Key Takeaways
- • Mostest, an AI-powered event booking platform and portfolio company of Capital Q Ventures Inc., raised an oversubscribed $4 million seed round at a $16 million post-money SAFE valuation cap, according to an October 27, 2026 EIN Presswire release.
- • The round was led by Capital Q Ventures, NEXUS Luxury Collection, and T-Squared Social, the hospitality venture co-founded by Tiger Woods and Justin Timberlake.
- • The company reports facilitating more than $126 million in event spend across over 1,700 events and generating seven-figure revenue at an early stage.
- • Proceeds will fund AI technology development, hospitality partner integrations, enterprise relationships, and entry into additional markets.
Summary
Mostest, a New York-headquartered AI-powered event booking platform, has closed an oversubscribed $4 million seed financing at a $16 million post-money SAFE valuation cap, according to a press release distributed by EIN Presswire on October 27, 2026. The round was led by Capital Q Ventures Inc., NEXUS Luxury Collection, and T-Squared Social, the hospitality and entertainment venture co-founded by Tiger Woods and Justin Timberlake. Additional participants include Wildwood Ventures, Locker Room Capital, and Newbond, along with strategic investors and advisors Todd Deutsch, Charlie Walk, Jeffrey Davis, and Neal Luthra.
Founded by CEO Sarah Klingman and co-founder and CTO Aaron Kennedy, Mostest is positioning its platform to replace a fragmented, largely manual event-booking process. The company says it has facilitated more than $126 million in event spend across over 1,700 events and generated seven-figure revenue at an early stage. These figures are company-reported and have not been independently verified.
The platform offers hotels, restaurants, and hospitality groups an always-on AI sales and booking engine that handles inquiries, generates proposals, and captures additional event revenue without a proportional increase in sales headcount. For individual and corporate customers, it aggregates venue discovery, transparent pricing, vetted vendors, and expert planning support. The company states that, unlike lead-generation marketplaces, it is designed to facilitate the booking transaction itself. Mostest is also testing its technology with major hospitality groups, hotel chains, and Fortune 500 companies.
Capital Q Ventures CEO Michael "Q" Quatrini said the firm sees Mostest as addressing a significant inefficiency in hospitality and that the team has translated that opportunity into meaningful traction. Capital Q Ventures, a Maitland, Florida-based alternative investment manager founded in 2017 and focused on venture capital, private equity, and private credit, describes its support as combining capital with operational assistance through Capital Q Velocity. The release does not disclose the post-round cap table, the lead investors' individual allocations, or specific expansion timelines.
Founded by CEO Sarah Klingman and co-founder and CTO Aaron Kennedy, Mostest is positioning its platform to replace a fragmented, largely manual event-booking process. The company says it has facilitated more than $126 million in event spend across over 1,700 events and generated seven-figure revenue at an early stage. These figures are company-reported and have not been independently verified.
The platform offers hotels, restaurants, and hospitality groups an always-on AI sales and booking engine that handles inquiries, generates proposals, and captures additional event revenue without a proportional increase in sales headcount. For individual and corporate customers, it aggregates venue discovery, transparent pricing, vetted vendors, and expert planning support. The company states that, unlike lead-generation marketplaces, it is designed to facilitate the booking transaction itself. Mostest is also testing its technology with major hospitality groups, hotel chains, and Fortune 500 companies.
Capital Q Ventures CEO Michael "Q" Quatrini said the firm sees Mostest as addressing a significant inefficiency in hospitality and that the team has translated that opportunity into meaningful traction. Capital Q Ventures, a Maitland, Florida-based alternative investment manager founded in 2017 and focused on venture capital, private equity, and private credit, describes its support as combining capital with operational assistance through Capital Q Velocity. The release does not disclose the post-round cap table, the lead investors' individual allocations, or specific expansion timelines.
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