Resy is an American online restaurant-reservation service company founded in 2014 by

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, Ben Leventhal, and Michael Montero. The app serves over 4,000 restaurants in over 200 cities with reservations predominantly in

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History

Resy was founded in 2014 by Ben Leventhal, co-founder of

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, Michael Montero, co-founder of

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, and social-media entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk. In January 2017 the company raised $13 million from Airbnb,

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and earlier investors RSE Ventures and Lerer Hippeau Ventures. In April 2018, Resy enabled participating restaurants to list their properties on

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through Resy's booking system and also acquired ClubKviar, a restaurant-booking platform in

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. In 2018, Resy acquired a competitor, Reserve, a reservation app launched by Garrett Camp's incubator, Expa. In 2019,

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acquired Resy and integrated it into its mobile app as an offering for some rewards card members. As of 2019, Resy handles 2.6 million diners per week.

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