Zoonga (formerly known as Kyazoonga) is a privately held global ticketing company that operates an online ticketing service which is accessible via its

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s and

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s. It also provides its service through retail outlets and box-office distribution channels. Users can use the service to purchase tickets to major sports, entertainment, leisure and lifestyle events and venues across the world. Zoonga's partners include sports franchises, teams, concert promoters and

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s. As a

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, typically, Zoonga's clients (promoters) control their events, and Zoonga acts as an

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, selling the tickets that the clients make available to them. It is also the only ticketing company from the Indian subcontinent to have qualified as a finalist for an

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ticketing bid.

Founders

Neetu Bhatia is the co-founder and CEO of Zoonga. All co-founders of Zoonga are alumni of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and

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. Akash Bhatia, her brother, is also a co-founder. A software engineer turned entrepreneur, Akash conceived the original idea during one of his visits back home to India. Arpita Majumder is the third co-founder and COO of Zoonga.

Funding

Zoonga is backed by an $18 billion New York-based hedge fund that has multiple investments in e-media companies.

Ratan Tata investment

In 2016, Mr. Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus of the

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, became a strategic investor in the company.

History

Early history

Launched in early 2007 as

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's first entertainment and sports ticketing company, Zoonga now tickets events in many parts of the world. Zoonga started with movies ticketing first but subsequently stopped.

Events ticketed

# Tata Open Maharashtra 2019 # ICC Women's World T20 2018 # The Royal Melbourne Show #

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in the

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200th (retirement) Test match #

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India Tour #

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in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh # III Commonwealth Youth Games

Product overview

Users and fans

Users can discover events using search and filters such as categories, dates, location, and price. Before booking, users must provide personal and payment information.

Concerts/events/teams promoters and organizers

Clients provide inventory, prices and other details for their venues and event listings. Pricing is determined by the clients.

Corporate information

Office locations

It has offices in

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New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House ...

Pune Pune (; ; also known as Poona, (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million ...

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and in the

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Controversies

2011 Cricket World Cup

During the ticket sales for the semis and finals of the Cricket World Cup, the site crashed due to heavy traffic from millions of fans looking to purchase tickets with a limited supply of tickets available for sale.

Sachin Tendulkar Retirement Test

Several fans were left angry at the inability to purchase tickets for Sachin Tendulkar's 200th and final Test match in November 2013.

References

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