Fan experience platform Skippio secures 540k to scale in UK [Video]

Irish tech start-up Skippio has secured €540,000 in seed funding to launch its fan experience platform in the UK.

The investment round was led by private investors but Enterprise Ireland also contributed through its High-Potential Start-Ups fund.

Based at NovaUCD, Skippio has developed a platform to allow people attending large events to order and pay for food and drink from anywhere in the venue without having to join a queue.

Users will receive real-time updates on how their orders are progressing, and can collect their purchases from an express area or lane when they are ready.

Skippio said the platform reducing queues and improves efficiency while helping to increase venue revenues.

At present, half of fans attending large-scale events will refuse to join a food & beverage queue, and 40% of those who will queue leave in frustration at missing part of their event.

“Our solution is currently reducing queue times by over 90% compared …