Looking for some company on your next night out? Tabler has got you covered

By Riley Kaminer

Miami is a city optimized for partying. Between the steady influx of tourists looking for a good time 24/7/365, the unusually large number of highly sociable residents, and a plethora of places to party – there may be no better nightlife hotspot than Miami.

The pinnacle of Miami’s club scene is the infamous table. Of course, it’s about much more than reserving a four-legged piece of furniture to hold your drink. Securing a table lets you own a piece of the night: having your own real estate amongst the chaos, your own intimate space for conversation, and all the accompanying VIP benefits.

But what if you’ve locked down a table for a big night out, but have nobody to share it with? Tabler can help you out.

The startup, which was founded in 2019, has developed an app that matches table-purchasers with people wanting to join their table. Users with the reservation can either share table costs – at an average price of $700 a head – or offer a free seat as a way to meet new people. Tabler also supports non-table (but equally exclusive) venues, such as yacht and house parties.

Co-founder and CEO Deni Eferl [pictured above] launched Tabler alongside his brother, co-founder and COO Alan Amadej Eferl, to solve a real problem they were having. “We were traveling the world and could afford tables, but we didn’t have the people to join us,” CEO Eferl told Refresh Miami.

“So we decided to build a platform that brings together two groups: people who can’t afford tables, and people who are looking for new friends to party with,” he said.

Users can share information about themselves, such as their occupation, interests, favorite drinks, and some photos. So far, 80% of the platform’s 80,000 global users are women, with an average age of 21-34.

Tabler adds a 7.9% fee in exchange for facilitating the transaction. On a normal weekend, users post around 100-120 tables on the platform. Eferl reports that this has brought Tabler to a quarterly revenue of $50,000.

These numbers have piqued the interest of global investors. The company closed a $500,000 seed round this past August at a $12.5 million post-money valuation. Later this year, they plan to start raising a $4.5 million Series A at a $40 million pre-money valuation. 

Eferl originally hails from Slovenia but most recently came from Austria, where he was working as a political aide. He began to work on Tabler while still in his previous role. But his colleagues were not very amused, at least at first: “They didn’t understand it, until they saw that we raised half a million dollars.”

According to Eferl, the move to Miami was a total no-brainer. “There’s no other place for nightlife,” he said. Plus, our nightlife scene was significantly less restricted during the darkest days of the pandemic. Now, the platform is most popular in Miami, with 60,000 users. New York is Tabler’s second biggest market. Eferl hopes to imminently expand across the east coast, before eventually beginning to capture the west coast scene. 

But for now Eferl, who actually prefers a quiet night at home to a crazy night on the town (his brother Alan is more likely to be seen on the party circuit), is enjoying the ride. “I feel like a superstar,” he said. “If you are going out in Miami, you will definitely hear about us.”

Left to right: Tabler co-founders: Deni Eferl, CEO, and his brother, COO Alan Amadej Eferl.

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