Aria Mohseni
| Aria Mohseni | |
| Nationality | American |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, startup co-founder |
| Known for | Co-founder and COO of CrowdVolt |
| Education | Emory University |
| Alma mater | Emory University |
Aria Mohseni is an American entrepreneur and the co-founder and chief operating officer of CrowdVolt, a secondary ticketing marketplace focused on electronic dance music (EDM) and rave events. CrowdVolt was accepted into the Y Combinator Winter 2024 batch, placing it among a competitive cohort of early-stage technology startups selected for the accelerator's funding and mentorship program.[1]
Early life and education
Mohseni grew up in Connecticut and attended Amity Regional High School in Woodbridge, where he was a member of the track and field team, serving as team captain during his junior and senior years. He was also a member of the Science National Honor Society and the National Honor Society.[2]
Mohseni went on to attend Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where he continued competing on the men's track and field team at the collegiate level. His athletic profile at Emory corroborates his high school background as team captain and honors society member, reflecting a pattern of combined academic and extracurricular engagement.[3]
Career
Before co-founding CrowdVolt, Mohseni held several positions at Guidepoint Global, a research and consulting firm specializing in expert network services, where he progressed from associate to manager of research and subsequently to project manager. He also held a role as VP of Partnerships and Growth Operations at FreeFuse Inc., a technology company. Neither role has been associated with a specific publicly confirmed date range, though both preceded his work at CrowdVolt.
Mohseni co-founded CrowdVolt alongside Max Hammer, with Mohseni serving as chief operating officer. The company describes itself as "the integration layer for live events infrastructure" and operates an automated marketplace for buying and selling tickets to raves and EDM events.[4] The platform uses a bid-ask model in which ticket prices are set by sellers and may be above or below face value. The stated goal of this approach is to provide buyers with more affordable pricing and greater transparency compared to traditional secondary ticket markets such as StubHub, where prices are typically set unilaterally by resellers with limited visibility into market supply and demand.
CrowdVolt was accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2024 batch and is headquartered in New York City.[5] The company operates across the marketplace, entertainment, music, and live events infrastructure sectors. In July 2024, TechCrunch profiled CrowdVolt, noting its approach to disrupting the secondary ticket market through its user-centric model and highlighting the company's focus on a genre-specific audience underserved by incumbent ticketing platforms.[6] As of its Y Combinator listing, CrowdVolt was actively recruiting engineering talent, including full-stack and design engineering roles, indicating continued product development activity following the accelerator batch.[7][8] The platform lists events at venues across the United States, including Factory Town and Club Space, both located in Miami, Florida.
Mohseni resides in Brooklyn, New York.
References
- ↑ "CrowdVolt – Y Combinator". 'Y Combinator}'. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
- ↑ "Aria Mohseni – 2018-19 – Men's Track and Field". 'Emory University Athletics}'. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
- ↑ "Aria Mohseni – 2018-19 – Men's Track and Field". 'Emory University Athletics}'. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
- ↑ "CrowdVolt". 'CrowdVolt}'. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
- ↑ "CrowdVolt – Y Combinator". 'Y Combinator}'. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
- ↑ "CrowdVolt wants to be the marketplace for rave and EDM tickets". 'TechCrunch}'. 2024-07. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
- ↑ "Full-Stack Engineer at CrowdVolt". 'Y Combinator}'. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
- ↑ "Design Engineer at CrowdVolt". 'Y Combinator}'. Retrieved 2026-03-18.