Ink+Cotton

What Ink+Cotton does

Ink+Cotton (legally registered as Ink Plus Cotton) is a Los Angeles-based private company founded in 2009 that operates in the live screen printing and creative event marketing space, providing branded promotional services for events. The company describes itself as having 11-50 employees and historically served clients needing on-site custom apparel printing and branded activations, a service-driven model typical of experiential marketing vendors. The current public website (inkpluscotton.com) displays only a "See you soon!" placeholder with a contact form and email signup, and discloses no products, services, pricing, customer segments, or technology stack. No management team, funding history, partnerships, awards, or operational metrics are available in the source data, making the company's current scale, go-to-market motion, and revenue mechanics effectively unverifiable from public sources.

Name

Ink+Cotton

Legal name

Ink Plus Cotton

Website

https://inkpluscotton.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ink+Cotton is a Los Angeles-based live screen printing company, founded in 2009, that provides creative event marketing and branded promotional services for on-site activations. The firm operates with 11-50 employees and currently shows only a placeholder website.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Screen Printing Services

NAICS

Commercial Screen Printing (323113)

SIC

Commercial Printing (2750)

akta.pro primary industry

Printing Operations (Rotary/Flat/Digital/Sublimation) (IMAOACAC)

Keywords

• Live screen printing
• Event marketing
• Branded merchandise
• Promotional printing
• Custom apparel printing

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Core offering

Ink+Cotton operates as a live screen printing company providing creative event marketing and branded promotions. The company produces custom-branded apparel and merchandise on-site at client events, delivering finished promotional products in real time. Its service is targeted at organizations seeking experiential marketing activations and branded promotional giveaways.

Product overview

Ink+Cotton (also referred to as Ink Plus Cotton) operates a minimal website that displays a 'See you soon!' landing page with a contact form for email signups. No product or service offerings are described on the available site content.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Live Screen Printing On-site screen printing of custom-branded apparel and promotional merchandise produced in real time at client marketing events, trade shows, product launches, and corporate activations. The service is targeted at brands, agencies, and organizations seeking experiential marketing activations and tangible branded takeaways.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Custom Ink: CustomInk is a large, well-known direct-to-consumer and B2B custom apparel screen printing company offering on-demand decorated apparel with similar product positioning to Ink+Cotton's branded merchandise output. It is the most direct comparable in the custom apparel screen printing space, although it operates at significantly greater scale and primarily online rather than live-event.
• Rush Order Tees: Rush Order Tees is a custom apparel screen printing and embroidery shop specializing in fast-turn bulk and event-driven orders, directly overlapping with the live and event-driven screen printing focus of Ink+Cotton. Comparable in target customer (brand teams, event organizers, groups needing decorated apparel).

Emerging players

• Printful: Printful is a print-on-demand apparel decorator offering screen printing and DTG services for brands and creators, with overlapping customer base of small brands and event organizers needing decorated merchandise. Represents the digital-first, scalable approach to the same custom apparel printing category Ink+Cotton serves.
• Spreadshirt: Spreadshirt operates a global print-on-demand and custom apparel platform serving creators and small brands needing decorated merchandise. Comparable to Ink+Cotton in custom apparel printing capabilities and target customer base of brand/event-driven apparel buyers.
• Zazzle: Zazzle is an online marketplace for custom-printed apparel, accessories, and promotional goods, using on-demand printing workflows to serve small businesses and event organizers. Comparable in customizable promotional product output, though serving demand via digital marketplace model rather than live event activation.

Broad incumbents

• 4over: 4over is a commercial printing and direct mail powerhouse offering wide-format and printed products at wholesale scale to print resellers and agencies. Comparable to Ink+Cotton in the broader commercial print/production arena serving marketing and event collateral needs.
• Fully Promoted: Fully Promoted is a national franchise network providing branded promotional products and apparel to corporate clients, competing in the same end-market of branded promotions that Ink+Cotton targets. It represents the franchise/incumbent channel approach to the branded merchandise space.
• Vistaprint: Vistaprint is a large-scale commercial printer and branded merchandise supplier owned by Cimpress, offering business cards, signage, apparel, and promotional products at scale. Comparable to Ink+Cotton in commercial printing output categories and SMB/corporate customer base, though serving via mass-market self-service.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/inkpluscotton
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ink-cotton

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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