Event planning start-up Delegate has raised $1m in a pre-series A funding round. The Singapore-based platform will use the proceeds to expand into the US and Australia. The founders want to improve transparency and efficiency, while reducing disputes and cancellations in the industry. In an interview with TechCrunch, co-founder and CEO of Delegate, David Lee, said that he was inspired by his experience as a startup founder who had to cancel meetings because they were too busy or Delegate has more than 1,700 vendors and 70,000 users on its platform and has already expanded into Hong Kong.
Event planning start-up Delegate has raised $1m in a pre-series A funding round. The Singapore-based platform will use the proceeds to expand into the US and Australia. The founders want to improve transparency and efficiency, while reducing disputes and cancellations in the industry. It also plans to utilise blockchain technology to create industry-wide standards. Delegate has more than 1,700 vendors and 70,000 users on its platform and has already expanded into Hong Kong.