Last deal

$30M

Amount

Venture - Series Unknown

Stage

27.09.2018

Date

3

all rounds

$33.5M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
The Infatuation is a website, app, and newsletter that provides restaurant recommendations for every occasion.

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Sector :

Subsector :

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founded date

01.01.2009

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Venture - Series Unknown

IPO status

Private

Description

The Infatuation is a platform that offers unbiased restaurant suggestions for various cities in the US and London, without accepting any freebies or invitations. The company's "Restaurant Decider" feature allows users to filter restaurants based on their preferences, such as cuisine, price range, and location. The Infatuation also provides editorial content, including reviews, guides, and news about the restaurant industry. The platform operates in major cities across the US, such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and San Francisco, as well as in London.
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date

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type

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Zagat

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2
Chris Stang
Chris Stang

Chris Stang

Chris Stang is the Co-Founder & CEO of The Infatuation,and also serves as CEO of Zagat. Since its inception in 2009, Stang has been the architect of The Infatuation’s editorial voice, creative vision, and marketing strategy. Today his role still encompasses all those things, but also includes pushing the company forward into new arenas, including the development of The Infatuation’s EEEEEATSCON food festival, and leading the company’s recent acquisition of Zagat from Google. He was nominated in 2015 for a James Beard Award for Humor Writing, and in 2019 the Financial Times called him “arguably the most influential restaurant reviewer in America.” Prior to taking on The Infatuation full time, Chris was the Vice President of Marketing at Atlantic Records, working closely with many of the label’s biggest acts including Coldplay, Bruno Mars, Skrillex, Gnarls Barkley, and the Panic! At The Disco.

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Andrew Steinthal
Andrew Steinthal

Andrew Steinthal

Steinthal is the quarterback of The Infatuation sales and partnerships team, using his skill set as a former music business publicist to build deep, meaningful relationships with like minded brands such as American Express, Samsung, PAIGE, Anheuser-Busch,Whole Foods, Jameson, Airbnb, Delta and more. Steinthal was born in Manhattan and grew up in Scarsdale, where he still returns quite often to visit the Candlelight Inn and get dirty on a big sloppy bowl of wings. He’s scared of cheese, hates mushrooms, and refuses to eat olives. His true food passions include cereal, ice cream, and chocolate chip cookies. Weird, we know. Prior to going full time Infatuation, Steinthal was the VP of PR at Warner Bros. Records. His dream would be to own the Knicks some day.

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Zagat

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Employee Profiles
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Joe Fullman

Joe Fullman

Head of Audience Development

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Sales and partnerships director

Jane Park

Lead product manager

Giulienne Bartolome

Director, partnerships strategy

Chris Mohney

Chris Mohney

Editor, Zagat Stories

Emma Greenberg

Strategy director

Mikey Gibson

Sales planner

Brett Keating

Staff writer

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