VenuePilot Upfront · Cash Advance for Independent Venues
🎉 NIVA 2026 Exclusive: The Anniversary Offer — Pay back only 90% of your Upfront advance — up to $50,000 forgiven. ↓

That signing bonus
is costing you
a fortune.

VenuePilot Upfront gives you the same cash upfront as a signing bonus — structured better, available every year, and never used to lock you in.

Run the Math

Your venue. Your numbers.

Enter yours and we'll model your exact savings and Upfront eligibility in real time.

The Anniversary Offer · NIVA 2026 Exclusive
10th Anniversary

A decade of having
your back.

Cutting-edge technology, sustainable pricing, and a stable partner that has the industry's back. No contracts means we earn it every day. We're celebrating a decade of that with an offer only available to NIVA attendees.

VenuePilot Upfront · NIVA Edition
Anniversary Offer
Get your offer by Aug 31, 2026 · NIVA attendees only
Pay back only 90% of your advance. We forgive the final 10% — up to $50,000 back in your pocket. Our anniversary, your gift.
3-year activation window. Get your offer by Aug 31, 2026. Activate within 3 years — on your timeline.
Get your offer by Aug 31, 2026
NIVA 2026
How it works
Part 01
Upfront: Cash When You Need It
Get up to 10% of your annual ticketing revenue (up to $500,000/year) as a cash advance, repaid automatically through your ticket sales. Use it for artist deposits, capital improvements, marketing — whatever your room needs.
The advance pairs directly with your VenuePilot ticketing. It's one product, one relationship.
Part 02
The 10% Forgiveness Mechanic
Take any Upfront advance in the next three years and when your repayment reaches 90% of the advance amount, we close it out.
Example: $100K advance. At $90K repaid, you're done. VenuePilot absorbs the final $10K as our anniversary gift.
Part 03
The 3-Year Window
Many of you are mid-contract with another ticketing company. Get your pass by August 31, 2026 and you have three years to activate it — on your timeline, when you're ready. Complete the proposal and book a meeting now to lock in eligibility. No reapplication when the time comes.
Qualify by Aug 31, 2026. Activate within 3 years. The pass runs for 3 years from your activation date.
How to Claim

Three steps. The offer is yours.

Get your pass by August 31, 2026. Activate within 3 years, on your timeline.

1
Build Your Proposal
Enter your ticket volume and current deal below. We'll model your exact savings and Upfront eligibility in real time.
2
Book a Meeting
Schedule a call with our team. We'll walk through the numbers, answer every question, and confirm your Anniversary Offer eligibility in writing.
Schedule at venuepilot.com/sign-up →
3
Activate When Ready
Your pass is reserved. When you're ready to switch — whether that's next month or when your current contract expires — your Anniversary Offer benefit is waiting. No reapplication required.
Valid for 3 years from your activation date →
03
About VenuePilot
The Numbers That Don't Change

The same deal, day one to today.

$0.75
Per ticket. Flat. Every venue, every day since we launched.
Free
Door sales, always. Walk-up cash and card — never charged per ticket.
Free
Full backend platform. Booking, box office, calendar, settlement, reporting. $0 to access.
🤝
Real humans. Real venue experience.
Our support team has decades of operating experience — they've been in your shoes.
"VenuePilot's outstanding client support and innovative features have played an integral role in our success. As we expand, VenuePilot's reliable platform and cutting-edge technology give us the confidence to grow. Highly recommended for any venue seeking a dependable technology and ticketing partner."
Nick Moulds · Dazzle Denver
2-Click Checkout
1
Add your tickets to cart
Select your tickets and quantity. No account required.
2
Pay with Apple Pay or Google Wallet
Face ID or saved card. Confirmation instant.
Mobile-first. Built for mobile means fewer taps, fewer drop-offs, more tickets sold.
The Full Platform

Upfront is one part of a full platform.

🎟
Ticketing
GA, reserved, add-ons, passes, and event pages. No setup fees, no hidden costs.
📅
Booking
Offers, holds, settlements, calendar, and artist management — all connected.
🖥
Box Office
Mobile scanning, door sales, will-call, and comp management. Free at the door, always.
📊
Reporting
P&L, settlements, dashboards. Export everything. Your data belongs to you.
💸
Upfront
Repaid through ticket sales, no bank required.
🔌
Integrations
Cash or Trade, Bandsintown, Jambase, Hive, Cymbal, and more.
Prism.fm

Native Prism.fm Integration

VenuePilot connects directly to Prism via API. Every ticket sale automatically pushes a sales snapshot to your Prism deals dashboard in real time. No manual exports. No reconciliation headaches. If you're already running Prism for deal management, VenuePilot plugs straight in.

Why We're Here

Built inside a venue, not a boardroom.

VenuePilot was built inside one of NYC's largest independent venues — not by a team of serial entrepreneurs, but by the people actually managing the room. Managing offers, settling with artists, scanning tickets at the door. The spreadsheets stopped holding up. So we built something better.

NIVA has been part of this since nearly the start — Justin was a founding board member. The independent venue community is who VenuePilot was built for from day one.

"
“It’s a dream of mine that every client on our platform is, at the very least, profitable. For that to become a reality I believe VenuePilot has to be affordable, flexible, and the backbone of your operation, not just a ticketing app. But technology alone is not enough. You need a team that’s actually run venues, real thought partners, not just tech support.”
Justin Kantor
Co-Founder, VenuePilot
NIVA
National Independent Venue Association. Justin was a founding board member of NIVA. This community is who we built this for — not as an afterthought.
NIVA 2026 · Limited Offer

Your pass is waiting.

Build your proposal, book the meeting. Even if you're not switching tomorrow, lock in the 10% benefit today.

Offer valid for NIVA 2026 conference attendees. Offer must be claimed (proposal complete + meeting booked) by August 31, 2026. One per venue. Valid for 3 years from activation date. Subject to Upfront eligibility requirements.

Upfront is a cash advance product available to qualifying VenuePilot customers. Advance amounts are subject to underwriting and are up to the lesser of 10% of annual ticketing revenue or $500,000 per year, repaid through automated ticket sale deductions. The Anniversary Offer benefit (10% forgiveness) applies to a single Upfront advance initiated within 3 years of activation by a qualifying NIVA 2026 conference attendee who claimed their offer (completed a proposal and booked a sales meeting) by August 31, 2026. Forgiveness is applied when cumulative repayment reaches 90% of the original principal advance amount. Offer valid for 3 years from activation date. One per venue. This is a business advance product, not a consumer lending product. All offers subject to eligibility review and change. See upfront.venuepilot.com for full terms.