Withfriends wants to help keep cities creative and events exciting -- and they plan to achieve that with their easy-to-use membership program. Their program makes it easy for music and art venues to set up and run events, while also making it easy for audiences to sign up for memberships for the venues they attend, bringing more consistent revenue to the venues themselves. In fact, in their private beta, Withfriends found they can convert 20% of a venue’s existing audience into members. Since their launch, they’ve had more than 8.500 attendees buy tickets for over 450 -- and over 1,700 of those attendees, or roughly 20%, became members. Once Withfriends goes public, they plan to offer their platform to everything from music and art venues, to bookstores, record shops, and small businesses -- all in the name of keeping innovative culture and programs alive and thriving.