Crescat

Name

Crescat

Legal name

Crescat AS

Website

https://crescat.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bergen

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription SaaS (Premium Tier): Crescat operates on a subscription SaaS model with a Premium tier that includes advanced features like Shift Market. Pricing plans are available on the pricing page with tiers designed for different organization sizes. Crescat GO provides special pricing for grassroots venues and festivals.
2. Add-on Features: Premium features like Shift Market are available as add-ons to base plans, providing upsell opportunities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Crescat provides a collaborative SaaS event management platform for venues, festivals, and event professionals. Its product suite includes Crescat Event for concert promoters and agencies, Crescat Venue for room/schedule management, Crescat Festival for end-to-end festival production, and Crescat GO as a discounted grassroots support scheme. The software unifies scheduling, shifts, artist advancing, accreditations, documents, contacts, and invoicing in one platform accessible via web, mobile, and desktop apps.

Product overview

Crescat is an event management software company offering three distinct product tiers as part of a platform suite: Crescat Event (tailored for concert promoters and event agencies), Crescat Venue (for streamlining venue workflow and room/schedule management), and Crescat Festival (an all-in-one solution for festival production). The products share foundational features while offering tier-specific capabilities—Festival includes advanced scheduling, performances, advances, and accreditation management; Venue focuses on room booking, shared calendars, and event requests; Event provides event planning and scheduling tools. All products include access to a mobile app, desktop companion app, and shared modules for tasks, documents, contacts, invoicing, and reporting. Crescat GO is a grassroots support scheme offering discounted access to professional-grade production tools for emerging venues, festivals, and independent event organizers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Crescat GO: A grassroots support scheme designed for grassroots venues, start-up festivals, and independent event organizers. Provides access to professional-grade production tools with pricing tailored for emerging organisations.

Products and services

• Crescat Event Event management software tailored for concert promoters and event agencies to manage events without endless email threads or outdated spreadsheets. Provides dashboard, members, event types, and mobile app access.
• Crescat Venue Venue management software that streamlines workflow and room/schedule management, preventing double-bookings through ready-made templates and real-time team information sharing. Includes Rooms Manager, Room Restrictions, Shared Calendar, and Event Requests.
• Crescat Festival All-in-one festival production solution for streamlining artist advancement, crew coordination, volunteer management, scheduling, guest lists, and accreditation. Includes Scheduler, Performances, Advances, Guest Lists, Travel & Accommodation, Public Forms, Festival Sections, and Accreditations.
• Crescat GO

Quantifiable outcome

• Dramatic improvement in production planning efficiency
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature12 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core infrastructure and core.

• DigitalOceancore infrastructureTechnology or IntegrationDigitalOcean serves as the server provider for Crescat's cloud infrastructure. User Content is stored on DigitalOcean servers in the EU under GDPR compliance.
• PaddlecoreTechnology or IntegrationPaddle handles payment processing for Crescat's subscription billing.
• HubSpotcoreTechnology or IntegrationHubSpot is used for customer communication and user engagement.
• Amazon Web Servicescore infrastructureTechnology or IntegrationAWS is used to host Crescat services alongside DigitalOcean.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Cvent: Cvent is a leading enterprise event management platform with registration, venue sourcing, and event marketing — a broad incumbent whose conference and trade show product overlaps with Crescat's expansion into conferences and trade shows.
• Eventbrite: Eventbrite is a consumer/SMB-focused event ticketing and management platform with broad market reach — a larger incumbent operating adjacent to Crescat in the same live events category with overlapping self-serve sign-up motion.
• Momentus Technologies (formerly Ungerboeck/Aventri): Momentus is a broad enterprise event and venue management suite serving large venues, convention centers, and event portfolios — a much larger incumbent offering overlapping functionality with Crescat's full product stack.
• Bizzabo: Bizzabo offers an enterprise event experience platform with registration, mobile apps, and engagement tools — overlapping Crescat's mobile app and event management capabilities at the enterprise end of the market.

Emerging players

• Whova: Whova is an event management platform popular with conferences and associations, offering scheduling, networking, and mobile apps — comparable to Crescat's conference and festival use cases but focused on attendee-facing engagement rather than production operations.

Direct peers

• ivvy: ivvy is an event management and venue booking platform with modules for events, venues, and accommodation — directly overlapping Crescat's Event/Venue product suite across SMB and mid-market customers.
• Planning Pod: Planning Pod offers event and venue management software covering scheduling, room booking, task management, and client communication — overlapping directly with Crescat Event/Venue/Festival across small and mid-market event organizers.
• Catapult Sports / Catapult Events: Catapult Events provides event management software for festivals, conferences, and corporate events with modules for registration, scheduling, and attendee engagement — comparable to Crescat's feature breadth and vertical focus.
• Artifax Software: Artifax provides event and resource management software for theaters, concert halls, and venues with scheduling, booking, and resource planning features — closely aligned with Crescat Venue's room and schedule management capabilities.
• Priava: Priava is a venue and event management platform built for cultural venues, conference centers, and arts organizations with room booking and diary management — directly comparable to Crescat Venue and the theater/opera vertical.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/crescatsoftware
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/crescat-io

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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