Evite is an online invitation and event planning platform offering free and premium digital invitations with RSVP tracking.

Who are Evite's investors?

Evite's investors include August Capital, BAM Ventures, Francisco Partners, Lobby Capital, Staenberg Venture Partners.

Evite

Founded 1998 · 129 employees on LinkedIn · 5 known investors

Evite is a free online invitation and event planning platform that allows users to create and send digital invitations with RSVP tracking, reminders, and guest messaging for various occasions including birthdays, weddings, and celebrations.

Also known as Evite

Consumer SaaS

Investors · 5

August CapitalSan Francisco Bay Area · $1M – $15M

BAM VenturesLos Angeles · $100K – $1M

Francisco PartnersSan Francisco

Lobby CapitalPalo Alto

Staenberg Venture PartnersSeattle

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Evite operates a web-based platform for creating and sending digital invitations and organizing gatherings. Hosts select a design from a template library organized by occasion — including kids' and adult birthdays, milestone birthdays, baby and bridal showers, graduations, weddings, celebrations of life, Halloween, and business events — customize the text and event details, and send the invitation to a guest list by email, text message, or shareable link. Invitations include built-in RSVP tracking, automated reminders, guest messaging, and the ability to update event time, location, or guest list after sending; guests can respond from any device. Free invitations also include a shared photo album for post-event uploads, and hosts may optionally add links to a registry or wishlist or raise money for a charity or personal fund.

Beyond invitations, the product line includes Event Pages, a free lightweight option for casual get-togethers that is shareable via text, email, WhatsApp, and other channels; digital Greeting Cards that can be scheduled or sent instantly by text or email; and free SignUp Sheets for coordinating what guests bring and volunteer arrival times. Premium invitations add exclusive designs and additional customization, and an "Upload Your Own Design" option lets hosts import their own artwork in any size or shape, optionally adding backgrounds, envelopes, or animated effects, with RSVP tracking and automatic reminders applied. Evite also offers a Canva app that allows designs to be uploaded from Canva directly into Evite. Advanced RSVP features cover response deadlines, plus-one management, and guest list controls. The company publishes hosting and party-idea content through a blog, Substack, and Instagram.

Business model

Freemium consumer service: a substantial catalog of free invitations and free tools (Event Pages, SignUp Sheets) is used to attract hosts, with paid Premium invitations and an annual subscription available for heavier users.

Revenue comes from paid Premium invitations with exclusive designs and expanded customization, and from Evite Pro, an annual subscription priced at $249.99 per year that includes unlimited Premium Invitations and Greeting Cards.

Traction

The company's site displays unattributed testimonials from verified users describing the service as convenient and often free.

▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market

Market position

Breadth of occasion-specific invitation templates combined with hosting utilities in one place — RSVP tracking with deadlines and plus-one controls, automated reminders, guest messaging, sign-up sheets, shared photo albums, and registry or fundraising links — plus the option to upload a fully custom design in any size or shape and still use the platform's RSVP and reminder features.

Technology

Web platform for invitation design and distribution, with delivery by email, SMS, and shareable link; features include real-time RSVP tracking, automated reminders, guest messaging, plus-one and guest list management, RSVP deadlines, shared photo albums, custom design upload with background/envelope/animation options, and an integration app for importing designs from Canva.

Go-to-market

Direct-to-consumer self-service signup on evite.com, with free products and an occasion-based template library serving as the entry point, supported by content marketing across a blog, Substack newsletter, and Instagram, and distribution through a Canva app integration.

Individual consumers hosting social events such as birthdays, baby and bridal showers, graduations, weddings, and celebrations of life, as well as hosts organizing casual get-togethers and users sending business-related invitations; frequent hosts are targeted with the annual subscription.

Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported

Evite Pro annual subscription priceJan 2025$249.99

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Founder mafia

5 people who came through Evite went on to found or lead other companies.

Jim BentonDirector, Advertiser ProgramsFounded Adapt +3 Jason LinInvestorFounded Lifelikecap Warren RunkDirector of EngineeringFounded Chorus Sleep Joshua PendrickHead of Marketing, VP MarketingFounded Rypplzz Victor ChoBoard MemberFounded Emovid

Competitors · 7

by search overlap

Paperless Post17432 shared keywordsPaperless Post offers online and paper invitations and cards for personal life events and celebrations, with all design and technology developed in-house. It serves individual consumers who pay directly for its products.

Canva16544 shared keywordsDesign platform; Blackbird invested when it was just an idea and in every round since.

Shutterfly11945 shared keywordsShutterfly is a direct-to-consumer platform for creating personalized photo products including photo books, cards, stationery, wall art, gifts, and calendars. The company serves consumers who want to preserve and display personal photos and create custom keepsakes for various occasions.

Minted10611 shared keywords

Punchbowl9743 shared keywordsPunchbowl is an online invitation and digital greeting card service that lets users customize invites and eCards, send them by email or text, and manage party planning tasks like RSVP tracking, guest polls, potluck lists, and co-hosting. It serves consumers planning celebrations such as birthdays, baby showers, and other events, and offers designs featuring licensed characters.

Vistaprint6392 shared keywordsVistaprint provides custom printing and design services, offering products such as business cards, custom apparel, and signage aimed at small businesses. It serves customers in over 22 countries with online design tools, customizable templates, and shipping.

Walgreens4375 shared keywordsWalgreens operates a pharmacy and retail health and wellness business, offering prescription services, over-the-counter medications, health products, and photo services to consumers.

Companies competing with Evite for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.

▸Research sources · 1

primary sources listed

Eviteevite.com · web

1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Evite do?: Evite is an online invitation and event planning platform offering free and premium digital invitations with RSVP tracking.
Who are Evite's investors?: Evite's investors include August Capital, BAM Ventures, Francisco Partners, Lobby Capital, Staenberg Venture Partners.