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About
Ben Hindman is a founder, product innovator, and growth strategist best known for co-founding Splash, a MarTech and fan-engagement platform built to help brands and events create immersive, data-driven live experiences. Starting from its beginnings in 2011, Splash scaled into one of the top tools for marketers and event professionals to build branded live experiences at scale.
Today, Ben works with founders in event tech, marketing-automation, and fan engagement businesses—helping them sharpen their product-market fit, build scalable operations, and prepare for strategic exits.
“I built Splash to make every event feel like a brand experience and every brand feel like a live community. Now I help founders translate that live-energy into enterprise value and position their companies for acquisition.”
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Previous Exits
Splash sold to Cvent / Blackstone
Valuation: Undisclosed
In 2024, Cvent (backed by Blackstone) acquired Splash, integrating Splash’s live-event and fan-engagement technology into Cvent’s broader event-management and marketing stack. The deal provided Splash’s team and investors with an exit in the MarTech and live-experience category while positioning Cvent to expand its capabilities in brand-led and fan-driven engagements.
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