
Lea (Live Event Assistant) is a new startup that revolutionizes the ticket discovery and purchase process. The company offers a more modern experience by combining event search, discovery, seat selection and payment all in a single application that works right in Facebook Messenger. It employs the most cutting edge recent technologies in machine learning and natural language processing to provide the easiest experience when buying tickets.

Lea (Live Event Assistant) is a new startup that revolutionizes the ticket discovery and purchase process. The company offers a more modern experience by combining event search, discovery, seat selection and payment all in a single application that works right in Facebook Messenger. It employs the most cutting edge recent technologies in machine learning and natural language processing to provide the easiest experience when buying tickets.
Product: Messenger chatbot for event discovery, seat selection and in-chat ticket purchase
Founding: Founded 2017 in San Francisco
Funding: Raised an angel round (~$600,000) in Jan 2018
Status: Listed as closed on public profiles
Live event discovery and ticket purchasing friction for consumers
2017
Live events / ticketing
$600,000
Reported angel round announced January 2018; TechCrunch reported $600,000 raised.