<s>
Cvent	B-General_Concept
Holding	O
Corp	O
.	O
is	O
a	O
publicly	O
held	O
software-as-a-service	B-Architecture
(	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
)	O
company	O
based	O
in	O
Tysons	O
Corner	O
,	O
Virginia	B-Application
,	O
that	O
specializes	O
in	O
meetings	O
,	O
events	O
,	O
and	O
hospitality	O
management	O
technology	O
by	O
offering	O
;	O
web-based	O
software	O
for	O
in-person	O
,	O
virtual	O
,	O
and	O
hybrid	O
events	O
,	O
including	O
online	O
event	O
registration	O
,	O
venue	O
selection	O
,	O
event	O
marketing	O
and	O
management	O
,	O
virtual	O
and	O
onsite	O
,	O
and	O
attendee	O
engagement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cvent	B-General_Concept
also	O
offers	O
software	O
for	O
hotels	O
and	O
venues	O
to	O
manage	O
group	O
and	O
corporate	O
travel	O
business	O
,	O
and	O
attract	O
group	O
business	O
through	O
its	O
sourcing	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Buyout	O
firm	O
Blackstone	O
Inc	O
(	O
BX.N	O
)	O
agreed	O
to	O
purchase	O
U.S.	O
cloud-based	O
event-software	O
provider	O
Cvent	B-General_Concept
Holding	O
Corp	O
(	O
CVT.O	O
)	O
in	O
a	O
deal	O
valued	O
at	O
$4.6	O
billion	O
on	O
14th	O
March	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cvent	B-General_Concept
is	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Tysons	O
Corner	O
,	O
Virginia	B-Application
,	O
a	O
suburb	O
of	O
Washington	O
D.C.	O
,	O
with	O
other	O
U.S.	O
offices	O
in	O
Texas	O
,	O
Oregon	O
,	O
Utah	O
,	O
and	O
Virginia	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
International	O
Cvent	B-General_Concept
offices	O
include	O
Canada	O
,	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
and	O
India	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cvent	B-General_Concept
trades	O
on	O
the	O
Nasdaq	O
Global	O
Market	O
under	O
the	O
stock	O
symbol	O
CVT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reggie	O
attended	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Virginia	B-Application
and	O
graduated	O
with	O
a	O
degree	O
in	O
finance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
co-founding	O
Cvent	B-General_Concept
in	O
1999	O
,	O
Reggie	O
served	O
as	O
the	O
president	O
of	O
the	O
Indian	O
CEO	O
Network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
and	O
2019	O
Reggie	O
was	O
named	O
the	O
number	O
one	O
influential	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
CEO	O
by	O
the	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
Report	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cvent	B-General_Concept
was	O
founded	O
in	O
September	O
1999	O
by	O
Reggie	O
Aggarwal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
its	O
founding	O
,	O
Cvent	B-General_Concept
had	O
an	O
initial	O
staff	O
of	O
six	O
individuals	O
working	O
in	O
technology	O
,	O
business	O
,	O
and	O
marketing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
,	O
Cvent	B-General_Concept
received	O
US$17	O
million	O
in	O
venture	O
capital	O
and	O
grew	O
its	O
staff	O
to	O
125	O
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2001	O
,	O
Cvent	B-General_Concept
had	O
300	O
customers	O
,	O
including	O
MCO	O
WorldCom	O
,	O
McDonald	O
’s	O
,	O
Princeton	O
University	O
,	O
University	O
of	O
Virginia	B-Application
,	O
Ernst	O
&	O
Young	O
,	O
and	O
Hughes	O
Network	O
Systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
dot-com	O
bubble	O
burst	O
and	O
the	O
September	O
11	O
attacks	O
,	O
Cvent	B-General_Concept
faced	O
near-bankruptcy	O
and	O
was	O
forced	O
to	O
cut	O
80%	O
of	O
its	O
staff	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Cvent	B-General_Concept
was	O
growing	O
by	O
50%	O
a	O
year	O
and	O
received	O
$136	O
million	O
of	O
funding	O
from	O
New	O
Enterprise	O
Associates	O
in	O
July	O
2011	O
,	O
which	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
largest	O
investment	O
in	O
a	O
U.S.	O
software	O
company	O
since	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cvent	B-General_Concept
filed	O
an	O
S-1	O
with	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Securities	O
and	O
Exchange	O
Commission	O
on	O
July	O
8	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
proposing	O
an	O
initial	O
public	O
offering	O
of	O
5.6	O
million	O
shares	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cvent	B-General_Concept
raised	O
$117.6	O
million	O
and	O
received	O
a	O
market	O
capitalization	O
of	O
over	O
$1	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
20	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
WSJ	O
reported	O
that	O
Cvent	B-General_Concept
Nears	O
$	O
5-Billion-Plus	O
SPAC(DGNS )	O
Deal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
close	O
of	O
a	O
merger	O
deal	O
with	O
Dragoneer	O
Growth	O
Opportunities	O
Corp	O
.	O
II	O
,	O
a	O
special	O
purpose	O
acquisition	O
company	O
(	O
SPAC	O
)	O
,	O
Cvent	B-General_Concept
went	O
public	O
on	O
the	O
Nasdaq	O
Global	O
Market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2023	O
,	O
Cvent	B-General_Concept
agreed	O
to	O
be	O
taken	O
private	O
again	O
by	O
Blackstone	O
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
a	O
$4.6	O
billion	O
deal	O
that	O
includes	O
a	O
significant	O
minority	O
investment	O
from	O
the	O
Abu	O
Dhabi	O
Investment	O
Authority	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
13	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Cvent	B-General_Concept
announced	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Austin-based	O
startup	O
CrowdTorch	O
,	O
previously	O
known	O
as	O
Seed	O
Labs	O
,	O
for	O
$4.2	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
7	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
Vendini	O
announced	O
they	O
acquired	O
CrowdTorch	O
from	O
Cvent	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
19	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Cvent	B-General_Concept
announced	O
its	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Portland-based	O
application	O
developer	O
CrowdCompass	O
for	O
$10	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
23	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Cvent	B-General_Concept
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
acquired	O
Quickmobile	O
,	O
a	O
Vancouver-based	O
mobile	O
event	O
app	O
developer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
5	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Cvent	B-General_Concept
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
acquired	O
Kapow	O
,	O
an	O
online	O
booking	O
platform	O
for	O
venues	O
and	O
experiences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cvent	B-General_Concept
has	O
since	O
sold	O
Kapow	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
currently	O
a	O
division	O
of	O
Hello	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
16	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Cvent	B-General_Concept
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
acquired	O
Social	O
Tables	O
,	O
an	O
event	O
diagramming	O
,	O
seating	O
,	O
and	O
collaboration	O
platform	O
based	O
in	O
Washington	O
,	O
D.C.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
22	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
Cvent	B-General_Concept
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
acquired	O
Wedding	O
Spot	O
,	O
a	O
wedding	O
venue	O
sourcing	O
platform	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
find	O
venues	O
based	O
on	O
budget	O
,	O
location	O
,	O
style	O
,	O
and	O
guest	O
count	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
10	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
Cvent	B-General_Concept
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
acquired	O
mobile	O
event	O
technology	O
provider	O
DoubleDutch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
20	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
WSJ	O
reported	O
that	O
Cvent	B-General_Concept
Nears	O
$	O
5-Billion-Plus	O
SPAC(DGNS )	O
Deal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
June	O
1	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
Cvent	B-General_Concept
acquired	O
UK-based	O
VenueDirectory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cvent	B-General_Concept
’s	O
current	O
products	O
are	O
listed	O
under	O
three	O
categories	O
,	O
Event	O
Marketing	O
&	O
Management	O
,	O
Exchange	O
,	O
and	O
Suppliers	O
&	O
Venues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2000	O
,	O
Cvent	B-General_Concept
introduced	O
its	O
first	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
product	O
,	O
a	O
web-based	O
tool	O
for	O
event	O
planners	O
to	O
manage	O
invitations	O
and	O
collect	O
registration	O
fees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
it	O
introduced	O
a	O
product	O
for	O
conducting	O
online	O
surveys	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
the	O
Cvent	B-General_Concept
Supplier	O
Network	O
two	O
years	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cvent	B-General_Concept
produces	O
the	O
Destination	O
Guide	O
an	O
online	O
travel	O
guide	O
designed	O
for	O
meeting	O
planners	O
with	O
information	O
about	O
800	O
different	O
destinations	O
.	O
</s>
