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Live entertainment company Fever has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into the notion big data can help decide what to do on date night. Like much of what its platform offers, the application of data to leisure time is not a new idea (one of its event partners, Netflix, got there years earlier). Fever applies the concept to "off-the-couch entertainment" - what used to be called going out.

With a mission of democratising access to entertainment, Fever's app and website offer an entertainment menu for hundreds of cities worldwide, leading with a list of top 10 events tailored to its users' preferences. Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion. "It's meant to excite, engage and give you options as to what you would like to get off your couch and do in your city," Fever's general manager for Australia and New Zealand Sean Morris said.



"It looks very much like Instagram and Netflix had a technological child." Fever spotted a gap in the market for live entertainment, where tech could reduce investment risk and generate value for producers and consumers, Morris said. It's big business globally - in 2022 a $227 million capital raising led by Goldman Sachs had the company valued at more than a $1 billion.

Worldwide, Fever's revenue grew tenfold between 2019 and 2022, as performing arts scenes collapsed during the pandemic. The company is perhaps best known for its $30 "Fever Original" candlelight concerts, in which music from Tchaikovs.

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