Tablelist, a platform that helps partygoers book VIP tables and bottle service at Boston's hottest nightclubs, is having one of its hottest months. After raising $1.5 million in July, the startup announced Monday it's closed an additional $500,000 in funding, as well as hired former HubSpot executive Keith Frankel as its chief digital officer.
The initial financing was led by Jason Carroll of hedge fund Hudson River Trading and Crashlytics founder and Twitter executive Wayne Chang, the latter of which invested as one of the leads of Atlas's Boston Syndicate on AngelList.
Due to "overwhelming" demand and the need to fill key senior management roles, Tablelist extended its fundraising round and brought on notable nightlife influencers Simon Hammerstein and Michael Gruber as investors. With the newfound financing, Tablelist was able to hire Frankel, who has spent the last year and a half serving as the head of creative and design at inbound marketing leader HubSpot.
Speaking to Frankel's strengths, Tablelist Founder and CEO Julian Jung shared:
We are leading the charge to democratize the nightlife industry, a space that has historically been shrouded in mystery, ridden with stigmas, and stubborn to change. In my opinion, it is going to take someone with an extremely rare and unique set of skills to accomplish this. I am confident that having Keith on our team will allow us to do something that has never been done before.
Moving forward, Tablelist will be focused on expanding its product offering beyond mobile applications. The goal is to become "a true nightlife booking platform," which will allow users to "instantly book tables anywhere, anytime, and from any device."
Tabelist is currently live in five locations: Boston, New York City, the Hamptons, Las Vegas and Foxwoods in Connecticut. The startup has raised $2 million to date.
