Performing arts platform Artelize secures a $1.1 million pre-seed funding spherical to spend money on its AI providers to assist world visibility of the performing arts.
Artelize, a platform centered on the world of the performing arts, has introduced a profitable pre-seed funding spherical of €1 million ($1.1 million). The funding spherical fuels the launch of two AI-powered providers to boost world artist visibility and empower viewers development and engagement for arts organizations. Funding can even allow Artelize’s development into the UK and European markets, having already secured a foothold within the US.
The $1.1 million funding spherical has been led by Bjørn Bruun, founding father of Danish vogue model Bruuns Bazaar, and energetic angel investor. Bruun has seen assist by a spread of buyers, together with early-stage VC investor Peter Jakobsen of Human Act Growth, and a bunch of different angel buyers.
As a part of the funding spherical, Artelize additionally acquired a authorities grant from the Danish Innobooster Programme, and a mortgage facility from the Danish Export and Funding Fund. The funding follows an preliminary spherical with Tesla founders Marc Tarpenning and Martin Eberhard, elevating €350,000 ($384,000).
Launched in 2022 by founders Sune Hjerrild, Paola Cacciatori, Peter Somogyi, and Jan Pilgaard Carlsen — a bunch of former artists, entrepreneurs, and technologists — Artelize makes use of AI to gather details about concert events and occasions within the performing arts.
Artelize’s vary of occasions contains opera, classical music, ballet, dance, musicals, spoken theatre, and jazz. Having gathered the related data, Artelize then creates performer and occasion pages that artists and presenters can use to advertise themselves.
Presently, the platform options 24,000 upcoming occasions and 29,000 artists, primarily centered on the US market, with the most recent spherical of funding serving to Artelize to increase into the UK and European markets.
“Our buyers clearly acknowledge the significance of our mission to rework the way in which artists and producers join with present and new followers,” says Sune Hjerrild, founder and CEO of Artelize. “It’s more and more necessary for artists to have a powerful on-line presence to ensure that them to have the ability to promote themselves and their concert events.”
“However the issue is that the lives of artists will be extremely centered on rehearsal time, which regularly requires 100% of their focus. With the mobile-friendly options of (Artelize’s) Profession Booster, it’s very easy for artists to arrange and publish posts throughout a free second within the rehearsal room.”
Artelize’s Profession Booster is free to artists for as much as two social media posts per 30 days, after which they’ll improve to the paid tier from $10 per 30 days. The following iteration of the platform’s audience-building instruments is getting ready for a launch early this 12 months.