TEDxMarin

What TEDxMarin does

TEDxMarin is a non-profit performing arts organization headquartered in Kentfield, California, operating in the Marin County region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded in 2012, the organization is part of the global TEDx program, which licenses independently organized events that follow the TED format of curated, idea-focused talks. Per available firmographic data, TEDxMarin's stated function is to connect and collaborate with organizations, individuals, and educators, suggesting its role is that of a community convener producing live programming in the local area.

The organization employs between 11 and 50 people, placing it in the small-staff non-profit band. Its public-facing website (tedxmarin.org) is the primary digital presence, and its activities appear to center on event production — speaker curation, venue coordination, and audience engagement. No information is available on event frequency, ticket pricing, sponsorship arrangements, or content distribution (e.g., video publication), which are typical revenue and reach mechanisms for TEDx-licensed events. The organization has no disclosed products, technology platform, apps, or API surface, indicating a traditional event-production operating model rather than a technology-driven one.

No data is available on funding sources (grants, donations, sponsorships), management team composition, partnerships, certifications, regulatory actions, mergers, acquisitions, or geographic expansion. The company has no disclosed parent, subsidiaries, or investors, consistent with its status as an independent community non-profit. Investors and acquirers should treat the entity as a local event-production non-profit with limited financial transparency and no observable technology or AI capabilities.

Name

TEDxMarin

Website

https://tedxmarin.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

TEDxMarin is a non-profit performing arts organization founded in 2012 and based in Kentfield, California, that produces licensed TEDx events connecting local organizations, individuals, and educators in the Marin County community.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Event Services

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920), Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Speaker, Program & Abstract Management Services (THAHACAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Virtual, Hybrid & Livestream Event Coordination (HSACAAAO), Hybrid Conferences & Conventions (In-Person + Streamed) (MPAGAOAC)

Keywords

• Live speaking events
• Community event organizing
• Nonprofit event management
• Performing arts events
• Educational speaker series

Headquarters

HQ city

Kentfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Core offering

TEDxMarin is a non-profit organization that independently organizes TEDx-licensed live speaking events and performing arts programs in Marin County, California. It curates and hosts talks, performances, and collaborative programming in partnership with local organizations, educators, and individuals to spread ideas within the community.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TEDxMarin Live Events Independently organized TEDx-licensed live speaking events and performing arts programs held in Marin County, California. Designed for community members, educators, and local organizations seeking curated idea-sharing and cultural experiences.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• TEDxSanFrancisco: Another licensed TEDx chapter in the Bay Area running speaker-driven events under the same TEDx format. Directly comparable in structure, audience, and programming, and a relevant benchmark for TEDxMarin's scale and reach.
• TEDxPortland: TEDx chapter running annual flagship speaker conferences and ancillary programming. Comparable operating model (licensed TEDx event, multi-track programming, local sponsor base) at a larger scale, useful as a benchmark for chapter growth potential.
• Pop-Up Magazine: A live magazine-style speaker and performance event that tours cities including San Francisco. Comparable as a performing-arts-adjacent, ideas-driven, speaker-format live event competing for overlapping Bay Area audiences and sponsors.

Broad incumbents

• TED (the organization): The parent organization that licenses TEDx chapters globally. Comparable because it sets the format, brand, and content standards TEDxMarin operates within, and serves as both licensor and aspirational scale benchmark.
• Commonwealth Club of California: A large, long-running speaker-and-ideas forum based in the Bay Area. Comparable because it produces live speaker programming on similar themes (civics, science, culture) and competes for a similar educated, civic-minded audience.
• The Commonwealth Club (live events division): Operates hybrid and in-person speaker forums across the Bay Area. Comparable in hybrid event production capability, sponsorship structure, and audience demographic — relevant benchmark for TEDxMarin's potential hybrid pivot.

Regional players

• Marin Theatre Company: A long-established performing-arts non-profit also based in Marin County. Comparable as a local non-profit arts presenter competing for the same audience, donors, and corporate sponsors in the same geographic catchment.
• Bay Area Book Festival: A Berkeley-based nonprofit producing large-scale speaker and author programming annually. Comparable as a regional non-profit convening ideas-driven programming, sharing donor and sponsor pools in the same Bay Area market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/tedxmarin
• Facebookfacebook.com/TEDxMarin
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tedxmarin

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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