Blackbird, a restaurant loyalty tool founded by Resy and Eater co-founder Ben Leventhal and which uses the $FLY native token, raised a $24M Series A led by a16z
One of the great joys of living in New York City is never … PRNewswire / Benzinga : Blackbird Labs Raises $24 Million Series A Round From a16z, Amex Ventures and More to Help Transform the Way Restaurants Approach Diner Loyalty Emma Orlow / Eater NY : Resy Founder Gets $24 Million From Amex, Others for New Restaurant App Nicholas Kitonyi / NFTgators : Blackbird Labs Secures $24M Series A Round Led by A16z Crypto Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez / Fortune : Ben Leventhal's latest food-focused startup just raised $24 million to put restaurants' customer data on the blockchain Threads: Tom Gara / @tomgara : I'd definitely invest in this founder, his ability to make a shockingly bad product that somehow, inexplicably, dominates a theoretically quite competitive market is unmatched https://www.nytimes.com/... Mastodon: Jonathan Glick / @Jonathanglick@mstdn.social : @Techmeme Ben is a great guy and I hope this works for him. But the article can't (and doesn't even try to) explain why blockchain or tokens are needed for a loyalty program with SMS features (which is what Blackbird apparently is.) X: @blackbird_xyz : Today we are excited to announce the close of a $24M Series A financing round, led by @a16zcrypto, with participation from new investors Amex Ventures and @QEDInvestors. We are incredibly proud to count them as partners on our journey to build the future of restaurant tech.(1/4) @jay_drainjr : Blackbird is one of those special ideas that feels so obvious when you hear it but can only be properly designed and executed by someone with the restaurant industry chops of @benleventhal. We couldn't be more excited to lead @blackbird_xyz's Series A 🍴🍴 [image] Ben Leventhal / @benleventhal : The @blackbird_xyz team is pumped to announce a new round of funding and the addition of @a16zcrypto, Amex Ventures, and QED to our group of incredible investors and partners. https://www.nytimes.com/... Wyatt Lonergan / @wyatt_lonergan : Congrats to @benleventhal and the team at @blackbird_xyz on their $24M Series A led by @a16zcrypto! It's been incredible to watch Blackbird grow from an idea to a fully fledged product that restaurants and consumers love. And shhhh don't tell anyone - but it's a consumer crypto... Integrated Kyle / @kylesamani : Super excited to be an early investor in Blackbird and support their vision building out next-gen loyalty program for restaurants! Also, if you live in NYC, check out some of their restaurants - https://www.nytimes.com/... @blackbird_xyz : Excellent piece in today's @nytimes on @benleventhal, his vision, and how that translates into what we're building here at Blackbird — aka the future of restaurant loyalty. Plus more on our amazing new investors! 🪄 ✨ https://www.nytimes.com/... @ariannasimpson : 1/ One of the great joys of living in New York City is never being more than a few minutes away from an amazing meal, and today we're announcing @blackbird_xyz's Series A to take dining experiences to a whole new level. Led by CEO and Founder @benleventhal, Blackbird uses web3... Li Jin / @ljin18 : Crypto is the how, not the why 💫 @benleventhal and @blackbird_xyz deeply understand that the most important thing is building a magical product that fulfills users' needs, not the tech under the hood. https://www.nytimes.com/...