# Brice Gumpel

> Brice Gumpel is the New York-based CEO and co-founder of Seated, a restaurant discovery and rewards company built around a simple piece of perishable inventory: an unfilled table. After studying economics at Brown University and working in finance, he followed a college food account into conversations with restaurant operators, then helped turn their slow-night problem into a marketplace connecting incentives for diners with measurable demand for restaurants.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-Founder at Seated
- **Organizations:** Seated, Nomura Securities, Morgan Stanley, The Walt Disney Company
- **Education:** Bachelor's degree in Economics, Brown University
- **Known for:** Co-founded restaurant discovery and rewards company Seated., Raised a combined $30 million Series A and B financing for Seated in 2020., Acquired restaurant event-booking platform VenueBook in 2020.

## Career timeline

- **2012** — Completed a summer internship at The Walt Disney Company.
- **2013** — Worked as a summer analyst at Morgan Stanley.
- **2014** — Graduated from Brown University with a bachelor's degree in Economics.
- **2014-2015** — Worked as a fixed-income analyst at Nomura Securities.
- **2015-2017** — Served as chief operating officer at a stealth-mode startup, according to his public professional profile.
- **2017** — Co-founded Seated and became CEO.
- **2020** — Led Seated through the launch of Seated at Home, a $30 million combined Series A and B financing, and the acquisition of VenueBook.
- **2024** — Seated recorded an undisclosed convertible-note financing round in May.

## Achievements

- Co-founded restaurant discovery and rewards company Seated.
- Raised a combined $30 million Series A and B financing for Seated in 2020.
- Acquired restaurant event-booking platform VenueBook in 2020.
- By August 2020, Seated had facilitated more than 900,000 reserved seats and a reported $37 million in revenue for restaurant partners.
- Played men's soccer at Brown University.

## Latest updates

- **2024-05** — Seated recorded an undisclosed convertible-note funding round.
- **2022-05** — Gumpel joined other New York technology leaders in signing a public voting-rights letter organized through tech:nyc.
- **2020-08** — Seated announced $30 million in combined Series A and B financing and acquired VenueBook.

## Links

- Website: https://seatedapp.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brice-gumpel-25249243
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/seated_app
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/seatedofficial/

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Last updated: 2026-08-27