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, comparing events in the UK, Ireland, Spain and Netherlands. While studying at the

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, co-founder Steve Pearce wanted to create a single destination for event goers to discover events. Pearce pitched the idea to family friend and future co-founder Sam Coley, a software developer. In 2015, TickX received backing from

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, with Pearce and Coley earning nominations as one of

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's "Four young entrepreneurs to watch in 2016". In the second half of 2017, TickX expanded to the Republic of Ireland and Spain. In July 2017, TickX unveiled an event

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via

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. In September 2018, TickX launched Producer360, a toolkit to give producers access to their

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and analytics technology. In April 2021, TickX refocussed to become a pure

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company and switched off the events and tickets search engine at TickX.com.

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