Eventbrite co-founder and C.E.O Julia Hartz

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Eventbrite, The San Francisco based online event management and ticketing company has gotten a new office in a notable building, South Mall 97, A landmark former banking hall in Cork city originally built for The Provincial Bank of Ireland in 1865 and will house the company’s new employees as it rapidly expands from a team of 35 to about 100 employees.

The company which has processed a huge number of ticket sales totaling a gross volume of $10 Billion and is currently expanding its team with new hires in various departments including risk analytics, customer service and other positions will make use of this new office to expand its services and company operations.

Eventbrite first expanded into Ireland four years ago with an office and also later opened a customer service center in the country and with the need for a larger space has now opened this new location in the region and represents a very good boost for the technology space in the region.

Cork is notable for being a tech hub in the country with thousands of tech jobs located in the region, Other notable technology companies also have branches in the city and is also slated to expand heavily and boost the regions’s technology presence.

Eventbrite was founded by Julia Hartz who is the current CEO, Her husband Kevin Hartz who also founded notable payments Fintech Xoom and is Eventbrite’s current chairman and current CTO Renaud Visage and is currently valued at a huge $1 Billion as a private tech company. 

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