Live event and venue planning platform OnePlan raises $6m in new strategic investment

US and UK-based OnePlan, the live event site and venue planning platform, has announced it has raised $6m in a new strategic investment led by Elysian Park Ventures and Verance Capital. The strategic relationship and investment, the company hopes, will accelerate OnePlan’s commitment to supporting live event venues, with a focus on the sporting venue market. OnePlan provides proprietary groundbreaking 3D digital mapping tools that allow venue planners to seamlessly organise live events of all sizes – from marathons to music festivals, cycling races, football games and triathlons. Founded in 2019, OnePlan’s technology has been used to power over 25,000 global live events at iconic venues in 107 countries, including Intuit Dome, home of the LA Clippers; Silverstone in England, as well as USA Triathlon. OnePlan is the Official Supporter of GIS Mapping and Digital Twin Software for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024. Paul Foster (pictured), OnePlan founder and CEO, said: “We’re honoured to have the support of Elysian Park Ventures and Verance Capital as we further our mission of revolutionising the events and venues industry.” With OnePlan, venues can leverage automated real-time data intelligence to plan for and measure crowd capacity and safety, arrival and exit flows, optimal placement for stages or marquees, and even the right placement of refuse facilities. OnePlan’s digital twin product, Venue Twin, gives organisers virtual access to real world venues. In addition to the operational planning benefits, Venue Twin can be used as a sales and marketing tool for advertisers, sponsors and fans, and enables third party licensing of official virtual venues as consumer applications for the metaverse open up. The platform is leveraged by World Triathlon, World Obstacle, Sunderland AFC and more. Ami Galani, venture partner with Elysian Park Ventures, says: “OnePlan’s immersive 2D and 3D digital twinning provide game-changing tools to create rich experiences. We are excited by how OnePlan gives access to this powerful platform to the broadest set of live event planners, from the largest of global events to local community events.” OnePlan has recently hired a director, North America based in Los Angeles as the company continues to grow in the US.