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Combining the best culinary talent, guests selected for their diversity in tastes and opinion, within an unusual dining environment, Dinner Lab creates a singular event that only exists for that one evening. This culinary and social experiment is private with membership offered through our network.
Overview
Location
United States, Louisiana, New Orleans
Total raised
$9.1M
Funding Rounds 2
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| Jun 3, 2014 | Funding round | $2.1M |
Mentions in press and media 11
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| Apr 14, 2016 | Dinner Lab shuts down after failing to find a sustainable business model | After laying off staff in December as it shifted business models to find a sustainable operation, Dinner Lab has officially shut down, according to a blog post on the company’s site. Dinner Lab, like many startups, is facing a challenging e... |
| Dec 5, 2015 | M&A roundup - week ending 12/5/15 | Perion Networks acquired Undertone; Welltok bought Silverlink; iMapData merged with PlanetRisk Perk.com, which provides a rewards platform targeting consumers by giving them rewards for their daily mobile and internet activities, agreed to ... |
| Dec 2, 2015 | Culinary Events Biz Dinner Lab Buys Competitor Dishcrawl, Will Launch “Bar Crawls For Restaurants” | Dinner Lab, a supper club and culinary events business that has expanded to 75,000 members across 31 states over the past three years, is today putting its recent infusion of new capital to use: the company is acquiring a competitor known a... |
| Aug 10, 2015 | Dinner Lab Raises $7M in Series A Funding | According to TechCrunch, Dinner Lab, a New Orleans-based service that gives users access to private dinner parties in particular locations, raised $7m in Series A funding. The round, which brought total funding to $9.1m, was led by James Ri... |
| Aug 7, 2015 | Daily funding roundup - August 7, 2015 | JenaValve completed $26.5M; Dinner Lab raised $7M: Lemonade Lab secured $5.8M Rebagg, a frictionless luxury resale service, announced the close of a $4.0 Million Seed round of funding led by General Catalyst. Metamorphic Ventures, Crosslink... |
| Aug 6, 2015 | 120,000 Miles Later, Dinner Lab Lands a Fresh Round of Funding | August 6, 2015 4 min read From January to June, Brian Bordainick traveled 120,000 miles on domestic flights for work. With his food-tech startup, Dinner Lab, based in New Orleans, he says becoming a certified road warrior was critical for h... |
| Aug 6, 2015 | Dinner Lab Raises A $7M Series A To Expand Its Social Dining Club | Dinner Lab, a membership-based club that gives you access to private dinner parties in unique locations throughout your city, announced it is has raised a $7 million Series A led by James River Capital. The company also received follow-up f... |
| Aug 6, 2015 | Luxury Consignment, Robots, and a Private Dinner Club All Bring in New Funding | In today's Tech.Co deals roundup, we've got news on WeWork's first acquisition as well as a $1 billion acquisition by IBM. Startups from D.C., Atlanta, and New Orleans also brought in some new funding. Some other things you may have missed:... |
| Jun 3, 2014 | Dinner Lab Raises $2.1 Million For Its Modern-Day Supper Club | Dinner Lab, an exclusive supper club that lets up-and-coming chefs test their recipes by preparing multi-course meals for a private audience, has just raised its first outside funding. The previously bootstrapped New Orleans-based company h... |
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FAQ about Dinner Lab
How much funding has Dinner Lab raised?
Dinner Lab has raised $9.1M in total across 2 funding rounds.
What funding rounds has Dinner Lab raised?
Parsers VC lists 2 funding rounds of Dinner Lab, among them a funding round of $2.1M on Jun 3, 2014.
What has the press written about Dinner Lab?
Parsers VC has collected 11 articles mentioning Dinner Lab, among them “Dinner Lab shuts down after failing to find a sustainable business model” (Apr 14, 2016) and “M&A roundup - week ending 12/5/15” (Dec 5, 2015).
Is Dinner Lab still active?
Yes, Dinner Lab is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Apr 15, 2016.