What Thisopenspace does

Thisopenspace operates the Giggster marketplace, a two-sided platform that connects property owners with renters seeking unique locations for film and photo shoots, parties, corporate events, weddings, and other gatherings. The platform serves four primary renter personas — creative professionals, event celebrants, corporate event planners, and couples planning weddings — across more than 50 cities in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, with inventory that includes studios, mansions, ballrooms, lofts, rooftops, warehouses, pools, galleries, and theaters. The technical product comprises a consumer-facing website, an iOS mobile application, real-time messaging between renters and hosts, a host onboarding landing page, and a multilingual interface (English, French, Spanish, German, Italian).

The company monetizes via marketplace commissions on bookings, with hosts setting their own hourly rates and renters paying transparent, usage-based fees. Two adjacent product extensions broaden the monetization surface: Select, a premium concierge service that helps renters source off-market locations, secure permits, and negotiate rates; and Creator Club, a membership program offering exclusive benefits to creative professionals. Distribution is product-led through self-serve search and the mobile app, with content marketing (city-specific filming and event guides) and a dedicated host acquisition funnel supporting supply growth. Founded by Adam Bent and Yashar Nejati, Thisopenspace has raised approximately $4.75M in disclosed venture funding (2018 round led with participation from Conconi Growth Partners, CRV, and SV Angel) and operates with a headcount of 11–50 employees.

Name

Thisopenspace

Legal name

Giggster

Website

https://thisopenspace.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Thisopenspace operates Giggster, a two-sided marketplace connecting property owners with renters booking unique locations for film/photo shoots, parties, corporate events, and weddings across 50+ cities in the US, Canada, and the UK.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Venue Rental Marketplace

NAICS

Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Miniwarehouses) (531120)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Experiences & Event Services Marketplaces (Photographers, Caterers, DJs) (BPAMAHAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Venue & Facility Reservations (Private Rooms, Event Spaces) (HSACALAJ), Professional & Business Services Marketplaces (Freelancers, SMB Services) (BPAMAHAG)

Keywords

• Venue rental marketplace
• Filming location booking
• Event space platform
• Creative space rental
• Property listing platform

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Location Booking Fees: Giggster charges hosts a commission/fee for bookings made through the platform. The platform facilitates transactions between location renters and property owners, taking a percentage of the booking value as revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Thisopenspace operates Giggster, a two-sided marketplace platform where property owners list unique spaces (studios, mansions, lofts, rooftops, ballrooms, pools, warehouses) and renters book them by the hour for filming, photo shoots, events, parties, weddings, and corporate meetings. The platform spans 50+ cities across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, with transparent hourly pricing, in-app messaging, bundled liability/damage protection, and a premium Select concierge service for off-market locations and permit assistance.

Product overview

Giggster is a single unified marketplace platform connecting users with creative spaces for filming, photography, events, and celebrations. The platform consists of the core Giggster Platform for browsing and booking locations, a mobile iOS app for on-the-go access, the List Your Space feature for hosts to monetize their properties, the Select premium concierge service for off-market location finding and permit assistance, and the Creator Club membership program. The platform operates across the United States (including Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Chicago, Las Vegas, Austin), Canada (Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal), and the United Kingdom (London, Edinburgh, Birmingham).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Select: Premium curated venue selection for high-end events and productions.
• Creator Club

Products and services

• Giggster Platform Core marketplace platform for browsing and booking filming locations, photo shoots, events, parties, weddings, and corporate meetings across cities in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom. Hosts list their venues with hourly rates and renters search and book directly through the website.
• Giggster Mobile App iOS mobile application enabling users to search and book venues on-the-go, with QR code download available via the homepage. Targets creative professionals and party planners needing mobile booking convenience.
• List Your Space Host-side product allowing property owners to list their spaces on the Giggster marketplace for bookings by event planners, filmmakers, and photographers.
• Select Premium concierge service providing expert assistance to find off-market locations, pull permits, and negotiate rates for productions or events. Designed for complex projects requiring bespoke support beyond self-serve booking.
• Creator Club Membership program for creative professionals using the platform, providing exclusive benefits on bookings.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Peerspace: Peerspace is the leading online marketplace for booking hourly venue rentals for events, productions, and meetings. It is Giggster's most direct competitor, offering the same two-sided marketplace model targeting filmmakers, event planners, and corporate clients across major US cities and select international markets.
• Tagvenue: Tagvenue is an online marketplace for booking event venues and meeting spaces, with particularly strong presence in the UK and Australia. It directly competes with Giggster's UK footprint and serves the same corporate event and private celebration use cases with a comparable self-serve booking model.
• Splacer: Splacer is a marketplace platform for booking unique venues for events, productions, and meetings, with a strong focus on design-forward and architectural spaces. It overlaps with Giggster's creative production and event use cases and competes for the same host supply in major US cities.
• EventUp: EventUp is an online venue rental marketplace connecting event planners with unique event spaces across the US. It targets a similar SMB and corporate event planner customer base and competes on the same self-serve, hourly-booking value proposition as Giggster.
• HeadBox: HeadBox is a UK-based venue marketplace focused on corporate meetings, conferences, and events. It is a direct competitor to Giggster's UK corporate events segment, with comparable booking workflow and host-side acquisition approach.
• Hire Space: Hire Space is a UK venue booking marketplace specializing in corporate events, meetings, and private celebrations. It competes directly with Giggster in the UK for the same corporate and event planner customer segments.

Regional players

• Venuelook: Venuelook is an online venue booking platform with strong presence in the Indian market, serving weddings, corporate events, and social celebrations. It operates on a similar two-sided marketplace model as Giggster but is geographically distinct, serving primarily South Asia.

Emerging players

• Breather (now part of Industrious): Breather offered on-demand, hourly bookable workspaces and meeting rooms across major cities before being acquired by Industrious. It competed with Giggster's corporate meeting and short-term space segments with a more productized, professionally managed supply.
• The Bash (formerly GigMasters): The Bash is an online marketplace for booking local event services and entertainment, including performers, photographers, and venues. It overlaps with Giggster on the event services and creative professional customer segments, though it focuses more on service providers than physical spaces.

Broad incumbents

• Eventbrite: Eventbrite is a large-scale ticketing and event management platform serving event creators and attendees. While not a direct venue marketplace, it competes for the same event organizer and venue host audiences and offers adjacent tools for event promotion and ticketing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/thisopenspace

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors4 records

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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