What JAZZCAT LTD does

JAZZCAT LTD operates a mobile-first jazz discovery and ticketing platform serving the United Kingdom and United States markets. The platform is delivered through three primary surfaces: a web application at jazzcat.com, an iOS app (App Store id6762569352), and an Android app (Google Play com.jazzcat.app). It connects three distinct user types — Jazz Fans (consumers), Musicians, and Venues — enabling fans to discover live gigs, jam sessions, and festivals filtered by 33 jazz subgenres, date, and location, while allowing musicians and venues to self-list events, manage profiles, and engage directly with audiences.

Name

JAZZCAT LTD

Legal name

JAZZCAT LTD

Website

https://jazzcat.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

JAZZCAT LTD operates a mobile and web platform for discovering live jazz events and purchasing tickets across the UK and US, serving jazz fans, musicians, and venues through Native Ticketing and Pro Subscriptions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Event Ticketing Platform

NAICS

Musical Groups and Artists (711130), Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures (7114)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Concerts & Music Festivals (THAJAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Live Music Clubs & Venues (MPAGAIAB), Live Music Booking (Bands, Soloists, DJs) (HSACAHAA), Casting & Talent Placement (Sessions, Bands, Touring Musicians) (MPAIAGAM)

Keywords

• Live jazz ticketing
• Event discovery platform
• Music venue marketing
• Mobile ticketing app
• Musician gig promotion

Headquarters

HQ city

Brighton

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Native Ticketing Service Fees: Jazzcat charges a 7% service fee on ticket prices for all Native Ticketing transactions. Jazzcat acts as a disclosed agent of the Event Organiser, facilitating ticket sales and processing payments via Stripe Connect. The fee is clearly displayed before purchase confirmation and is non-refundable in cancelled event scenarios.
2. Pro Subscriptions (Venues & Musicians): Paid subscription tiers for Venues and Musicians providing access to advanced analytics, priority placement, and enhanced management tools. Billed on recurring monthly basis. Prices may change with at least 30 days notice. Free trial periods may be offered with email notification at least 7 days before trial ends.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Jazzcat operates a mobile-first platform (iOS, Android, and web) that lets jazz fans discover live gigs, jam sessions, and festivals across the UK and US, follow artists and venues, and purchase tickets directly via Native Ticketing processed through Stripe Connect. Musicians and venues can create profiles, list events, manage staff, and sell tickets through the platform, with paid Pro Subscriptions providing advanced analytics, priority placement, and enhanced management tools.

Product overview

Jazzcat is a jazz discovery and ticketing platform operated as a web application and mobile app (available on iOS and Android). The platform connects jazz fans with live events through a searchable directory covering the United Kingdom and United States, offering Native Ticketing for direct ticket purchases via Stripe Connect and Redirected Listings for third-party ticketing. Musicians and venues can create profiles, list events, and sell tickets through the platform, while Pro Subscriptions provide paid tiers with advanced analytics and priority placement features for professional users.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Jazzcat Platform (mobile and web app)
• Pro Subscriptions

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Unified Projects LtdcoreTechnology or IntegrationUnified Projects Ltd provides technical development, maintenance, and support services to Jazzcat as a data processor. They are described as a partner in the footer of the Jazzcat website. Unified Projects does not operate the Platform but contributes to its technical infrastructure and ongoing maintenance.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Live Nation Entertainment: Live Nation is the world's largest live entertainment company, operating venues, festivals, and ticketing (via Ticketmaster) across all major music genres. It is a broad incumbent in the live music space that competes indirectly with Jazzcat for live jazz event audience attention and promoter relationships.
• Ticketmaster: Ticketmaster is the dominant primary ticketing platform for live music in the US and UK, serving major venues, festivals, and touring artists. It overlaps with Jazzcat on the ticketing layer but operates at the mainstream end of the market and does not offer jazz-specific discovery or following features.
• Eventbrite: Eventbrite is a large generalist self-service event ticketing and discovery platform used by venues, promoters, and individual event organizers across categories including live music. It competes with Jazzcat on the venue ticketing side but lacks Jazzcat's jazz-specific discovery, subgenre filtering, and fan following features.

Direct peers

• JamBase: JamBase is a live music discovery platform historically rooted in jam and improvisational music with strong jazz, blues, and related genre coverage. Its niche live-music focus, artist tracking, and ticketing partnerships make it the most genre-overlapping peer to Jazzcat's jazz-specific positioning.
• Bandsintown: Bandsintown is a concert discovery and tracking app that helps users find live music events and buy tickets, and offers artist-to-fan messaging. It is the closest direct peer to Jazzcat in terms of a mobile-first live music discovery and ticketing flow, although it covers all genres rather than jazz specifically.
• Dice: Dice is a mobile-first ticketing platform focused on live music events with features like waitlists, fan insights, and venue/musician-side tooling. Its emphasis on live music ticketing, mobile UX, and promoter/venue relationships makes it a direct comparable in Jazzcat's category.
• Songkick: Songkick is a concert discovery platform that aggregates live music events from primary and secondary ticketing sources and routes users to ticket purchase. Its event aggregation plus redirect-to-purchase model closely mirrors Jazzcat's combination of native and redirected listings, and it competes for the same live-music fan use case.
• Resident Advisor: Resident Advisor is a live music events listing and ticketing platform focused on electronic, experimental, and club music, with venue and DJ/artist profiles. While genre-focused on a different scene, its model of genre-specialized event discovery, venue profiles, and integrated ticketing is structurally analogous to Jazzcat.

Emerging players

• Sofar Sounds: Sofar Sounds is a global community-driven live music company hosting intimate concerts in non-traditional venues with an app-based discovery and ticketing experience. Its mobile-first, curated live music discovery model overlaps with Jazzcat's discovery-plus-ticketing approach but with a different venue/format positioning.
• StageIt: StageIt is a live streaming concert platform where artists perform online and fans purchase tickets to remote shows, with tipping and interaction features. It represents an adjacent, emerging live-music monetization model that competes for jazz musicians' direct-to-fan ticket revenue alongside Jazzcat's in-person focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

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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