articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . may 2015 designmynight type private founded london united kingdom headquarters london united kingdom area served united kingdom key people andrew webster ceo ; nicholas telson ceo ; william taylor jackson cto employees 25 website 1 type of site discovery site ; ticket sales ; booking software available in english launched 2011 current status active designmynight.com is a nightlife discovery website that was set up in 2011 ; it allows the customer to tailor their night out depending on their budget where they want to go and what type of night they re after . 1 the site has coverage across 15 cities in the uk london manchester birmingham glasgow brighton newcastle liverpool bristol bournemouth cambridge cardiff edinburgh leeds leicester and reading . the company was branded as one of the world s best start ups in 2015 2 and top uk startup in 2014 generating over 3 million hits per month . 3 designmynight has also become a software provider for the nightlife industry with its own ticketing solution tonic that can be integrated on the site and the client s site as well as an enquiry management and booking software collins . contents 1 founders 2 funding 3 products 4 competition 5 references founders edit designmynight.com was founded by nick telson and andrew webster whilst visiting new york . 4 they were both amazed by the nightlife knowledge of their hotel concierge and were inspired to help people discover their perfect night out in the uk . both quit their corporate jobs at l or al and accenture and worked solely on designmynight with no income for two years before the business took off in 2013 . 5 funding edit designmynight started off on personal funds of 15 000 before receiving investment from 6 prominent business angels which amounted to 500 000 over two rounds . 5 the angel investors have a history of growing online brands and believed in the company s strong consumer facing site as well as the huge opportunity of growing the b2b software arm of the business . 6 products edit after the launch of the website itself 2013 saw the launch of the designmynight app it gives access to thousands of venues and events with ratings and reviews alongside the opportunity of booking tickets to events on the go . 7 february 2014 then saw the launch of collins an enquiry management and booking software designed specifically for bars restaurants with bars pubs and private hire spaces . bar bookings and inquiry management software . it allows venues to do real time bookings from their site while also taking enquiries and managing them effectively within the system s back end . the venue can also take payments card authentications manage emails and their client s database . 2014 also saw the launch of the ticketing software that allows event organisers to take advantage of designmynight s 3 million monthly userbase while also making their own site or social media channels transactional . 8 competition edit the likes of time out and view london are consumer facing search sites and the two largest restaurant booking systems in the market are opentable recently acquired by priceline and livebookings bookatable . 9 references edit interview with nick telson and andrew webster founders of design my night . the start up magazine . 3 april 2014 . list of the worlds most promising start ups . retrieved from http web.archive.org web 20150529200746 http www.launchingnext.com . archived from the original on may 29 2015 . retrieved may 29 2015 . missing or empty title help platt ryan 21 may 2014 . 42 . designmynight the bespoke night out designer helping uk city dwellers come up with their perfect evening . start ups . about us . designmynight . a b sherriff lucy 27 november 2014 . young entrepreneur of the week nick telson of designmynight.com . huffington post . former friends reunited executives lead angel funding round for designmynight . growth business . 15 january 2014 . designmynight best bars restaurants and events in london . apple app store . ross eleanor 21 november 2014 . now we get money upfront so there is an instant pot of cash . the guardian . the priceline group agrees to acquire opentable inc. . the priceline group press release . 13 june 2014 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title designmynight.com & oldid 733987130 categories nightclubs in londonnightclubs in the united kingdomnightlifewebsites about food and drinkcompanies based in londonticket sales companiesevent management companieshidden categories pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urlsorphaned articles from may 2015all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to 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