK's competition watchdogs who concluded that the merger reduces the competition in the UK secondary ticketing market. Consequently, the main challenge faced by the company now is finding a way to mediate the situation, most probably through selling all of StubHub’s business outside North America, as required by CMA.
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Benefits
- Health package
- Relocation Package
- Continuous training & support
- Career progression
- Employee Engagement initiatives
- Work Abroad Scheme in North America, APAC, Africa, Europe
- Casual dress code
- Free parking
- Competitive starting salary
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Feb 2009
$15m
Aug 2007
$30m
Total funding: $65m
This company has top investors
Leadership
Eric Baker
(CEO)Previously Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company for 2 years and founder at StubHub.