Event platform Eventbrite lays off a large part of its employees

Weeks after the Italian company Bending Spoons acquired the event platform Eventbrite, it announced layoffs for a large part of the team. The affected employees, according to their own statements, were comprehensively compensated. At the same time, some product improvements were promised.

At the end of 2025, Eventbrite employed 636 people, according to its own stock market report. At the end of 2023, there were still 866. The new owner does not reveal how many will remain with the company. The new Eventbrite head, Andrea Parodi, justifies the many layoffs by aiming to tap into the company's "full potential" as an event platform by enabling a smaller team to implement changes more efficiently.

Shorter loading times promised

Product improvements are already planned for April. For example, according to Parodi, the platform is to become more reliable and faster through reduced loading times. Event attendees should also get easier access to their tickets by being able to store them in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, or offline. A dedicated page lists all of Eventbrite's new features.

Bending Spoons acquired Eventbrite in early December of last year for 500 million US dollars. The takeover was completed at the beginning of March 2026. Since then, the now privatized company is no longer listed on the stock exchange.

According to its own statements, Eventbrite is a global self-service ticketing platform where users can discover, create, and share a wide variety of events. In 2024, Eventbrite counted around 89 million users (unique visits) per month and sold 83 million tickets.

Layoff waves as common practice at Bending Spoons

Bending Spoons is known for buying established digital products and then laying off many employees shortly thereafter – usually under the pretext of improving the products with smaller teams. For example, after the acquisition of Vimeo last fall, the company parted ways with many employees in two waves of layoffs. The acquisition of the hiking app "Komoot" also caused a stir. Other affected products include the email provider AOL, the file-sharing service WeTransfer, and the online notebook service Evernote.

(mho)