Daren Matsuoka
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The People's Ticketmaster is coming. Ahmed and David, the founders of KYD Labs, bring deep ticketing expertise and firsthand experience battling the unfair power dynamics that dominate the live events industry today.
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Daren Matsuoka
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The team has sat down with countless venues, promoters, and agents to discover the real pain points that need to be addressed. From these learnings, they built a ticketing platform with a set of integrated marketing tools that provide crystal clear ROI: After integrating KYD, venues now sell 30% more tickets.
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Daren Matsuoka
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In order to scale this offering, KYD will be introducing a decentralized factoring protocol (for accredited investors), backed by real cash flows from ticket sales. This will allow venues to unlock the capital they need to produce more shows, book bigger talent, and scale faster — creating a powerful flywheel for growth and financial independence across the live events ecosystem.
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Daren Matsuoka
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Ticketing is one of the most brutal, entrenched industries to disrupt — but if anyone can do it, it's Ahmed and David. They know every corner of this business and see every challenge as an opportunity. It’s no surprise KYD became the first crypto-native company in history to win an exclusive ticketing contract with a major U.S. music venue — and they did it in New York City, a cutthroat live events market.
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Daren Matsuoka
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We’re thrilled to have KYD Labs in the CSX SF cohort. I’ve been truly inspired by this team.
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Daren Matsuoka
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None of the above should be taken as investment advice or an advertisement for investment services; please see https://a16z.com/disclosures/ for more information.
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