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By Ben Popper 10/25/11 1:40pm

SeatGeek Expands to Event Recommendations With Columbus (Beta Invites!)

Ticketing site SeatGeek has been on a tear recently, announcing big traffic growth and a partnership with Yahoo. Now the startup is taking the rich data set it built up selling tickets for sporting events and concerts and branching out to recommendations, creating a service called “Columbus” to help users find games and concerts they didn’t know about but might enjoy. Read More

By Ben Popper 2/22/11 12:52pm

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Hot Ticket: SeatGeek Nabs Investment From Ashton Kutcher

SeatGeek, which helps users find the best deals on tickets being sold on the secondary market, is on a roll. Today the company announced a new investment from courtside celebs, Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary’s A Grade Investments.

SeatGeek is based out of General Assembly, the new startup space in Flatiron that Fashism, another Kutcher Read More

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