Pollen is a technology company on a mission to build, curate, and deliver the best experiences all over the world leveraging a data-driven, customer-led mindset, and a network of global partners.
We have two offerings: Pollen Presents and Pollen+. Pollen Presents curates experiences around your tastes and preferences you can’t find anywhere else. These experiences bring together music, sports, wellness and beyond to enable you and your friends to connect around one-of-a-kind itineraries in exciting destinations. Pollen+ always gets you more at music festivals and events when you book through us. Pollen+ partners with the biggest promoter brands and music festivals, including We Are FSTVL, Austin City Limits, Bonnaroo, C3, Electric Zoo, Live Nation and more.
Pollen was founded in 2014 by brothers Callum & Liam Negus-Fancey. Pollen is backed by prominent investors including Kindred, Northzone, Sienna Capital, Backed and Draper Spirit. Pollen has raised over $100 million in VC funding.
We have two offerings: Pollen Presents and Pollen+. Pollen Presents curates experiences around your tastes and preferences you can’t find anywhere else. These experiences bring together music, sports, wellness and beyond to enable you and your friends to connect around one-of-a-kind itineraries in exciting destinations. Pollen+ always gets you more at music festivals and events when you book through us. Pollen+ partners with the biggest promoter brands and music festivals, including We Are FSTVL, Austin City Limits, Bonnaroo, C3, Electric Zoo, Live Nation and more.
Pollen was founded in 2014 by brothers Callum & Liam Negus-Fancey. Pollen is backed by prominent investors including Kindred, Northzone, Sienna Capital, Backed and Draper Spirit. Pollen has raised over $100 million in VC funding.
Location: United Kingdom, England, London
Employees: 501-1000
Total raised: $210M
Founded date: 2014
Investors 6
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Generation... | generation... |
| - | Molten Ven... | moltenvent... |
| - | True True | true.globa... |
| 23.04.2022 | SGH Capita... | sghcapital... |
| - | Northzone ... | northzone.... |
| - | Draper Esp... | draperespr... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 22.04.2022 | Series C | $150M | - |
| 25.10.2019 | - | $60M | Northzone ... |
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| 26.04.2022 | Elon Musk is buying Twitter. Here’s what comes next | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox. Goodbye, TWTR ticker. Hello to the reign of the world’s wealthiest man, Elon Musk. While Musk tak... |
| 22.04.2022 | After witnessing “stellar” growth in 2021 despite pandemic, experience marketplace Pollen raises €138.3M | London-based Pollen, the travel and entertainment technology company, announced on Thursday that it has raised $150M (approximately €138.32M) in its Series C round of funding from investors including Kindred, Lansdowne Partners, Northzone, ... |
| 22.04.2022 | Pollen weathers the storm, adds another $150 million to the go bag | London-based Pollen, which bills itself as a travel and entertainment technology company, has raised $150 million in a Series C funding round. The round was led by existing investor Kindred Capital, with Lansdowne Partners, Northzone, Sienn... |
| 21.04.2022 | Travel tech startup Pollen raises $150M Series C to scale its curated travel experiences and expand its global reach | Pollen, a London, England-based travel tech startup that curates and delivers travel experiences, has raised $150 million in its Series C funding. The round was backed by prominent investors including Kindred, Lansdowne Partners, Northzone,... |
| 21.04.2022 | Pollen Raises $150M in Series C Funding | Pollen, a Los Angeles, CA and London, UK-based travel & entertainment technology company, raised $150M in Series C funding. The round was led by Kindred, Lansdowne Partners, Northzone, Sienna Capital, Backed and Molton Ventures. The com... |
| 02.06.2020 | Former Pollen employees were asked to sign an ‘NDA masked as a severance agreement’ | Pollen, the U.K.-headquartered travel and events marketplace, describes its company culture as built on principles of “freedom” and openness, including a well-publicised pay transparency policy. However, that doesn’t appear to always be the... |
| 19.05.2020 | Experience marketplace Pollen lays off 69 North America staff, furloughs 34 in UK | As the coronavirus pandemic continues, throwing countries into lockdown and recession, two of the hardest-hit sectors have been travel and events. And startups operating in the space that have recently raised significant funding aren’t immu... |
| 25.10.2019 | Pollen, an invite-only marketplace tech startup, raises $60 million to scale its influential membership base | Generation Z, group ages between 16 to 21, already represent up to $143 billion in buying power, according to a 2018 report from Barkley. The 16–28-year-old Americans on the other hand, spend $800 billion annually. One tech startup is aimin... |
| 24.10.2019 | Pollen, Formerly Verve, Closes $60 Million in Financing Led by Northzone | LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pollen, formerly known as Verve, an invite-only marketplace that enables people to bring their friends to the best experiences and share rewards, has raised $60 million in new financing, bringing the total capital r... |
| 24.10.2019 | London-based Pollen raises €69.5 million for its invite-only events platform | London-based Pollen, formerly known as Verve, an invite-only marketplace that lets people bring their friends to exclusive events and share rewards, has raised €69.5 million in financing, bringing the startup’s total capital raised to date ... |
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