Eventbrite MILITARY

Target: Eventbrite, Inc. Current parent: Bending Spoons S.p.A. Research date: 21 October 2026 Domain: Military - Military Forensics

Direct Defence Contracting & Procurement

Ministry of Defence & IDF Contracts

Eventbrite describes its business as providing event discovery, registration, ticketing, and related commercial services. Its 2025 annual filing and September 2026 privacy policy identify these core activities.^{1, 2}

On 10 March 2026, Eventbrite became a wholly owned subsidiary of Bending Spoons following completion of the acquisition announced in December 2025. The transaction is confirmed by SEC disclosures and the acquiring parent’s published corporate information.^{3, 4, 5}

No public evidence identified of an Eventbrite contract, procurement award, framework agreement, or memorandum of understanding with the Israeli Ministry of Defence, Israel Defense Forces, Israel Prison Service, Israel Border Police, or another Israeli military procurement authority in the reviewed corporate and specialist sources.^{1, 6, 7}

Two independently organised events involving Israeli soldiers were identified on Eventbrite.^{8, 9}

A listing for a 17 May 2026 dedication ceremony, organised by YEDIDIM USA INC, describes Kfar Yedidim as a facility supporting Israeli soldiers who have served multiple tours. The advertised purpose includes honouring Norman Frajman and recognising support for soldiers affected by military service.⁸

A separate listing for a Tel Aviv walking tour, organised by Jonathan Jacobson, advertises a guide described as an IDF soldier and an optional Krav Maga session.⁹

Neither listing identifies Eventbrite as the event organiser or as a contracted supplier to the Israeli defence establishment.^{8, 9}

No public evidence identified establishing that either event was commissioned by an Israeli military authority.^{8, 9}

No public evidence identified confirming the actual occurrence of either event, the amount of revenue generated, or payments to Israeli military institutions.^{8, 9}

Defence Trade Directory Listings

No public evidence identified of Eventbrite appearing as an Israeli defence supplier in SIBAT directories, Israeli defence exhibition supplier lists, or military procurement registries. The reviewed AFSC Investigate and Who Profits materials did not identify an Eventbrite-specific defence-supplier record.^{6, 7, 10}

Press Releases & Official Announcements

The verified corporate announcements concern Eventbrite’s acquisition by Bending Spoons and its commercial event platform.^{3, 4, 5}

No public evidence identified of an Eventbrite defence cooperation agreement, military joint venture, procurement partnership, or official Israeli military supply announcement in the reviewed corporate disclosures.^{1, 3, 5}

Dual-Use Products & Tactical Variants

Militarised Product Lines

Eventbrite’s publicly described services include event registration, ticketing, event management, entry management, promotion, and related software capabilities.^{1, 2}

The company also describes application programming interfaces and other software mechanisms associated with its event-management services.²

No public evidence identified of Eventbrite manufacturing or marketing ruggedised military hardware, military-specification communications equipment, tactical systems, weapons-control software, or military-specific product variants in its reviewed corporate disclosures.^{1, 2}

Civilian-to-Military Distinction

The identified Israeli-soldier-related event listings demonstrate the advertised availability of Eventbrite’s civilian event platform to independent organisers.^{8, 9}

Eventbrite’s published service documentation distinguishes the platform’s role from that of event organisers, who create and manage their events.^{11, 12}

No public evidence identified establishing that Eventbrite developed a military-specific version of its ticketing software for Israeli defence agencies.^{1, 2}

No public evidence identified of military-exclusive pricing, customised defence integration, classified operational deployment, or software designed to produce targeting decisions or kinetic weapons effects.^{1, 2}

End-User Certification & Export Licensing

No public evidence identified of Eventbrite export licence applications, end-user certificates, defence export authorisations, or governmental reviews involving Israeli military or security end-users in the reviewed records.^{1, 13}

Eventbrite’s merchant agreement includes restrictions concerning prohibited merchants, sanctions, and unlawful events. These are published conditions governing its commercial platform.¹³

No public evidence identified linking those conditions to an Israeli military export-control investigation.¹³

Heavy Machinery, Construction & Infrastructure

Equipment in Occupied Territories

Eventbrite’s disclosed business activities concern digital event services and related commercial operations.^{1, 2}

No public evidence identified of Eventbrite manufacturing, supplying, leasing, or operating heavy construction machinery in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, occupied Golan Heights, or other occupied territories.^{1, 6, 7}

Direct vs. Indirect Supply

No public evidence identified of Eventbrite supplying construction equipment through Israeli dealers, distributors, subcontractors, or secondary-market intermediaries.^{1, 6, 7}

No public evidence identified of an Eventbrite policy governing the military end-use of heavy machinery.^{1, 13}

Construction & Engineering Contracts

The OHCHR updated its settlement-company database in September 2025, identifying 158 business enterprises involved in specified settlement-related commercial activities.¹⁴

Earlier OHCHR updates and specialist NGO databases document companies associated with settlement infrastructure, construction, and related services.^{15, 6, 7}

The reviewed material did not identify a corresponding Eventbrite construction or engineering contract.^{6, 7, 14, 15}

No public evidence identified of Eventbrite participating in the construction, maintenance, or expansion of Israeli military bases, checkpoints, separation-barrier infrastructure, detention facilities, or settlements.^{1, 6, 7}

Supply Chain Integration with Defence Primes

Component Supply to Israeli Defence Manufacturers

No public evidence identified of Eventbrite supplying components, materials, manufacturing services, or military systems to Elbit Systems, Israel Aerospace Industries, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, or Israel Military Industries.^{1, 6, 7}

The company’s corporate disclosures describe a digital event platform and related services rather than defence-component production.^{1, 2}

Specific Component Categories

No public evidence identified of Eventbrite producing or supplying optical equipment, military electronics, guidance components, propulsion systems, communications hardware, armour, or other defence-specific components.^{1, 2}

Joint Development & Co-Production

No public evidence identified of Eventbrite participating in Israeli military research programmes, weapons development, technology transfer, licensed manufacturing, or defence co-production.^{1, 6, 7}

Parent-Company and Controlling-Principal Relationships

Eventbrite’s April 2025 annual-meeting proxy statement recorded identical beneficial-ownership positions for Kevin Hartz and Julia Hartz, each reporting approximately 51.5% of total voting power and 17.0% of total equity ownership.¹⁶

These percentages represented overlapping beneficial ownership and must not be added together.¹⁶

Footnote 2 of the ownership table identifies shares held through the Hartz Family Revocable Trust and the Hartz 2008 Irrevocable Trust. It states that Kevin and Julia Hartz were co-trustees of those trusts and shared voting and dispositive power over their holdings.¹⁶

The disclosure separately identifies securities held individually by each person and securities subject to exercisable options or vesting arrangements.¹⁶

Consequently, the identical beneficial-ownership percentages reflect jointly attributable interests, including shared trust holdings, rather than two independent majority voting stakes.¹⁶

The January 2026 preliminary merger proxy independently reported identical positions for Kevin Hartz and Julia D. Hartz.¹⁷

Its beneficial-ownership footnote again identified the Hartz Family Revocable Trust and the Hartz 2008 Irrevocable Trust as holdings over which Kevin and Julia Hartz shared voting and dispositive power.¹⁷

The December 2025 voting and support agreement provides additional documentary corroboration. It identifies Julia Hartz, Kevin Hartz, and their respective trusts and holding entities as supporting stockholders.^{5, 17}

As of 15 December 2025, those supporting stockholders collectively held approximately 3.9% of outstanding Class A shares and 71.0% of outstanding Class B shares, representing approximately 50.9% of total voting power.¹⁷

The collective percentage must not be interpreted as separate 50.9% holdings independently controlled by each founder.¹⁷

Eventbrite’s December 2025 merger disclosure also identifies the Hartz individuals, trusts, and associated holding entities as parties to the voting and support arrangements.⁵

The joint trustee relationship received further confirmation in the January 2026 merger-related litigation disclosures.¹⁸

A shareholder complaint filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery challenged aspects of the voting and support agreement, alleging that the agreement triggered conversion of certain Class B shares into Class A shares and affected their voting rights.¹⁸

Subsequent disclosures addressed the litigation and the shareholder approval process.¹⁹

These were allegations concerning corporate governance and merger voting rights. They do not establish military-related conduct by either founder.^{18, 19}

Eventbrite’s June 2025 shareholder meeting records identify Jane Lauder and April Underwood among directors elected to the company’s board.²⁰

Following the acquisition completed on 10 March 2026, Eventbrite became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bending Spoons group. Its 2025 Form 10-K confirms the departure of its previous board members and identifies Julia Hartz and Anand Gandhi as executives retained temporarily after the merger.^{1, 3}

The acquiring entities included Bending Spoons US Inc. and Bending Spoons S.p.A.^{3, 17}

UK Companies House records document subsequent changes to Eventbrite UK Limited’s controlling entity and directors during 2026.^{21, 22}

The Hartz beneficial-ownership percentages reported in 2025 are therefore historical pre-acquisition positions.^{3, 16, 17}

No public evidence identified establishing that Kevin Hartz, Julia Hartz, or another historical Eventbrite controlling principal used their Eventbrite holdings to finance Israeli military procurement, weapons manufacturing, military-specific donations, or operational support in the reviewed disclosures.^{16, 17, 18}

No public evidence identified establishing that a current controlling Eventbrite or Bending Spoons principal undertook a military-channel act involving Israeli defence procurement, military donations, defence-company directorships, military-specific investment, or operational supply in the examined corporate materials.^{1, 3, 4}

No public evidence identified of an attributable Israeli defence-industry supply relationship through a personal or family-office investment vehicle in the reviewed ownership disclosures.^{16, 17}

No public evidence identified of an operationally integrated Bending Spoons group entity supplying purpose-built targeting software or weapons components to Israeli forces in the reviewed group disclosures and specialist databases.^{4, 6, 7}

Logistical Sustainment & Base Services

Service Contracts to Military Installations

The Kfar Yedidim event advertised by YEDIDIM USA INC describes a facility providing support to Israeli soldiers and an associated dedication ceremony.⁸

The public listing establishes an advertised event involving a military-support facility and an independent organiser.⁸

It does not disclose an Eventbrite contract with the facility, its operating organisation, or the Israeli military.⁸

No public evidence identified of Eventbrite providing contractual catering, transport, fuel, waste management, military telecommunications, accommodation, or facilities-maintenance services to IDF installations in the reviewed corporate disclosures.^{1, 8}

Geographic Specificity

The Jonathan Jacobson tour listing identifies Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv as its starting location.⁹

The YEDIDIM USA INC event listing identifies its venue as to be announced.⁸

Neither listing substantiates Eventbrite-operated military services in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem, or occupied Golan Heights.^{8, 9}

No public evidence identified of Eventbrite providing military logistics or base services within occupied territories in the reviewed corporate and specialist records.^{1, 6, 7}

Shipping, Freight & Port Services

No public evidence identified of Eventbrite transporting military cargo, handling arms shipments, operating freight-forwarding services, or supporting Israeli military port logistics.^{1, 6, 7}

No public evidence identified of Eventbrite holding shipping or freight contracts connected with Israeli defence procurement.^{1, 6}

Munitions, Weapons Systems & Strategic Platforms

Lethal Systems Manufacturing

Eventbrite’s published commercial activities centre on event registration, ticketing, discovery, and related software services.^{1, 2}

No public evidence identified of Eventbrite manufacturing or supplying firearms, artillery, armoured vehicles, military drones, warships, or other lethal weapons platforms to Israeli forces.^{1, 6, 7}

Munitions & Precursor Materials

No public evidence identified of Eventbrite supplying ammunition, explosive ordnance, military propellants, warheads, or weapons precursor materials to Israeli military end-users.^{1, 6}

Strategic & Existential Defence Systems

No public evidence identified of Eventbrite manufacturing, maintaining, integrating, or supplying components for Iron Dome, David’s Sling, Arrow, Israeli combat aircraft, main battle tanks, naval combat vessels, or ballistic missile systems.^{1, 6, 7}

Sub-System & Critical Component Supply

No public evidence identified of Eventbrite providing guidance electronics, targeting software, fire-control systems, radar components, military propulsion systems, or weapons-integration technologies.^{1, 2}

No public evidence identified of Eventbrite developing AI systems specifically designed to generate military targeting decisions or kinetic weapons effects.^{1, 2}

Export Licensing, Regulatory & Legal History

Export Licence Decisions

No public evidence identified of a government granting, refusing, suspending, or revoking an Eventbrite export licence concerning Israeli military or security end-users in the reviewed records.^{1, 13}

Arms Embargo & Sanctions Compliance

Eventbrite’s merchant agreement provides sanctions-related restrictions and identifies categories of prohibited merchants and events.¹³

These provisions form part of its general commercial platform rules.¹³

No public evidence identified of an Eventbrite enforcement action concerning Israeli defence exports, arms embargoes, or military-related sanctions in the reviewed corporate disclosures.^{1, 13}

Legal Challenges & Judicial Review

No public evidence identified of litigation or judicial review specifically concerning Eventbrite’s alleged supply of weapons, military equipment, or military operational services to Israel in the reviewed legal and corporate records.^{1, 18, 19}

The company’s reviewed SEC filings concern corporate governance, financial reporting, and acquisition matters.^{1, 3, 16, 17}

A separate merger-related shareholder dispute was disclosed in January 2026.¹⁸

The complaint concerned whether the December 2025 voting and support agreement triggered conversion of certain Class B shares into Class A shares, potentially changing the voting power of the supporting stockholders.¹⁸

The disclosed defendants included Eventbrite, its directors, Kevin Hartz, Kevin and Julia Hartz as trustees of the Hartz Family Revocable Trust, another Hartz trust trustee, and Bending Spoons US Inc.¹⁸

The proceedings concerned merger arrangements and corporate voting rights. No public evidence identified connecting this litigation to Israeli military procurement or defence-sector supply.¹⁸

Subsequent SEC disclosures addressed the proceedings and shareholder approval of the merger.¹⁹

Constructive Notice - Post-July and November 2024

The examined materials establish that Eventbrite continued operating as a commercial ticketing platform after 19 July 2024 and after the November 2024 ICC arrest warrants.^{1, 2}

The identified YEDIDIM USA INC military-support event was advertised for May 2026.⁸

However, the listing does not establish an ongoing defence procurement relationship, military contract, or weapons supply.⁸

No public evidence identified of Eventbrite continuing a verified Israeli military supply contract after 19 July 2024 in the reviewed records.^{1, 6, 7}

No public evidence identified of such a contract continuing after the November 2024 ICC arrest warrants.^{1, 6, 7}

No company-specific military-supply termination demand, contract response, or comparable remediation record was identified in the reviewed corporate disclosures and specialist materials.^{1, 6, 7}

The military-support event listing establishes an advertised civilian-platform use after the relevant dates. It does not independently establish military procurement, direct financing by Eventbrite, or continued performance of a military contract.⁸

Civil Society Scrutiny & Documented Investigations

NGO & Academic Reports

The UN Special Rapporteur’s June 2025 report A/HRC/59/23 examines corporations operating within Israeli military, surveillance, and occupation-related economic systems.²³

The reviewed report material did not identify Eventbrite as a named military equipment supplier, weapons manufacturer, or defence contractor.²³

The OHCHR settlement-company database was updated in 2023 and again in September 2025.^{14, 15}

The September 2025 update identified 158 business enterprises involved in specified settlement-related economic activities.¹⁴

No Eventbrite-specific military or settlement infrastructure relationship was identified in the reviewed database material.^{14, 15}

AFSC Investigate documents companies connected with Israeli military activities, settlement infrastructure, and other human rights concerns. Its methodology describes independent verification of material obtained from public records and other investigations.^{6, 24}

Who Profits maintains a company database documenting commercial involvement in the Israeli occupation and describes its research methodology and coverage.^{7, 10}

No public evidence identified of a dedicated Eventbrite Military investigation in the reviewed AFSC Investigate or Who Profits material.^{6, 7}

No public evidence identified of an Eventbrite-specific military procurement finding in the examined Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Al-Haq, PAX, SOMO, or BankTrack research; the absence is limited to the material reviewed in the prior investigation.^{6, 7, 23}

These findings are confined to the reviewed materials and should not be interpreted as definitive confirmation that every historical database entry or entity alias was exhaustively examined.^{6, 7, 10, 24}

Boycott & Divestment Campaigns

No public evidence identified of an organised institutional divestment campaign specifically targeting Eventbrite for supplying weapons, military equipment, or contractual military support services to Israeli forces in the reviewed specialist databases.^{6, 7}

No public evidence identified of a pension fund, sovereign wealth fund, or institutional investor announcing Eventbrite’s exclusion specifically because of Israeli defence-sector contracting in the reviewed materials.^{6, 7}

Corporate Response & Policy Statements

Eventbrite maintains published policies governing event content, organisers, prohibited activities, and complaints.^{11, 13, 25}

Its moderation policy, updated in February 2025, describes automated detection, user reporting, human review, and possible removal of content that violates the platform’s rules.²⁵

The company also provides a reporting mechanism for users concerned about particular event listings.²⁶

These are general platform policies. The reviewed sources do not establish that Eventbrite introduced them in response to scrutiny of Israeli military-support events.^{13, 25, 26}

No public evidence identified of Eventbrite announcing the termination of an Israeli military contract or implementing military-specific end-use monitoring commitments in the reviewed disclosures.^{1, 13, 25}

Platform Listings and Independent Organisers

Eventbrite’s public marketplace included independently organised Palestine-related events during 2025 and 2026.^{27, 28, 29, 30}

A February 2025 event advertised by the Irish American Heritage Center was titled Fields of Palestine: Gaza Solidarity Benefit.²⁷

A June 2025 event organised by Monterey Palestine Solidarity advertised a Palestinian play and fundraising support for a family in Gaza.²⁸

An August 2025 listing advertised a Palestine solidarity fundraiser organised by Islington PSC.²⁹

An August 2026 event advertised by Pen Palestine sought to support education initiatives in Gaza.³⁰

These listings document the availability of Eventbrite’s platform to Palestine-related organisers.^{27, 28, 29, 30}

They do not establish the company’s own institutional position or prove how it handled moderation complaints involving other events.^{25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30}

The two military-adjacent listings concerning Israeli soldiers similarly establish organiser-published advertisements without establishing an Eventbrite military supply agreement.^{8, 9}