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This West Point grad started a booking system for restaurants, and VCs just funded it



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Luke Hutchison didn’t know exactly what he wanted to do as a graduate of West Point in 2013 — only that, ever since the 9/11 attack in New York, he wanted to serve his country.
Certainly, he never imagined launching a private event management platform for restaurants and venues, but that’s what he is building, and VCs think enough of it that they just seed funded the company to the tune of $3.6 million.
Interestingly, the idea ties to Hutchison’s five years in the U.S. Army as an infantry officer. Strange as the leap may sound, Hutchison, who was twice deployed to Afghanistan, says that “as you rise t …

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