Eved, an online marketplace for the meeting and event industry, has raised $9.5 million in a series B round led by New World Ventures and MK Capital.
The funding will enable the Chicago area company to scale and expand its proprietary online platform to serve an $263 million industry, with 1.8 million annual U.S. corporate meetings and events, one of the few that has yet to migrate onto the Internet.
Eved and its founder and chief executive officer, Talia Mashiach, have been profiled in The New York Times, Forbes, Inc., Wall Street Journal, and Business Week.
New World Ventures, a member of The Pritzker Group, is a multi-stage venture capital firm. MK Capital is an established venture capital firm providing early stage and growth equity capital to companies in the digital media, software, and education technology sectors.
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