ABOUT HIVE:

Hive is the fan marketing platform built for live events. Hive has helped promoters, venues, festivals, and their teams turn fan relationships into ticket sales through event-specific email, SMS, CRM, Meta ads, and AI marketing automation tools built to drive revenue. A Y Combinator alumnus trusted by more than 1,500 clients, including some of the world's largest festivals and venues, Hive has driven over $700 million in ticket sales and sent more than 5 billion messages on its customers' behalf. With the launch of Hive for Artists, the company is now bringing that same fan-marketing power directly to artists and their teams where the fan relationship starts. Hive was founded by Ian Roberts and Patrick Hannigan. For more information, visit hive.co.

ABOUT IAN ROBERTS:

Ian Roberts is the co-founder and CEO of Hive, a leading AI-powered marketing platform for live events. In 2014, Ian co-founded Hive with his friend Patrick Hannigan while they were students at the University of Waterloo. What began as a tool to crowdfund concerts in their college town has grown into a powerful technology platform helping promoters, festivals, venues and artists better understand and engage their audiences. Today, Hive is used by more than 1,500 live event organizations worldwide and integrates with 40+ ticketing partners, including Ticketmaster. The platform has helped drive nearly $700 million in ticket sales and is backed by Y Combinator and Frontier Growth. Ian’s mission is to help more people discover and attend live events that create a genuine sense of connection and community. He lives in British Columbia with his wife and two children.