UK Event Tech companies raised £111m across 25 deals in 2021 — the sector’s all-time peak, driven by the post-COVID pivot to digital event infrastructure and ticketing. Annual investment has since stepped down to £15.3m in 2025, with the first quarter of 2026 delivering £4.6m across eight deals. Across all time, UK Event Tech companies have raised £407m in equity funding tracked by Beauhurst, with 82% of that total arriving since the start of 2020.
We’ve ranked the top 25 Event Tech companies by total equity raised (all data sourced from the Beauhurst platform).
An overview of the Event Tech sector
Event Tech covers companies developing technology that supports the planning, marketing, ticketing, and on-the-ground delivery of events — from concerts and festivals to corporate conferences, weddings, and sports occasions. UK Event Tech companies span live music and ticketing platforms, event planning and venue mapping software, accreditation and access management, cashless payment systems for festivals, wedding and hospitality booking, B2B conference software, sports venue discovery, and platforms connecting artists with promoters.
Beauhurst tracks 105 active Event Tech companies in the UK, up from 47 in the final quarter of 2015 — a 123% increase over the decade. Together, these companies generated £89.7m in turnover according to latest financials and support an estimated 1,809 employees across the UK. Across all time, Event Tech companies have raised £407m in equity funding tracked on the platform. The 2021 peak (£111m) was driven by the post-COVID rebound in live events; investment has stepped down each year since, with 2025 (£15.3m) the smallest annual total since 2018 and the first quarter of 2026 continuing that pattern at £4.6m.
Key findings
- DICE tops the ranking with £217m raised. The London-based live event ticketing platform accounts for 53% of all UK Event Tech equity raised to date — by some margin the largest single-company sector concentration we’ve measured across any vertical in this series.
- Bridebook (£32.7m, London) in wedding planning takes second, followed by OnePlan (£20.6m, London) in event venue mapping software, FIXR (£16.3m, London) in nightclub ticketing, and Evendo (£12.5m, London) in B2B event booking. The top five account for 73% of all UK Event Tech equity raised — the most concentrated top five we’ve measured in any sector.
- London dominates with 17 of the top 25, followed by the South East (four), the North West (two), and one each in Yorkshire and the Humber and the East of Scotland. The top 25 spans just five UK regions — the narrowest geographic spread of any top 25 or top 100 we’ve covered, reflecting how heavily concentrated the UK events technology cluster is in the south-east of the country.
- Venture-stage businesses lead the top 25 with 12 entries, followed by growth (10), seed (two), and established (one — Accredit Solutions). The top 25 contains no dead companies, though four dead businesses sit in the sector overall, indicating that the companies that have raised enough capital to make this list have largely survived even as broader investment has cooled.
