What Eventive does

Eventive is a Memphis-based SaaS platform purpose-built for the independent film ecosystem, founded in 2018 by Theo Patt (then 15 years old) at the request of his father Iddo Patt to solve ticketing complexity for the Indie Memphis Film Festival. The platform unifies ticketing, pass and membership management, audience data, donor relations, online film guides, balloting, and secure virtual screening into a single integrated system serving film festivals, arthouse cinemas, film distributors, and independent filmmakers across 49 countries. Technical differentiators include MPAA-certified content protection (NAGRA NexGuard invisible forensic watermarking plus multi-platform DRM via Widevine, PlayReady, FairPlay), geoblocking at country/state/postal-code level, VPN/proxy blocking, and native TV app distribution across Apple TV, Roku, Chromecast, and Fire TV.

Eventive operates a freemium core platform with no setup or annual fee, monetizing primarily through transaction-based ticketing fees (5% + $0.99 per paid item, with credit card processing included), an annual Eventive Virtual Unlimited subscription ($975/year), a one-time Eventive Virtual Single Film license ($299/film), usage-based DRM streaming bandwidth fees ($0.99/unlock), and a monthly Eventive Premium Support tier (starting $1,800/month for dedicated account management and concierge services). Pricing supports 135+ currencies with discounts for non-profits and volume ticketing over $100k/month. The go-to-market combines product-led growth (free self-serve sign-up via eventive.org/start), inside sales for demos, and enterprise field sales with custom pricing for distributors and large festivals.

The company has scaled to 1,000+ customer organizations across festivals (Sundance, AFI, Telluride, Cannes, Fantastic Fest, Heartland, Mountainfilm, Big Sky Documentary, BlackStar, BendFilm), arthouse cinemas (Sie Film Center, Arena Theater, Park City Film), distributors (A24, Magnolia, Strand Releasing, Abramorama, Oscilloscope, Music Box Films, Universal Music Group), membership organizations (AARP), and individual filmmakers, processing 10M+ tickets and 7M+ virtual streams to date. The company is privately held and bootstrapped with no disclosed institutional funding, with ownership concentrated with the founding Patt family.

Name

Eventive

Legal name

Eventive LLC

Website

https://eventive.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Eventive is a SaaS platform that unifies ticketing, pass management, audience data, donor relations, and secure virtual screening for independent film festivals, arthouse cinemas, distributors, and filmmakers across 49 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Film Festival and Cinema Management Software

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (71131), Motion Picture and Video Exhibition (51213), Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920), Performing Arts Companies (7111)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture Theaters (7830), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Distribution (7822)

akta.pro primary industry

Ticketing Technology & Integrations (APIs, Plugins, Webhooks) (MPAGAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Ticketing, Registration & Event Technology (Badging, Apps) (BPAFAGAL), Virtual & Hybrid Event Registration & Streaming Access Platforms (THAHAFAM), Event Discovery, Listings & Calendar Platforms (MPAGAJAL), Access Control, Credentialing & Entry Management (Scan/Turnstiles/RFID) (MPAGAJAG)

Keywords

• Film festival software
• Virtual cinema platform
• Event ticketing SaaS
• Arthouse cinema management
• Independent film distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Memphis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Eventive Virtual Unlimited (Annual Subscription): Annual activation fee for the full virtual streaming platform with unlimited VOD and live-streaming screenings, includes $350 ingest credit (10 features + 20 shorts), unlimited free trailers and pre-rolls, unlimited livestreams, and custom domain capability. Additional feature films at $25, shorts at $5.
2. Eventive Virtual Single Film (One-Time): One-time fee for uploading and distributing a single film title with full DRM protection, unlimited screenings, co-branding, pay-what-you-can options, and live Q&A capability. Includes 100 free unlocks for giveaways and screeners.
3. Eventive Ticketing (Transaction Fee): Transaction-based ticketing fees charged at 5% + $0.99 per paid item. No fees on free tickets, free passes, cash or check sales, or donations. No platform fees on concessions, bar, merch, or donations — only card processing.
4. Eventive Premium Support: Monthly subscription for dedicated account management, guaranteed response time agreements, video and phone support, optional concierge setup, on-site box office management, and event staffing.
5. DRM Streaming Bandwidth Fee: Per-unlock streaming bandwidth fee of $0.99 for each DRM-protected stream unlock beyond free allotments. Applied to Virtual Unlimited and Single Film activations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Eventive provides a unified SaaS platform for the independent film ecosystem, combining ticketing, pass and membership management, audience data, digital promotions, secure streaming, online film guides, and balloting into a single system. The platform serves film festivals, arthouse cinemas, film distributors, and independent filmmakers through self-serve sign-up, transactional ticketing fees, and tiered subscriptions for virtual screening capabilities.

Product overview

Eventive is a platform-plus-modules architecture designed for independent film. The core Eventive Platform unifies ticketing, pass management, audience data, member relations, digital promotions, streaming, film guides, and balloting. Virtual capabilities are provided through Eventive Virtual (Unlimited annual or Single Film one-time), while Eventive for Distributors handles VOD distribution. Additional modules include Eventive Balloting for audience voting, Eventive Premium Support for dedicated service, Eventive Scanner for venue admissions, and Eventive Advanced Antipiracy for content protection. Eventive Ticketing (5% + $0.99 per paid item) is the transaction processing layer across all products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Eventive Platform Core event management platform that integrates ticketing, pass management, audience data, year-round member relations, digital promotions, streaming, online film guides, and balloting into a single intelligent system for independent film festivals, arthouse cinemas, and distributors.
• Eventive Ticketing Ticketing solution for selling tickets, passes, and items online, at-the-door, and across channels. Includes credit card processing, desktop/mobile/iPad Box Office, and integration with Eventive Scanner and Terminal. Charges a transaction fee of 5% + $0.99 per paid item.
• Eventive Virtual Virtual screening platform providing secure VOD and livestream capabilities for film festivals, arthouses, filmmakers, and distributors, featuring DRM protection, geoblocking, secure audience chat, and TV app support.
• Eventive Virtual Unlimited Annual subscription plan priced at $975/year for unlimited virtual screenings with full DRM protection, unlimited free trailers and pre-rolls, $350 ingest credit, unlimited free livestreams, custom domain capability, and integrated Eventive Ticketing. Designed for organizations with recurring virtual content programs.
• Eventive Virtual Single Film One-time fee product ($299) for virtual distribution of a single title with full DRM protection, unlimited screenings with co-branding, live Q&A hosting, and 100 free unlocks for giveaways and screeners. Designed for independent filmmakers seeking DIY distribution.
• Eventive for Distributors Virtual theatrical and VOD distribution channel management platform for independent film distributors, including MPAA-certified content protection, unlimited screenings from a single upload, automated reporting, exhibitor revenue sharing, and white-label experience.
• Eventive Balloting Complete solution for audience awards and polling, both on-site and online; generates, records, and tabulates results using mobile, printed, and virtual ballots.
• Eventive Premium Support Monthly subscription (starting at $1,800/month) providing a dedicated account manager, guaranteed response time agreement, video and phone support, with optional full concierge setup, on-site box office management, and event staffing.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10,000,000+ tickets issued across 1,000+ film festivals in 49 countries
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers25 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and founding.

• MailchimpcoreTechnology or IntegrationNative integration with Mailchimp enables audience data synchronization and email marketing campaign management directly from the Eventive dashboard.
• SalesforcecoreTechnology or IntegrationNative CRM integration with Salesforce allows film festival and cinema clients to sync audience data and manage donor/member relationships within Salesforce.
• EventivalcoreTechnology or IntegrationNative integration with Eventival, a film festival management system, enables data flow between Eventive's ticketing/streaming platform and Eventival's festival operations tooling.
• NAGRA (Kudelski Group)coreTechnology or IntegrationEventive licenses NAGRA NexGuard invisible forensic watermarking technology for per-session, per-user content tracing on all VOD screenings. This is a key differentiator in content protection.
• StripecoreTechnology or IntegrationStripe serves as Eventive's payment processor for all credit card transactions, handling PCI Level 1 compliant payment processing and fund transfers.
• Indie Memphis Film FestivalfoundingStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndie Memphis was the founding festival partner where Eventive was originally built and launched. Iddo Patt, a founding board member of Indie Memphis, had his son Theo build Eventive to solve the festival's ticketing challenges. Indie Memphis attendance increased dramatically after implementing Eventive's mobile-friendly schedule and film guide.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• Eventbrite: Eventbrite is the largest general-purpose event ticketing platform globally; while not specialized in film festivals, it competes for ticketing dollars from independent film events and offers discovery reach that Eventive lacks.
• Ticket Tailor: Ticket Tailor is an independent, low-fee event ticketing platform popular with small and community events; competes with Eventive Ticketing on price and simplicity for smaller festivals and venues.
• Hopin: Hopin (now RingCentral Events) is a large virtual and hybrid event platform for conferences and expos; competes for the virtual festival and screening market with broader event tooling but less cinema-specific functionality.
• Cvent: Cvent is a large enterprise event management platform covering registration, ticketing, and attendee engagement for conferences and large meetings; competes for larger festival and conference budgets with a much broader but less specialized feature set.
• Brown Paper Tickets: Brown Paper Tickets is an independent ticketing platform used by arts and community events, including film festivals; offers a lower-cost alternative to Eventive's per-ticket fees for budget-conscious nonprofit events.

Direct peers

• Eventival: Eventival is a film festival management software for accreditation, submissions, scheduling, and online catalogs — overlapping with parts of Eventive's film guide, scheduling, and festival management surface, though the two are also integration partners.
• Vimeo OTT: Vimeo OTT (which absorbed CineSend) is a virtual-cinema and OTT video platform used by independent film distributors and festivals to launch branded streaming channels and run ticketed virtual screenings — the most direct competitor to Eventive Virtual in the indie film space.
• Shift72: Shift72 provides secure, DRM-protected video streaming and virtual event platforms specifically for film festivals, distributors, and content owners, directly competing with Eventive Virtual for festival and rights-holder customers.

Emerging players

• FilmFreeway: FilmFreeway is the dominant film festival submission and discovery platform; while primarily a submissions tool, it increasingly touches the festival organizer workflow that Eventive also serves.

Others

• Festhome: Festhome is a film festival submission and management platform used by organizers worldwide; adjacent to Eventive's festival management surface, with overlapping organizer customer personas but different primary functionality.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/eventive_org
• GitHubgithub.com/eventive-org
• Facebookfacebook.com/eventive.org
• Instagraminstagram.com/eventive_org

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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