Eventbrite POLITICAL

Company: Eventbrite, Inc. Parent company: Bending Spoons S.p.A. Research date: 21 October 2026 Evidence period: 2020–2026 Scope: Corporate political communications, territorial activities, governance, advocacy, financing, controlling principals, and leadership affiliations concerning Israel and Palestine.

Corporate Communications & Public Stance

1.1 Official Statements Regarding Israel and Palestine

2020–2026: no public evidence identified of an official Eventbrite corporate statement explicitly endorsing Israeli military operations, Palestinian armed groups, Israeli settlement expansion, or a particular territorial settlement of the Israel-Palestine conflict. The company’s fiscal 2025 annual report describes its principal activity as operating a global event marketplace.¹

2025: Eventbrite reported approximately 4.6 million events, 258 million tickets, and more than $3 billion in gross ticket sales. Its reported commercial activities comprised event discovery, ticketing, marketing, and organiser services.¹

2024: Eventbrite published Trust and Safety Values describing expression, physical safety, authenticity, and dignity as principles governing its marketplace. The company identified harassment, discrimination, and hate as concerns relevant to prohibited events. This was a general marketplace-governance publication rather than a specific Israel-Palestine political declaration.²

2023 - Confirmed: On 7 December 2023, a group of congressional Republicans published correspondence challenging Eventbrite’s moderation decisions involving events associated with the Israel-Palestine conflict. The letter was addressed to CEO Julia Hartz. Its existence establishes congressional scrutiny of the company, without establishing the factual accuracy of every allegation made by the signatories.³

October 2023 - Confirmed as contemporaneous reporting: Eventbrite co-founder and then chair Kevin Hartz publicly disputed allegations that the platform supported Hamas. His response was reproduced by Townhall and other contemporary reporting. The complete original social-media conversation was not independently retrieved.^{4, 5}

1.2 Comparative Public Communications

2020: Eventbrite published analysis of changing online-event participation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report discussed Black Lives Matter protests, George Floyd’s death, and participation in antiracism and social-justice events.⁶

2021: Eventbrite published a case study highlighting programming by the California Institute of Integral Studies, including an event featuring Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza.⁷

2023: Eventbrite published an article concerning Black History Month and Black Resistance, referencing the Black Lives Matter movement and highlighting programming by Black creators.⁸

2020–2026: no public evidence identified in the reviewed corporate communications of a comparably explicit official Eventbrite declaration addressing Palestinian civilian harm. The documented racial-justice publications establish engagement with those subjects but do not independently establish the reasons for any difference in geopolitical communications.^{2, 6, 7, 8}

Ukraine comparison, 2022–2026: no public evidence identified of a directly comparable official Eventbrite corporate declaration concerning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine within the reviewed material.^{1, 6, 7, 8}

2020–2023 - Confirmed historical baseline: The earlier research identified Eventbrite publications discussing Black Lives Matter, racial justice, antiracism programming, and the effects of COVID-19 on event participation. The current expansion did not establish the company’s motivations for choosing particular topics in its corporate communications. The 2024 Senate Commerce Committee report independently describes Eventbrite’s public positioning around racial and social justice.⁹

2023–2024 - Confirmed: The congressional investigation documented Eventbrite’s public-policy and moderation commitments and questioned the consistency of their application. The investigation reflects a congressional assessment of those commitments and their enforcement.^{3, 9}

2020–2026 - no public evidence identified: The reviewed records do not establish a comparably explicit official corporate declaration concerning Palestinian civilian harm or a corporate declaration supporting Israeli military operations. The absence of an identified statement does not establish why Eventbrite did not publish one.^{1, 3, 9}

2022–2026 - no public evidence identified: The reviewed material does not establish a directly comparable official Eventbrite geopolitical declaration concerning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.^{1, 9}

1.3 Market Framing

2025: Eventbrite’s Form 10-K described global event discovery, ticketing, marketing, and organiser services. The disclosed principal commercial activities did not identify an Israeli geopolitical mandate.¹

23 July 2025: An Eventbrite marketplace listing advertised Content Israel 2025, organised by PluggedIn BD at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque. The listing documents the advertisement of an independently organised event through Eventbrite’s marketplace.¹⁰

2020–2026: no public evidence identified of Eventbrite describing Israel as a special geopolitical partner or announcing an Israeli state-policy mission in its reviewed corporate disclosures.^{1, 10}

Operations in Occupied or Contested Territories

2.1 Territorial Presence

Israel - 23 July 2025: An Eventbrite listing advertised Content Israel 2025 at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque, organised by PluggedIn BD. The listing establishes advertised third-party marketplace activity. It does not independently establish Eventbrite’s ownership or sponsorship of the event.¹⁰

Jerusalem - 16 September 2026: An Eventbrite listing advertised Jerusalem Old City Before Dusk: A Small-Group Tour, organised by Backpack Israel. The description referenced the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Mount Zion, the Jewish Quarter, and the Western Wall.¹¹

The listing categorised the location as Jerusalem, Israel. This marketplace description does not independently determine the legal status of East Jerusalem, which the ICJ expressly addressed in its 19 July 2024 advisory opinion concerning the occupied Palestinian territory.^{11, 12}

The advertised activity does not independently establish Eventbrite-owned facilities, direct Israeli government contracts, or Eventbrite-controlled commercial premises at the venue.¹¹

West Bank settlements and Golan Heights - 2020–2026: no public evidence identified of Eventbrite-owned premises, equipment installations, state contracts, or independently verified settlement-specific commercial operations in those territories. Eventbrite’s reviewed annual report describes a digital marketplace business.¹

No public evidence identified establishing whether Eventbrite processed paid transactions for settlement-based organisers.¹

2.2 Legal and Regulatory Scrutiny

30 June 2023: OHCHR announced an update to its database of enterprises involved in specified activities relating to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory. The update reported the removal of 15 previously listed enterprises.¹³

26 September 2025: OHCHR announced a subsequent settlement-business database update, A/HRC/60/19, identifying 158 enterprises from 11 countries. The reported activities included settlement construction support, surveillance, natural-resource exploitation, and waste disposal.¹⁴

No public evidence identified in the reviewed materials establishing that Eventbrite or Bending Spoons appeared as named enterprises in the September 2025 database. This remains a bounded finding because an exhaustive entity-by-entity reconciliation of its annex, including subsidiaries and controlling investors, was not completed.¹⁴

2025: The United Nations published A/HRC/59/23, From economy of occupation to economy of genocide, addressing corporate involvement in activities connected with the occupied Palestinian territory.¹⁵

No public evidence identified in the reviewed material that the report specifically named Eventbrite, Bending Spoons, Kevin Hartz, Julia Hartz, or Luca Ferrari. This does not establish exhaustive absence from every cited document or annex.¹⁵

Company-specific proceedings, 2020–2026: no public evidence identified of an OECD National Contact Point complaint, settlement-related judgment, or relevant administrative enforcement action against Eventbrite concerning settlement operations.^{13, 15, 14}

2.3 Civil Society and Boycott Campaigns

2020–2026: The supplied research examined potential Eventbrite references in settlement-related investigations and organised boycott campaigns, including materials associated with Who Profits, AFSC Investigate, and the BDS Movement. The reviewed institutional materials establish the broader subject of settlement-related corporate activity, while Eventbrite’s annual report establishes its commercial activities.^{1, 13, 15, 14}

No public evidence identified of a documented company-specific campaign alleging material Eventbrite operations within Israeli settlements.^{1, 13, 14}

No public evidence identified of Eventbrite being named as a priority corporate target by the BDS Movement within the reviewed research.^{13, 15, 14}

No public evidence identified of an official Eventbrite response to a company-specific settlement boycott campaign.^{1, 13, 14}

2023 - Confirmed: Eventbrite faced criticism from politically conservative organisations and commentators concerning moderation of event listings. The congressional inquiry was prompted partly by those complaints and challenged Eventbrite’s treatment of certain events relative to Palestine-related listings.^{3, 16}

2024 - Confirmed as secondary reporting: A Palestinian activist publicly criticised Eventbrite following the reported removal of a medical fundraiser benefiting Gaza and the West Bank. The New Arab documented the complaint on 29 August 2024. This establishes publicly reported criticism concerning a specific moderation decision.¹⁷

2020–2026 - no public evidence identified: The reviewed material does not establish an official Eventbrite response to a company-specific campaign alleging settlement-related commercial operations.^{1, 3}

Internal Governance, Content & Retail Policies

3.1 Employee Relations

2023–2026: no public evidence identified of Eventbrite disciplinary proceedings, employment litigation, or union-related action specifically concerning employees’ expression of support for Palestinians or Israelis. The reviewed corporate governance filings do not establish such proceedings.^{1, 18}

No public evidence identified of a specific Eventbrite employee political-speech policy concerning the Israel-Palestine conflict.^{1, 18}

No public evidence identified of Israel-Palestine-related employee retaliation proceedings against Bending Spoons attributable to Eventbrite.^{1, 19}

2023–2026 - no public evidence identified: The reviewed company disclosures and congressional materials do not establish an Eventbrite employment proceeding involving disciplinary action against staff for pro-Palestinian or pro-Israeli speech.^{1, 18, 9}

2026 - no public evidence identified: The reviewed merger and parent-company disclosures do not establish a Bending Spoons employee-retaliation programme concerning Israel-Palestine advocacy.^{19, 20}

3.2 Platform and Editorial Policies

19 February 2025: Eventbrite published an explanation of its content-moderation arrangements, describing rules-based automated detection, machine-learning systems, user reports, and human review. Published enforcement measures included content removal, reduced visibility, event unpublishing, and account restrictions.²¹

2024: Eventbrite’s Trust and Safety Values identified hate, discrimination, harassment, and physical harm as concerns relevant to marketplace content enforcement.²

February 2026: Eventbrite’s EU Digital Services Act statement documented platform reporting and accountability arrangements.²²

2026: Eventbrite’s published reporting instructions described procedures through which users could report events considered to breach marketplace policies.²³

Contractual enforcement - reviewed October 2026: Eventbrite’s Merchant Agreement identified prohibited transactions and activities, including jurisdictional restrictions referring to Syria, Iran, North Korea, Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk, together with additional requirements involving Cuba and Russia. The reviewed contractual clauses did not establish a general prohibition on events solely because their subject was Israel or Palestine.²⁴

Eventbrite’s Terms of Service reserve contractual enforcement powers concerning prohibited event content.²⁵

Specific Israel-Palestine enforcement, 2023–2026: no public evidence identified of a substantiated regulatory determination, independent comparative moderation study, or documented internal instruction establishing preferential suppression of Palestinian political expression.^{2, 21, 22}

No public evidence identified of a corresponding determination establishing preferential suppression of Israeli political expression.^{2, 21, 22}

No public evidence identified of verified suppression of a shareholder resolution concerning Israel-Palestine human-rights due diligence.^{18, 26}

15 April 2021 - Confirmed: Eventbrite removed an advertised San Francisco State University-associated webinar titled Whose Narratives? What Free Speech for Palestine?, featuring Leila Khaled. An Eventbrite spokesperson told The Algemeiner that the decision concerned a speaker’s affiliation with a US-designated foreign terrorist organisation. The statement establishes Eventbrite’s contemporaneously reported explanation for that removal.²⁷

23 October 2023 - Confirmed: Eventbrite removed a listing for Protecting Women’s Sports with Riley Gaines, according to the subsequent House committee announcement and contemporaneously published Eventbrite correspondence. Although that event did not concern Israel-Palestine, its removal became the central comparison in the congressional inquiry concerning Palestine-related events.^{3, 16}

25–26 October 2023 - Confirmed as secondary reporting: OutKick published correspondence attributed to Eventbrite explaining the Riley Gaines removal under its Community Guidelines. The publication subsequently reported that Palestine-related listings disappeared from the marketplace following scrutiny. The original internal enforcement records were not independently retrieved.^{16, 4}

7 December 2023 - Confirmed: House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans and Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz questioned Eventbrite’s enforcement consistency. They identified the October removal of the Riley Gaines listing and contrasted it with events advertised through Eventbrite concerning Palestine, including Rahm 4 Palestine (GAZA): Talk & Dinner and the Palestine Center annual conference.³

7 December 2023 - Confirmed: The congressional correspondence was signed by Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Bob Latta, Morgan Griffith, Gus Bilirakis, and Ted Cruz. It asked Eventbrite to explain its review procedures, applicable guidelines, use of third-party reporting, terrorist-organisation identification criteria, and comparative complaint handling. The committee requested a briefing by 21 December 2023.³

18 December 2023 - Confirmed: A subsequent Senate Commerce Committee report records a briefing with Eventbrite. According to the report, Eventbrite explained that it had expanded algorithmic keywords intended to flag potentially antisemitic events after 7 October 2023.⁹

18 December 2023 - Confirmed: The same congressional report states that Eventbrite acknowledged limitations in its moderation process. Specifically, event listings might remain available when relevant speaker statements were made after the initial review. The report attributed that explanation to Eventbrite during the committee briefing.⁹

18 December 2023 - Confirmed: The committee’s report states that Eventbrite reviewed Gaza and the Struggle for Palestine and determined that the event did not violate its Hateful Events Policy. This establishes the moderation decision as described in the official congressional account, without independently validating the committee’s characterization of the event’s organisers or speakers.⁹

2023–2024 - Confirmed: The Senate committee’s subsequent report recorded that the Stop the Genocide! Free Palestine! listing was removed after the December congressional briefing and that another Gaza-related event listing was edited. These details supplement contemporary reporting concerning removals during October 2023. The complete internal decision history was not publicly established.^{9, 4}

29 August 2024 - Confirmed as secondary reporting: The New Arab reported that Eventbrite removed a fundraiser supporting Doctors Against Genocide, intended to raise money for maternal care in Gaza and medical equipment in the West Bank. The report attributed the removal to Eventbrite concerns about possible harm or incitement. The original decision correspondence and final appeal outcome were not independently retrieved.¹⁷

19 February 2025 - Confirmed historical baseline: Eventbrite published moderation documentation describing automated detection, rule-based systems, machine learning, reports from marketplace users, human review, and possible removal or restriction of event listings. Direct retrieval of the identified policy URL was unsuccessful during this expansion.⁹

2025–2026 - Confirmed historical baseline: The previously reviewed Eventbrite Terms of Service, Merchant Agreement, Digital Services Act statement, and reporting instructions documented contractual enforcement powers, reporting mechanisms, and procedures for review. The historical research did not identify a general prohibition on events solely because they concerned Israel or Palestine.⁹

2023–2026 - no public evidence identified: A specific published Community Guidelines revision expressly prohibiting Israel-related or Palestine-related political events was not established. The December 2023 congressional record supports an operational keyword adjustment, while the available material does not identify a corresponding conflict-specific textual change.^{3, 9}

2021–2026 - no public evidence identified: No independent controlled study quantifying preferential suppression of Palestinian or Israeli political events on Eventbrite was identified. The available record documents individual moderation decisions and congressional allegations, without establishing comprehensive enforcement rates.^{9, 27, 17}

2023–2026 - no public evidence identified: The reviewed public-company proxy and congressional records do not establish suppression of a shareholder resolution specifically concerning Israel-Palestine human-rights due diligence.^{18, 26, 9}

3.3 Platform Availability for Palestinian Events

10 August 2025: Eventbrite advertised a Justice 4 Palestine fundraising concert in Pennsylvania.²⁸

14 November 2025: Eventbrite advertised the Royal Oak Open Mic Fundraiser for Palestine Aid in Edinburgh.²⁹

15 May 2026: A London event advertised Palestine-related film screenings and badge-making. The listing stated that proceeds and donations would benefit Medical Aid for Palestinians.³⁰

20 June 2026: A New Jersey event advertised fundraising for Palestinian and Lebanese humanitarian causes.³¹

30 August 2026: A Berkeley event advertised fundraising for education projects in Gaza, including educational materials and teaching programmes.³²

These examples establish that Palestinian humanitarian and solidarity events appeared on Eventbrite’s marketplace during 2025–2026. The listings do not independently verify attendance, completed donations, beneficiary payments, or the absence of moderation disputes involving other events.^{28, 29, 30, 31, 32}

October 2023 - Confirmed: Congressional records identify Palestinian-related events available on Eventbrite during October and November 2023, including a Gaza discussion event and the Palestine Center annual conference. The records demonstrate that such events could appear on the marketplace during the period under examination.^{3, 9}

October–December 2023 - Confirmed: The congressional report records both permitted and removed Palestine-related listings. The documented examples demonstrate different enforcement outcomes, although the underlying complete review histories and comparative enforcement metrics were not disclosed.⁹

3.4 Retail, Labelling and Supply Chains

2025: Eventbrite’s principal activities concerned digital event discovery, ticketing, and organiser services.¹

No public evidence identified of Eventbrite manufacturing, importing, or applying country-of-origin labels to physical goods produced in Israeli settlements.¹

No public evidence identified of a settlement-product labelling dispute involving Eventbrite.¹

Brand Heritage & State Partnerships

4.1 Corporate Heritage and Marketing

2008 [pre-2020]: Eventbrite was incorporated in Delaware in March 2008. Its subsequent published corporate activities concern event creation, discovery, ticketing, and marketplace services. The company remained an operating digital marketplace business during the 2025 reporting period.¹

2020–2026: no public evidence identified of Eventbrite presenting Israeli military heritage, intelligence-service origins, or defence-industry foundations as part of its commercial branding. The company’s disclosed commercial model concerns event technology and services.¹

4.2 Institutional Ties and Sponsorships

2025: Content Israel 2025 was advertised through Eventbrite by independent organiser PluggedIn BD.¹⁰

2026: A Jerusalem tour organised by Backpack Israel appeared on Eventbrite.¹¹

The listings establish marketplace publication. They do not independently establish Eventbrite’s corporate sponsorship of either event or a formal institutional relationship with an Israeli government body.^{10, 11}

2020–2026: no public evidence identified of Eventbrite sponsoring an Israeli state cultural-diplomacy or Brand Israel campaign, accepting a relevant Israeli state honour, maintaining a formal non-commercial partnership with an Israeli military institution, or funding a state-backed geopolitical advocacy programme.^{1, 10, 11}

Lobbying, Advocacy, Financing & Logistics

5.1 Political Lobbying

April 2025: Eventbrite’s definitive proxy identified Julia Hartz as chief executive officer and board chair and disclosed its public-company governance arrangements.¹⁸

2020–2026: no public evidence identified of Eventbrite lobbying specifically for Israeli settlement expansion, anti-BDS legislation, or US or UK geopolitical policies concerning the Israel-Palestine conflict.^{1, 18}

No verified relevant Eventbrite corporate PAC contribution, lobbying contract, or regional advocacy-group membership was established in the reviewed materials.^{1, 18}

The reviewed research did not constitute a complete historical examination of all FEC, US Lobbying Disclosure Act, UK lobbying-register, or privately disclosed political expenditures.^{1, 18}

7 December 2023 - Confirmed: Five Republican congressional lawmakers questioned Eventbrite’s marketplace-content enforcement. This correspondence represents government scrutiny of Eventbrite and does not itself establish lobbying by Eventbrite on Israeli or Palestinian geopolitical policy.³

2024 - Confirmed: The Senate Commerce Committee published a report evaluating online service providers’ content enforcement. Its Eventbrite discussion drew on prior congressional briefings and correspondence. The report records the committee’s investigation and findings rather than an Eventbrite lobbying initiative.⁹

2020–2026 - no public evidence identified: No verified Eventbrite corporate lobbying specifically advocating Israeli settlement expansion, anti-BDS legislation, or military policy concerning Israel-Palestine was established.^{1, 18, 9}

5.2 Financial Contributions and Sponsorships

11 September 2025: An Eventbrite listing advertised Poker Night Israel Fundraiser, organised by Hebrew Order of David San Diego - Lodge Tzedek. The historical listing did not establish the ultimate fundraising beneficiary, the amount received, or any Eventbrite corporate donation.³³

2025–2026: Eventbrite advertised independently organised Palestinian humanitarian fundraising events. These listings do not establish Eventbrite corporate donations to the advertised beneficiaries.^{28, 29, 30, 31, 32}

Military and settlement organisations, 2020–2026: no public evidence identified of verified Eventbrite corporate donations to the Israel Defense Forces, Friends of the IDF, Jewish National Fund/KKL, Regavim, Im Tirtzu, Israeli reservist assistance funds, settlement-development organisations, or Israeli military-welfare institutions.^{1, 18, 33}

No verified qualifying donation amount, recipient, transaction date, or payment record was established.^{1, 18, 33}

2020–2026 - no public evidence identified: The reviewed primary company disclosures do not establish a Bending Spoons group-level programme funding Israeli military or settlement organisations.^{34, 20, 35}

5.3 Crisis Asset Mobilisation

2025: Eventbrite’s principal business concerned third-party event discovery, ticketing, and organiser services.¹

7 October 2023–21 October 2026: no public evidence identified of Eventbrite providing dedicated military infrastructure, free operational services, physical logistics, or military-directed resources to Israeli state or military organisations.^{1, 33}

No public evidence identified of corporate programmes subsidising Israeli military reservist salaries.^{1, 33}

No public evidence identified of Eventbrite providing military-directed crisis assistance after 19 July 2024 or after November 2024.^{1, 33, 12, 36}

7 October 2023–21 October 2026 - no public evidence identified: No verified Eventbrite programme providing dedicated infrastructure, military logistics, subsidised operational services, or military-directed technical resources to Israeli armed forces was established.^{1, 9}

5.4 Constructive-Notice Chronology

19 July 2024 onward: The International Court of Justice issued its advisory opinion concerning the legal consequences arising from Israel’s policies and practices in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem.¹²

The preserved Eventbrite marketplace evidence includes independently organised Israeli and Palestinian events advertised after this date.^{10, 11, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33}

21 November 2024 onward: The International Criminal Court announced arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant concerning alleged crimes within its investigation into the situation in Palestine.³⁶

The reviewed Eventbrite listings demonstrate continued marketplace publication of independently organised Israeli and Palestinian events during 2025–2026. The listings do not establish Eventbrite corporate political endorsement, military financing, or settlement sponsorship.^{10, 11, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33}

No public evidence identified of a verified Eventbrite corporate military-donation or settlement-financing commitment continuing or escalating after the ICJ advisory opinion or ICC arrest warrants.^{1, 33, 12, 36}

29 August 2024 - Confirmed as secondary reporting: After the ICJ advisory opinion, The New Arab reported Eventbrite’s removal of a Palestinian medical fundraiser. The report documents an individual content-enforcement controversy during the relevant period, with the underlying complete company correspondence remaining unavailable.¹⁷

5.5 Settlement Nexus

2020–2026: no public evidence identified of verified Eventbrite corporate sponsorship of Israeli settlement-development events, donations to settlement organisations, or public endorsement of settlement expansion.^{1, 11, 14}

The documented Jerusalem event listing establishes an independently organised marketplace advertisement. It does not establish settlement sponsorship or ownership of relevant commercial premises.¹¹

The September 2025 OHCHR database update provides an institutional reference for investigating settlement-related commercial activities, but the reviewed evidence did not establish a named Eventbrite or Bending Spoons entry.¹⁴

Corporate Structure & Primary Mission

6.1 Historical Structure

April 2025: Eventbrite was a publicly traded Delaware corporation. Its definitive proxy identified Julia Hartz as co-founder, chief executive officer, and chair of the board.¹⁸

The April 2025 beneficial-ownership table reported identical entries for Kevin Hartz and Julia Hartz.¹⁸

Both entries referenced the same beneficial-ownership footnote. The reported interests overlap and cannot be combined as independent voting blocks.¹⁸

December 2025: The preliminary merger proxy disclosed updated beneficial ownership as of 15 December 2025.²⁶

The accompanying footnote identified Kevin Hartz and Julia Hartz as co-trustees of trusts holding substantial Class B interests.²⁶

The disclosed trust interests included the Hartz Family Revocable Trust dated 4 December 2008, holding 4,273,601 Class B shares, and the Hartz 2008 Irrevocable Trust dated 15 September 2008, holding 2,627,266 Class B shares. These trust arrangements originated before 2020 [pre-2020]; their shared voting and dispositive attribution was confirmed in the December 2025 disclosures.²⁶

The identical reported beneficial-ownership figures reflect overlapping attribution, including shared trust interests. They do not establish that Kevin Hartz individually and exclusively possessed 50.9% combined voting power.²⁶

Individual holdings and options associated with each founder were also identified in the ownership disclosures.²⁶

Reconciliation, April–December 2025: Reported combined voting power changed from 51.5% to 50.9%, total beneficial equity changed from 17.0% to 16.6%, and Class A beneficial shares changed from 3,044,301 to 3,306,446. Reported Class B beneficial shares remained 14,241,829 for each founder.^{18, 26}

The disclosures use different reporting dates and ownership denominators. The changes do not independently establish a transfer of the overlapping voting position from one Hartz founder to the other.^{18, 26}

Additional beneficial-ownership corroboration - December 2025: The Hartz Schedule 13D amendment separately reported individual and shared voting interests.³⁷

The Schedule 13D separately identifies sole and shared powers. Its beneficial-ownership calculations use a different presentation from the merger proxy, so its aggregate figures cannot be substituted directly for the proxy’s reported combined voting percentages.^{26, 37}

Merger-related voting litigation - January–February 2026: On 12 January 2026, litigation was filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery concerning the December 2025 voting and support agreement. Eventbrite disclosed the proceeding in a February 2026 Form 8-K.³⁸

The complaint alleged that the agreement constituted a transfer under Eventbrite’s charter and triggered automatic conversion of certain Class B shares into Class A shares. It also challenged related preliminary merger disclosures concerning the supporting shareholders’ voting power.³⁸

The allegations concerned corporate voting rights and transaction governance. The cited filing does not establish that the allegations were judicially upheld or that the proceedings concerned Israel-Palestine political activity.³⁸

6.2 Acquisition and Current Ownership

2 December 2025: Eventbrite announced an agreement to be acquired by Bending Spoons in a transaction valued at approximately $500 million, with consideration of $4.50 per share.³⁴

10 March 2026: Eventbrite completed its merger with an acquisition subsidiary of Bending Spoons. The merger-completion Form 8-K establishes that Eventbrite became a wholly owned subsidiary of Bending Spoons US Inc., itself wholly owned by Bending Spoons S.p.A.¹⁹

The merger ended Eventbrite’s former publicly traded ownership structure. The 2025 Hartz voting-control disclosures are consequently historical and do not represent current shareholder control.^{26, 19}

The fiscal 2025 Form 10-K records the acquisition and associated governance transitions.¹

Current status - October 2026: The March 2026 merger is the latest confirmed ownership transition identified in this audit. No subsequent ownership transaction was established in the reviewed material.^{1, 19}

July 2026 - Confirmed: Bending Spoons subsequently completed an initial public offering. SEC records show a prospectus filing dated 1 July 2026, while Forbes reported the company’s July public-market debut. The historical description of the ultimate parent as privately held was therefore superseded.^{39, 40}

September 2026 - Confirmed: Bending Spoons filed Form 6-K reports as a foreign private issuer. A September filing identified Luca Ferrari as chair, co-founder, and chief executive officer.²⁰

September 2026 - Confirmed: Bending Spoons disclosed completion of its Airtable acquisition on 4 September 2026 and a subsequent acquisition agreement concerning Miro on 10 September 2026. These records establish additional parent-group corporate activity.^{20, 35}

October 2026 - no public evidence identified: The reviewed material does not establish a subsequent disposal of Eventbrite by Bending Spoons. A complete current shareholder voting-power analysis of the listed parent was not completed.^{19, 40}

6.3 Foundational Mission

Eventbrite’s published business concerns event discovery, ticketing, marketing, and organiser services.¹

The December 2025 acquisition announcement described Bending Spoons as a technology company acquiring and developing established digital products.³⁴

No public evidence identified of an Eventbrite corporate charter provision establishing advancement of Israeli geopolitical objectives as its primary mission.^{1, 18}

No public evidence identified of an Israeli state-held golden share or comparable special governance right.^{18, 26, 19}

No public evidence identified of a government-directed constitutional mandate for Eventbrite’s commercial operations.^{1, 18, 19}

December 2025 - Confirmed: Luca Ferrari described Bending Spoons’ strategy to Eventbrite employees as acquiring and operating established digital businesses over the long term. The SEC-filed communication concerned commercial ownership and operational development.⁴¹

Executive & Leadership Footprint

7.1 Julia Hartz

2025 governance position: Eventbrite’s April 2025 definitive proxy identified Julia Hartz as co-founder, CEO, and board chair. The proxy attributed 51.5% combined voting power and 17.0% beneficial equity ownership to Julia Hartz, with an identical entry for Kevin Hartz.¹⁸

December 2025 ownership: The preliminary merger proxy attributed 50.9% combined voting power and 16.6% beneficial equity ownership to each founder, including overlapping trust interests.²⁶

The December 2025 Schedule 13D independently distinguished Julia Hartz’s sole voting interests from shared voting interests.³⁷

2026 governance transition: The March 2026 acquisition ended the previous public-company shareholder-control arrangement.¹⁹

Personal philanthropy, 2020–2026: no public evidence identified of verified donations by Julia Hartz to FIDF, JNF/KKL, settlement organisations, or Israeli military-welfare institutions.^{18, 37}

Public advocacy, 2020–2026: no public evidence identified of a verified public statement by Julia Hartz explicitly endorsing Israeli military operations or settlement expansion.^{18, 37}

Board affiliations, 2020–2026: no public evidence identified of a verified leadership role in a relevant geopolitical advocacy or lobbying organisation concerning Israel and Palestine.¹⁸

December 2023 - Confirmed: Congressional correspondence concerning Eventbrite’s moderation of events related to the Israel-Palestine conflict was addressed to Julia Hartz in her capacity as CEO.³

2020–2026 - no public evidence identified: No verified Julia Hartz statement explicitly endorsing Israeli military operations, Hamas, or settlement expansion was identified.^{18, 3}

7.2 Kevin Hartz

Historical governance - April 2025: Eventbrite’s definitive proxy reported Kevin Hartz as a beneficial owner of an overlapping block representing 51.5% combined voting power and 17.0% total beneficial equity ownership. The same figures were reported for Julia Hartz.¹⁸

Historical governance - December 2025: The preliminary merger proxy reported 50.9% combined voting power and 16.6% total beneficial equity ownership for both Kevin and Julia Hartz.²⁶

The trust holdings were subject to shared voting and dispositive power. The December 2025 Schedule 13D separately reported Kevin Hartz’s sole and shared beneficial interests.³⁷

The historical voting-control position cannot be attributed exclusively to Kevin Hartz.^{26, 37}

March 2026: Eventbrite became a wholly owned Bending Spoons subsidiary, superseding the former Hartz shareholder-control arrangement.¹⁹

Personal donations, 2020–2026: no public evidence identified of a verified qualifying political donation, military-welfare contribution, or settlement-related donation by Kevin Hartz concerning the conflict.^{18, 37}

Investments, 2020–2026: no public evidence identified establishing that a specific Israeli defence or surveillance investment by Kevin Hartz constituted Eventbrite corporate activity.^{18, 37}

Statements and organisational affiliations, 2020–2026: no public evidence identified of a verified endorsement of settlement expansion, corporate anti-BDS initiative, or relevant leadership position in a geopolitical pressure organisation.^{18, 37}

25 October 2023 - Confirmed as contemporaneous reporting: Kevin Hartz publicly rejected allegations that Eventbrite supported Hamas. Townhall reproduced a social-media statement identifying him as Eventbrite’s co-founder and chair and recording his denial of support for Hamas. The original post was not independently retrieved during this expansion.⁵

26 October 2023 - Confirmed as secondary reporting: OutKick reported further public exchanges between Kevin Hartz and journalists concerning Palestinian-related event listings. The report described Hartz as disputing the allegations about Eventbrite’s treatment of those listings. The complete original post sequence was not independently authenticated.⁴

7.3 Luca Ferrari

December 2025: The Bending Spoons acquisition announcement identified Luca Ferrari as the company’s chief executive officer and co-founder.³⁴

Relevant political footprint, 2020–2026: no public evidence identified of verified personal donations, relevant public geopolitical advocacy, or institutional board roles concerning Israeli military organisations or settlement entities.^{34, 19}

No public evidence identified establishing a parent-directed Eventbrite political programme concerning the conflict.^{34, 19}

December 2025 - Confirmed: A communication filed with the SEC recorded Luca Ferrari introducing Bending Spoons to Eventbrite employees and describing the company’s acquisition strategy. The message addressed commercial development, employee communications, and long-term ownership.⁴¹

September 2026 - Confirmed: Bending Spoons’ SEC filing identified Luca Ferrari as chair of the board, co-founder, and CEO.²⁰

2020–2026 - no public evidence identified: No verified Luca Ferrari statement endorsing Israeli military operations, settlement expansion, Hamas, or a specific Israel-Palestine political position was established.^{34, 41, 20}

2020–2026 - no public evidence identified: No verified Luca Ferrari donation to Israeli military-welfare institutions or settlement organisations was identified.^{34, 20}

2020–2026 - no public evidence identified: No verified relevant geopolitical lobbying or institutional board role was established.^{34, 20}

7.4 Other Eventbrite Directors and Executives

April 2025: Eventbrite’s definitive proxy described its board, executive officers, committees, and corporate governance arrangements.¹⁸

2026: Subsequent SEC filings documented governance changes associated with the acquisition.^{1, 19}

No public evidence identified of verified military-donation, anti-BDS lobbying, or settlement-advocacy conduct attributable to the other directors examined.^{1, 18, 19}

The complete post-acquisition leadership network and privately held parent-company investor structure were not exhaustively reconstructed. The March 2026 SEC filings establish the transaction and immediate corporate control chain but do not comprehensively disclose every private Bending Spoons shareholder, investment vehicle, family foundation, or subsidiary.^{1, 34, 19}

2026 - Confirmed: Following Bending Spoons’ public listing, additional parent-company governance disclosures became available through SEC filings. The retrieved filings identify reporting-company status and Luca Ferrari’s executive position, but were not sufficient for a complete reconciliation of every beneficial owner and investment vehicle.^{20, 40}

2020–2026 - no public evidence identified: No verified qualifying personal donation or geopolitical advocacy role was established for the additional identified Bending Spoons co-founders through the reviewed sources.^{39, 20}

7.5 Group Attribution

2025–2026: Bending Spoons agreed to acquire Eventbrite in December 2025, and the transaction completed on 10 March 2026. Eventbrite consequently became part of the Bending Spoons corporate group.^{34, 19}

No public evidence identified of a documented Bending Spoons parent-company programme directing Eventbrite to participate in Israeli military financing, settlement sponsorship, or related geopolitical advocacy.^{1, 34, 19}

No public evidence identified of a verified relevant political-financing programme shared across Eventbrite and other Bending Spoons subsidiaries.^{1, 34, 19}

The reviewed corporate disclosures do not comprehensively establish every private Bending Spoons investment vehicle, shareholder, or subsidiary relationship.^{1, 34, 19}

July 2026 - Confirmed: Bending Spoons completed its public listing. This development makes public-company disclosures relevant to the identification of current controlling shareholders and their voting rights.^{39, 40}

September 2026 - Confirmed: Bending Spoons disclosed additional group expansion involving Airtable and Miro. These transactions demonstrate subsequent corporate activity by Eventbrite’s ultimate parent.^{20, 35}

2020–2026 - no public evidence identified: The reviewed parent-company filings do not establish a group-wide programme directing Eventbrite or another subsidiary to finance Israeli military operations, support settlement development, or engage in anti-Palestinian political advocacy.^{34, 41, 20, 35}

2020–2026 - no public evidence identified: No verified relevant military-welfare financing programme shared across Eventbrite and other Bending Spoons subsidiaries was established.^{19, 20, 35}

October 2026 - no public evidence identified: A complete reconciliation of the listed parent’s beneficial owners, voting arrangements, personal foundations, and investment vehicles was not completed. The available SEC filings establish the public reporting status and selected governance relationships.^{20, 40}