What Tix does

Tix is a cloud-based ticketing software company headquartered in Long Beach, California, founded in 2001. The company's core platform provides software and services for online and box office ticket sales, enabling event organizers to manage ticket distribution across digital and physical channels. Its primary customers are venues, event organizers, and ticketing platforms operating in the live entertainment sector. The company is led by President Robert Edmison and operates with 11-50 employees.

In late 2025, Tix launched a separate blockchain-based initiative branded TIX, introducing a DeFi settlement layer for live events. This initiative tokenizes tickets as real-world assets (RWAs) to facilitate ticket sales and venue financing through decentralized finance lending mechanisms. Since inception, the blockchain platform has processed over $8 million in ticket sales and approximately $2 million in venue financing. The company is also publicly traded on OTCMKTS under the ticker TIXC.

Tix generates revenue through transaction fees on ticket sales processed via its platform, and through venue financing arrangements facilitated by its DeFi lending layer. Pricing details are not publicly disclosed. The company plans to expand the DeFi ticketing platform to the Solana blockchain mainnet by mid-2026, targeting the global event ticketing market projected to grow from $12.4 billion in 2025 to $29.7 billion by 2034 at a 10.2% CAGR.

Name

Tix

Legal name

Tix

Website

https://tix.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tix is a cloud-based ticketing software company serving live event organizers with online and box office ticket management, and operates a blockchain-based DeFi initiative that tokenizes tickets as real-world assets for venue financing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Ticketing Software

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events without Facilities (711320)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Primary Ticketing Platforms & Box Office Systems (MPAGAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Access Control, Credentialing & Entry Management (Scan/Turnstiles/RFID) (MPAGAJAG), Ticketing Platforms (Paid Events, Seat Maps, Access Control) (THAHAFAC), Pricing, Yield Management & Anti-Fraud Services (MPAGAJAH)

Keywords

• Event ticketing software
• Box office ticketing
• Blockchain ticketing platform
• Venue financing solutions
• DeFi event settlement

Headquarters

HQ city

Long Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales Processing: Platform processes ticket sales transactions, generating revenue through transaction fees on ticket purchases
2. Venue Financing: Facilitates venue financing through DeFi lending, generating revenue from financing arrangements with venues

Core offering

Tix provides cloud-based ticketing software and services for online and box office ticket sales, enabling event organizers to manage ticket distribution across digital and physical channels with integrated access controls. The company additionally offers TIX, a blockchain-based DeFi ticketing platform that tokenizes tickets as real-world assets and facilitates venue financing through decentralized finance lending, with a planned launch on the Solana blockchain by mid-2026.

Product overview

Tix offers a software platform for online and box office ticket sales, providing event ticketing solutions. The company has also launched TIX, a separate DeFi/blockchain initiative that utilizes blockchain technology to transform live event ticketing through DeFi lending, facilitating ticket sales and venue financing by tokenizing tickets as real-world assets on the Solana blockchain.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tix Core Platform Cloud-based ticketing software and services that enable event organizers to manage online and box office ticket sales across digital and physical channels, with fully integrated access controls. Targeted at venues and event organizers in the live entertainment sector.
• TIX DeFi Ticketing Platform Blockchain-based DeFi ticketing platform that tokenizes tickets as real-world assets and enables venue financing through decentralized finance lending. Facilitates ticket sales with improved transparency and provides liquidity solutions for venues and event organizers in the live entertainment industry.

Quantifiable outcome

• $8 million+ in processed ticket sales
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Eventbrite: Cloud-based self-service ticketing platform for live events, serving independent organizers and small-to-mid venues — overlapping with Tix's SMB and box-office customer base and competing directly on online ticketing SaaS.
• Dice: Mobile-first ticketing platform targeting live music and club events with anti-scalping features and integrated venue discovery. Comparable as a modern primary ticketing competitor with emphasis on fan experience and access controls.
• See Tickets: Long-established ticketing platform serving theaters, festivals, and live events across the UK and Europe. Comparable as a similarly-sized, long-running primary ticketing SaaS competing for the same mid-market venue segment.
• AXS (AEG): Primary ticketing platform operated by AEG, focused on music venues and sports teams with integrated access controls and digital ticketing. Directly comparable on integrated access-control functionality and live-event focus.
• Universe (Live Nation): Self-service ticketing platform for independent event organizers, now owned by Live Nation. Comparable on the SMB / self-service online ticketing segment where Tix also competes.

Emerging players

• YellowHeart: NFT-based ticketing platform partnering with music venues and artists to issue verifiable blockchain tickets. Comparable as a direct competitor in the tokenized ticketing niche that Tix is targeting.
• Tixel: Fan-to-fan ticketing marketplace with strict anti-scalping controls and verified resale for live events. Comparable as a primary ticketing platform focused on transparency and access control — overlapping themes with Tix's positioning.
• GET Protocol: Blockchain-based ticketing protocol issuing NFT tickets for live events with on-chain anti-fraud. Most directly comparable peer to TIX's tokenization-as-RWA approach and represents the primary head-to-head competitor in Web3 ticketing.
• Seatlab: UK-based NFT ticketing platform for live events using blockchain to enable secondary-market royalties for artists and venues. Comparable on the tokenized-ticket and live-event intersection, though operating at a smaller scale.

Broad incumbents

• Ticketmaster: Dominant global primary ticketing platform serving arenas, sports teams, and major promoters. Most direct comparable for Tix's core SaaS ticketing business, though Ticketmaster operates at vastly larger scale and as part of Live Nation Entertainment.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat2 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TixInc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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