Eventbrite
- 🦄Became a unicorn2017
- 📈Peak valuation$2 Billion ’18
- 💔Became a Unitard2022
- 💸Last valuation~$500M
How it happened
Eventbrite is a self-service ticketing platform used by organizers to sell tickets for everything from concerts to conferences. A private unicorn valued around $2B, it went public in 2018 at a $1.8B valuation and briefly traded higher in the 2021 reopening rally. But growth stalled, the events market stayed choppy and a 2024 pricing-and-product misstep drove organizers away. Through the decline, Glassdoor reviewers recounted repeated layoff rounds paired with offshoring of roles to cheaper markets, and leadership that employees said kept shifting strategy, resetting priorities and roadmaps every few months. In December 2025 Italy's Bending Spoons bought it for about $500M — $4.50 a share — completing the take-private in March 2026, far below its peak.
Employee accounts paraphrase anonymous, unverified reviews posted publicly on Glassdoor ↗. See our methodology.
Source: Businesswire / TechCrunch / SF Standard (private peak ~$2B and $1.8B IPO 2018 at $37/share; Bending Spoons acquisition ~$500M at $4.50/share, announced Dec 2025, completed March 10 2026, delisted)
