Ben Leventhal
CEO @ Resy
New York, United States
Ben Leventhal is a seed investor at Resy in New York focused on Restaurants and SEO. Ben is the co-founder of Eater, the national food blog network now owned by Vox Media. Recently he’s worked with food, tech and media companies like Food Network, Kitchensurfing, and Cover. Outfits like NBC Universal, InterActive Corp, Scripps Networks, DailyCandy and New York Magazine also make appearances on his CV. He is on the board ofdirectors of Hot Bread Kitchen, an organization that prepares minority women for careers in the culinary industry,and is on the James Beard Awards restaurant voting committee. He’s currently working on Resy.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Ben Leventhal invests in
Stages Ben Leventhal invests in
Countries Ben Leventhal invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $1.5M–$2.3M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Restaurants 2 (67%)
- SEO 1 (33%)
- Apps 1 (33%)
- Mobile 1 (33%)
- Software 1 (33%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (67%)
- Series A 1 (33%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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BentoBox
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BentoBox develops a mobile operations platform for restaurants to automate tasks such as updating menus and social media, promoting private events, sharing press, and selling gift cards. Its solution offers search engine optimization, social media and newsletter sign-up, and one-click reservations. BentoBox disrupts third-party services that comebetween the restaurant and the guest. It also puts the restaurant first and offers tools that drive high-margin revenue directly through the restaurant’s website.Krystle Mobayeni and Pierre Drescher founded BentoBox on August 1, 2013, and it is based in New York City. | $2.3M / Seed / Oct 19, 2015 | |
Cover
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Cover isn’t the only startup trying to tackle mobile payments at restaurants — there’s also TabbedOut, and, of course, Square. But those have some limitations. For TabbedOut, the check-out flow isn’t as simplified as what Cover is aiming for. And Square requires businesses to use its own POS system. | $5.5M / Series A / Jul 10, 2014 | |
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Cover
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Cover isn’t the only startup trying to tackle mobile payments at restaurants — there’s also TabbedOut, and, of course, Square. But those have some limitations. For TabbedOut, the check-out flow isn’t as simplified as what Cover is aiming for. And Square requires businesses to use its own POS system. | $1.5M / Seed / May 08, 2013 |
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FAQ
What does Ben Leventhal invest in?
Ben Leventhal invests primarily in Restaurants, SEO and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Ben Leventhal's check size?
Ben Leventhal typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$2.3M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ben Leventhal participates in.
When did Ben Leventhal last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Ben Leventhal closed in Oct 2015. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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