{"id":358,"date":"2010-08-23T10:18:34","date_gmt":"2010-08-23T09:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startups.co.uk\/?p=358"},"modified":"2021-05-18T10:31:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T09:31:20","slug":"7-seatwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2010\/7-seatwave\/","title":{"rendered":"7. Seatwave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Founder:<\/strong> Joe Cohen<br><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seatwave.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.seatwave.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seatwave offers buyers a secure environment in which to buy secondary tickets, with delivery guarantees and a host of other measures to keep the touts at bay.<\/p>\n<p>Since launching in 2007 the site has grown its user base to 1.4 million and has at least 700,000 tickets available on the site at any given time. 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