Ticket Marketplace, TicketStreet Raises 15M Yen From Incubate Fund / japan.internet.com

TicketStreet announced 15 million yen of fundraising from Incubate Fund. With the capital, it aims to expand business such as last-minute deals using smartphone, linkage with SNS, and expansion into Asian market.

TicketStreet is a company to operate Internet service, TicketStreet which allows users to sell unneeded tickets or buy the tickets. It confirms identification of sellers to avoid trouble in C2C deals. It has always over 5,000 tickets placed. ...

japan.internet.com 5/22/2012 [jp]

memo

• C2C marketplace for tickets seems relatively traditional business model. Yahoo Auction would be the largest competitor. Three points mentioned for business expansion, smartphone, social network, and Asia, may add potential to accelerate the humble business. 
• http://ticket.st/