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Restaurant tech veteran Ben Leventhal has raised $50 million for his newest venture, Blackbird Labs, which aims to reinvent customer loyalty using blockchain. With 1,000 restaurants on board, Blackbird combines payments and loyalty into a platform where diners earn points through a new cross-restaurant program called Blackbird Club. Backed by Spark Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Amex Ventures, and Andreessen Horowitz, the startup has now raised $85 million. While Leventhal admits blockchain isn’t strictly necessary, he argues it allows users to own their profiles and gives restaurants a stake in the platform. With restaurant profits at historic lows, Leventhal sees Blackbird as a way to help small, independent restaurants survive an increasingly brutal economic climate — and maybe even thrive.

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