What it sells
Pools is a memberships platform for event organizers
Business model breakdown
Buyer: who owns the budget?
UnverifiedEvent organizer or venue owner/operator.
Trigger: what makes them buy now?
UnverifiedNeed to sell tickets and convert one-time guests into recurring paying members for an independent venue or event series.
Workflow: what inputs become what output?
Create event page, set ticket tiers and member presales, sell tickets online and at the door via mobile app, check in guests from the guest list, refund, and run membership campaigns.
Economics: what it saves and how it charges
UnverifiedPlatform for ticketing and recurring memberships; refunds exclude Pools and processing fees from organizer cost, implying a per-transaction fee (rate not shown).
Distribution: how it reaches customers
Self-serve organizer signup (Add Event) plus a public event discovery marketplace by city.
Funding history and coverage
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Y Combinator Winter 2019 | — | Y Combinator | ycombinator.com |
Profiles summarize public reporting and company websites. Business-model notes are MaxBC's reading of that material, not confirmed facts; unknowns are left blank rather than guessed. Updated 2026-10-12.