Eventbrite Gets A $6.5 Million Infusion: Good news for non-profit

Eventbrite Gets A $6.5 Million Infusion From Sequoia Capital. (tech crunch)

Popular online event site Eventbrite has raised $6.5 million in funding, according to an SEC filing. The company has confirmed the funding, and says Sequoia Capital is the new investor. Sequoia partner Roelof Botha joins the board of directors. Both Roelof and Sequoia backed Eventbrite CEO Kevin Hartz’s previous startup, Xoom

Eventbrite provides free event registration for events that are free–this is great for non-rpofits that need a low (no) budget solution for automating event registration and collecting attendee information (thank you Sequoia).