Indianapolis-based Opendate raises $14M Series A led by High Alpha

Opendate, an Indianapolis-headquartered software company building the operating system for independent live events, closed a $14M Series A led by High Alpha on 2026-01-27, with participation from existing investors. The company positions itself as the independent alternative to Ticketmaster — built by venue operators, sold to independent venues, promoters, festivals, and attractions. At the time of the round Opendate carried 200+ customers and had more than doubled in the prior year, the kind of operational shape that pulls in growth-stage investors looking past the AI-buildout headlines.

The High Alpha lead matters more than the dollar amount. High Alpha is the most-active builder of B2B SaaS startups in the Indianapolis ecosystem, and an Opendate Series A is squarely on-thesis for them: vertical software, recurring revenue, defensible category against an entrenched incumbent. Use of funds breaks across booking intelligence, ticketing, and marketing capabilities, plus team expansion in engineering, data, and go-to-market — the latter is the part that surfaces on this site as new Opendate roles on the Indianapolis Jobs page over the coming quarters.