Valeas Capital Partners Acquires Majority Stake in TicketManager
June 2, 2025
Valeas Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in TicketManager, a platform for end-to-end corporate event ticket and guest management. The deal includes Valeas committing $110 million to support TicketManager’s strategic growth, with CEO Tony Knopp and COO Ken Hanscom retaining minority interests.
- Buyers
- Valeas Capital Partners
- Targets
- TicketManager
- Sellers
- Tony Knopp (Co-Founder and CEO of TicketManager), Ken Hanscom (COO of TicketManager)
- Industry
- Cloud & SaaS
- Transaction Type
- Growth capital
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