Splash is an online

event management Event management is the application of project management to the creation and development of small and/or large-scale personal or corporate events such as festivals, conferences, ceremonies, weddings, formal parties, concerts, or conventions. ...

service. The service allows users to plan, promote, execute, and measure the success of their events, with a focus on streamlining event marketing execution. Powered by One Clipboard, Splash launched in February 2012 in

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by co-founders

Ben Hindman Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett or Benson, and is also a given name in its own right. Ben (in he, בֶּן, ''son of'') forms part of Hebrew surnames, e.g. Abraham ben Abraham ( he, � ...

and Brett Boskoff. Splash entered into the ticketing market in January 2013. In 2013, Splash facilitated 200

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events, the

Google Glass Google Glass, or simply Glass, is a brand of smart glasses developed and sold by Google. It was developed by X (previously Google X), with the mission of producing an ubiquitous computer. Google Glass displays information to the wearer using ...

Tour and

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's Halloween Costume Party. In December 2016, the company raised $7 million in a Series B funding round led by Ascent Venture Partners, with participation from

Spark Capital Spark Capital is a venture capital firm in the United States, responsible for early-stage funding startups of consumer, commerce, FinTech, software, frontier, and media sectors. It has branches in San Francisco, Boston, and New York City. Hi ...

, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, ScaleUP Ventures,

Tumblr Tumblr (stylized as tumblr; pronounced "tumbler") is an American microblogging and social networking website founded by David Karp in 2007 and currently owned by Automattic. The service allows users to post multimedia and other content to a ...

founder

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, and

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cofounder Rus Yusupov. The company also announced that they would be transitioning to focus on enterprise clients.

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