# CrowdVolt

> CrowdVolt is a New York-based, Y Combinator-backed marketplace that lets fans buy and sell tickets to live events - starting with raves and EDM concerts - through a bid-ask model similar to StockX. Buyers name the price they are willing to pay, sellers set an ask, and trades clear automatically when the two meet. The platform handles secure payments and automated ticket transfers to cut fraud, inflated fees, and the opacity of the traditional resale market.

- **Founded:** 2024
- **Headquarters:** New York, New York, United States
- **Founders:** Max Hammer (Co-Founder & CEO), Josh Karol (Co-Founder & CTO), Aria Mohseni (Co-Founder & COO)
- **Team size:** ~10-17
- **Products:** Bid-Ask Ticket Marketplace, Secure Payments & Automated Transfer, Social Discovery, Referral Program
- **Notable:** Accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2024 batch, Raised a $1.4M seed round including YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim, Grew to 3,000+ active users and ~250 listed events within months of a late-January 2024 launch

## Products & services

- **Bid-Ask Ticket Marketplace** — A two-sided marketplace where buyers submit bids and sellers set asks; trades execute automatically when a bid meets an ask, similar to StockX for sneakers.
- **Secure Payments & Automated Transfer** — CrowdVolt intermediates payment and automatically transfers third-party-issued tickets between counterparties to reduce fraud and scams.
- **Social Discovery** — Search rave and EDM events by artist, venue, or date across NYC, Miami, Chicago, LA and SF, with buyer-seller messaging to reduce anonymity.
- **Referral Program** — Users earn $5 for each completed transaction from a referred friend.

## Achievements

- Accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2024 batch
- Raised a $1.4M seed round including YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim
- Grew to 3,000+ active users and ~250 listed events within months of a late-January 2024 launch
- Expanded from Brooklyn to a multi-city footprint (NYC, Miami, Chicago, LA, SF)

## Latest updates

- **2024-01** — Launched the bid-ask ticket marketplace focused on New York rave and EDM events.
- **2024-03** — Closed seed funding round (Seed stage).
- **2024-07** — TechCrunch profiles CrowdVolt's bid-ask model; company reports 3,000+ users, 250+ events and plans for a mobile app and expansion to Miami, Chicago and California.

## Links

- Website: https://crowdvolt.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/crowdvolt
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/CrowdVolt
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crowdvolt/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@crowdvolt

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Last updated: 2026-07-06