Space For Arts

What Space For Arts does

Space for Arts, Inc. is a privately held B2B online marketplace that connects creative professionals, primarily photographers and videographers, with owners of photo and video production studios for booking and renting professional shooting spaces. Founded in 2017 and incorporated in Massachusetts, the company operates a self-serve web platform covering 14+ metros across the United States (New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago, Atlanta, Miami, Nashville, Boston, Portland, Birmingham, metro DC) and Europe (London, Berlin). Studios list their spaces free of charge and creative professionals join and browse free of charge, with the platform monetizing through a 10% transaction fee on completed bookings.

The core product consists of a searchable studio inventory, a patent-pending booking tool that accommodates production-industry-specific workflows such as holds and challenges, a free-text search engine that matches studio descriptions against creative queries, an SMS alert system (powered by Twilio) that notifies studio owners of booking requests, an internal messaging platform, and Stripe-integrated payment processing with a 3% Stripe fee layered atop the 10% SFA fee. Supporting technology integrations include Stripe for payments and Twilio for SMS; no AI/ML capabilities are disclosed.

The business operates as a horizontal marketplace serving two primary personas, creative professionals (photographers, videographers, production teams) seeking studios, and studio owners seeking bookings, with named customers spanning film production (77 Films), fashion/apparel (UNTUCKit), and creative production agencies. GTM is predominantly content marketing, social media, industry podcast appearances, and partnerships with bodies such as the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP). The company remains small (1-10 employees) with co-founders Elizabeth (Betsy) Davison and Van Gothner, CTO Jeremy Seitz, and a four-member advisory board. Only one funding round is on record, a January 2019 seed investment from Simpleweb, a Bristol-based software company that also built the platform.

Name

Space For Arts

Legal name

Space for Arts, Inc.

Website

https://spaceforarts.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Space for Arts is a B2B marketplace that connects photographers, videographers, and production teams with owners of photo and video studios for booking professional shooting spaces across 14+ US and European cities, monetizing via a 10% transaction fee on completed bookings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Production Studio Marketplace

NAICS

Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries (512), Photography Studios, Portrait (541921)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330), Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Hotel & Accommodation Booking Platforms (THALAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Lighting & Studio Equipment Retail (Flash, Continuous, Modifiers, Backdrops) (CRACAHAF)

Keywords

• Studio booking marketplace
• Production space rental
• Photo studio platform
• Creative space marketplace
• Video production studios

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Transaction Fee (SFA Fee): Space for Arts charges a 10% fee on the full Transaction Amount for all bookings between Booking Creatives and Studios. Studios list for free and creatives join for free. The fee is deducted from the payment transferred to the studio's Stripe account after a booking is confirmed.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Space for Arts operates a global B2B online marketplace where creative professionals (photographers, videographers) search, discover, and book photo and video production studios. Studios list their spaces for free and creatives join for free, with the company earning a 10% transaction fee on completed bookings processed through Stripe. The platform includes a patent-pending booking tool, free text search, SMS alerts, and integrated messaging tailored to production-industry booking practices.

Product overview

Space for Arts is a unified B2B marketplace platform for professional production spaces, combining a searchable studio inventory with integrated booking, payment processing, and communication tools. The core offering consists of the Marketplace Platform (for searching and discovering studios), the patent-pending Booking Tool (for managing reservations, holds, and challenges with calendar sync), the Free Text Search Tool (for matching studio descriptions to user queries), Text Message Alerts (for real-time booking notifications), and the internal Messaging Platform (for coordinating between studios and creatives). The platform is free for studios to list and free for creatives to join, with revenue generated through a 10% transaction fee on bookings processed via Stripe integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Space for Arts Marketplace Platform Global B2B online marketplace connecting production professionals (photographers, videographers, creatives) with studio owners for booking professional photo and video production spaces. Allows users to search for studios by location and attributes, communicate with studio owners, and book and pay for studios directly through the platform.

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpace for Arts partnered with ASMP Foundation to provide financial assistance to creatives impacted by Covid-19. SfA committed to donating 2% of its revenue through 2021 to ASMP's Donor's Circle, which offers grants to photographers, stylists, assistants, and other creatives.
• American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on the Health + Safety Guide for COVID-19: A Protocol for Visual Creators. Space for Arts provided feedback and guidance in the creation of the guide. SfA's Resources Page was used as an important reference for the industry.
• Focus on WomenminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSpace for Arts supports and collaborates with Focus on Women, an organization on a mission to elevate and promote women in the photography and videography industry. Co-Founder Betsy Davison appeared on their podcast series.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/spaceforarts
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCJ2l6AQM13KY9AUVLnI-XUA/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/spaceforarts
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/space-for-arts
• Instagraminstagram.com/spaceforarts

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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

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