Ticketing management platform Eventbrite has received $25m in funding from Square as part of a strategic partnership deal, taking its total funding to $225m.

Mobile payment processor Square has invested $25m in Eventbrite, the US-based creator of an event ticketing technology platform, as part of a strategic partnership agreement.

Founded in 2006, Eventbrite has created software that is used by organisers to promote and manage events, enabling them to process ticket sales, handle on-site operations and analyse results across sales channels, from a single platform.

Eventbrite claims more than 50 million consumers buy tickets using its platform each year, and it closed a $200m…