Atom Tickets
Santa Monica, US · Founded 2014 · Delaware LLC · 16 employees on LinkedIn · 6 known investors
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Atom Tickets operates a social movie ticketing app and website that lets moviegoers browse films, watch trailers, buy tickets, invite friends to purchase their own tickets, and pre-order concessions for pickup at the theater. It also offers marketing solutions for studios, exhibitors, and brands, and is enabled at over 20,000 screens across U.S. theater chains.
Also known as Atom · Atom Tickets
Founders & leadership
Atom Tickets was founded in 2014 by Ameesh Paleja, Matthew Bakal, and Geoff Shaevitz.
Board
Investors · 6
Also in the syndicate · 4
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$58.2M disclosed across 1 of 3 rounds · 2016–2018
▶$58.2MraisedMar 2019 · 56 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
- Geoffrey ShaevitzDirector
- Chris AronsonDirector
- Jennifer HollingsworthDirector
- Ameesh PalejaDirector
- Allison ChecchiExecutive Officer
- Michael AbramsDirector
- Nicholas GellerExecutive Officer
- Matthew BakalExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $65M
- Amount sold
- $58.2M
- Minimum investment
- $1
- Finders' fees
- $1.3M
- Placement agents
- JP Morgan Securities LLC
- First sale
- Aug 2017
- Incorporated
- Limited Liability Company, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Atom Tickets operates a free mobile app (iOS and Android) and website that let moviegoers search films, read reviews and synopses, watch trailers, and buy advance tickets for showtimes at participating U.S. theaters. Its distinguishing feature set is social: users can invite friends via Facebook or their phone contacts so the group sits together while each person pays for their own ticket, keeping plans, messaging, payment and tickets in one place instead of relying on paper tickets and IOUs. Users can also pre-order concessions and skip lines at the theater by scanning a QR code at usher stations and concession-counter tablet kiosks, and can earn referral rewards and access app-exclusive deals [5][6][7].
Alongside the consumer product, Atom sells marketing capabilities to studios, exhibitors and brands, using proprietary data and targeting both on Atom and across the web to connect film releases with audiences that buy movie tickets. The company also white-labels or powers digital ticketing for third parties, including Regal Cinemas and the movie database IMDb [6][7].
Atom's site surfaces promotional programs run with partners, including a Samsung Wallet code offering up to $10 off tickets valid June 24, 2026 through September 30, 2026, and Amazon-linked offers such as a free child's ticket with an adult ticket purchase and Prime-member-exclusive showtimes; account sign-in is supported via email, Facebook, Google, Amazon, Snapchat and Apple [0][2][4].
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Competitors · 1
by search overlap
Companies competing with Atom Tickets for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
Timeline · 6
launches, deals, and filingsSamsung Wallet customers receive a one-time-use promotional code for up to $10 off movie tickets purchased on the Atom app or website in the United States, valid June 24, 2026 through September 30, 2026 or while supplies last.
Atom Tickets announced the close of a Series C round securing over $60 million, led by Fidelity Management & Research Company, with returning Series B investors Lionsgate, Disney and Twentieth Century Fox Film participating.
$60M source ↗
Atom reported powering digital ticketing for Regal Cinemas and for the online movie database IMDb.
Atom teamed with brands including T-Mobile and Chase Pay to offer special ticketing offers for top studio movie releases.
In the year preceding March 2018, Atom Tickets formed an advisory board with filmmakers Steven Spielberg, J.J. Abrams and Tyler Perry to advise the company on theatrical moviegoing experiences.
Following a nationwide rollout in 2016, Atom expanded its exhibitor footprint from early supporters AMC Theatres and Regal Cinemas to include Southern Theatres, Showcase Cinemas, B&B Theatres and others.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
Legal entities · 1
corporate structureIn the news
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Atom Ticketsatomtickets.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Atom Tickets do?
- Atom Tickets is a social movie ticketing app and website for buying cinema tickets and pre-ordering concessions in the U.S.
- Who founded Atom Tickets?
- Atom Tickets was founded by Ameesh Paleja, Matthew Bakal, Geoff Shaevitz in 2014.
- Who are Atom Tickets's investors?
- Atom Tickets's investors include Fidelity Investments, Cerity Partners Ventures.
- How much funding has Atom Tickets raised?
- Atom Tickets has disclosed $58.2M raised across 1 of its 3 known rounds.
- Where is Atom Tickets headquartered?
- Atom Tickets is headquartered in Santa Monica, US.