HAX

HAX is a global venture capital-backed program dedicated to accelerating startups with a hardware element. Operating across San Francisco and Shenzhen, HAX focuses on rapid prototyping and iteration, helping teams refine their products, business plans, and launch strategies. The program culminates in market readiness support, including introductions to corporates, investors, partners, and press, as well as securing funding and gaining traction.

Andrew Gollach

Principal

Ji Ke

Partner, Program Director and CTO

Aymerik Renard

Mentor

Past deals in Beverages

Sidework

Convertible Note in 2025
Sidework is a developer of an automated cocktail dispenser designed to enhance the efficiency and safety of bar operations. This innovative machine streamlines the bartender's workflow by minimizing direct contact between bartenders and cocktails, ensuring that drinks served to customers are safe and consistent. Equipped with advanced features such as inventory tracking and usage analytics, the cocktail dispenser enables establishments to offer customized drinks while reducing the need for additional staff. By allowing bars and restaurants to serve ready-to-drink cocktails hands-free, Sidework supports a more efficient service model, helping clients focus on providing an exceptional guest experience.

Bartesian

Series B in 2023
Bartesian Inc. is a manufacturer of a cocktail-making machine that enables customers to create customized, bar-quality cocktails at home using a capsule-based system. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, the company offers a robotic bartender that utilizes pre-mixed ingredient pods, allowing users to prepare a variety of cocktails, such as martinis and cosmos, at the press of a button. The machine combines alcohol, juices, bitters, and water from specialty pods, ensuring a seamless and authentic cocktail experience. Formerly known as MaxMixology Inc., the company adopted its current name in January 2015.

Sidework

Seed Round in 2022
Sidework is a developer of an automated cocktail dispenser designed to enhance the efficiency and safety of bar operations. This innovative machine streamlines the bartender's workflow by minimizing direct contact between bartenders and cocktails, ensuring that drinks served to customers are safe and consistent. Equipped with advanced features such as inventory tracking and usage analytics, the cocktail dispenser enables establishments to offer customized drinks while reducing the need for additional staff. By allowing bars and restaurants to serve ready-to-drink cocktails hands-free, Sidework supports a more efficient service model, helping clients focus on providing an exceptional guest experience.

Sidework

Convertible Note in 2021
Sidework is a developer of an automated cocktail dispenser designed to enhance the efficiency and safety of bar operations. This innovative machine streamlines the bartender's workflow by minimizing direct contact between bartenders and cocktails, ensuring that drinks served to customers are safe and consistent. Equipped with advanced features such as inventory tracking and usage analytics, the cocktail dispenser enables establishments to offer customized drinks while reducing the need for additional staff. By allowing bars and restaurants to serve ready-to-drink cocktails hands-free, Sidework supports a more efficient service model, helping clients focus on providing an exceptional guest experience.

Bartesian

Series A in 2021
Bartesian Inc. is a manufacturer of a cocktail-making machine that enables customers to create customized, bar-quality cocktails at home using a capsule-based system. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, the company offers a robotic bartender that utilizes pre-mixed ingredient pods, allowing users to prepare a variety of cocktails, such as martinis and cosmos, at the press of a button. The machine combines alcohol, juices, bitters, and water from specialty pods, ensuring a seamless and authentic cocktail experience. Formerly known as MaxMixology Inc., the company adopted its current name in January 2015.

Sidework

Seed Round in 2019
Sidework is a developer of an automated cocktail dispenser designed to enhance the efficiency and safety of bar operations. This innovative machine streamlines the bartender's workflow by minimizing direct contact between bartenders and cocktails, ensuring that drinks served to customers are safe and consistent. Equipped with advanced features such as inventory tracking and usage analytics, the cocktail dispenser enables establishments to offer customized drinks while reducing the need for additional staff. By allowing bars and restaurants to serve ready-to-drink cocktails hands-free, Sidework supports a more efficient service model, helping clients focus on providing an exceptional guest experience.

Aroma Brewing

Convertible Note in 2019
Orenda makes coffee machine on the market by tailoring the brewing process to your unique taste profile and the beans you use.

Bartesian

Convertible Note in 2018
Bartesian Inc. is a manufacturer of a cocktail-making machine that enables customers to create customized, bar-quality cocktails at home using a capsule-based system. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, the company offers a robotic bartender that utilizes pre-mixed ingredient pods, allowing users to prepare a variety of cocktails, such as martinis and cosmos, at the press of a button. The machine combines alcohol, juices, bitters, and water from specialty pods, ensuring a seamless and authentic cocktail experience. Formerly known as MaxMixology Inc., the company adopted its current name in January 2015.

Aroma Brewing

Seed Round in 2018
Orenda makes coffee machine on the market by tailoring the brewing process to your unique taste profile and the beans you use.

Aroma Brewing

Convertible Note in 2018
Orenda makes coffee machine on the market by tailoring the brewing process to your unique taste profile and the beans you use.

Bartesian

Seed Round in 2017
Bartesian Inc. is a manufacturer of a cocktail-making machine that enables customers to create customized, bar-quality cocktails at home using a capsule-based system. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, the company offers a robotic bartender that utilizes pre-mixed ingredient pods, allowing users to prepare a variety of cocktails, such as martinis and cosmos, at the press of a button. The machine combines alcohol, juices, bitters, and water from specialty pods, ensuring a seamless and authentic cocktail experience. Formerly known as MaxMixology Inc., the company adopted its current name in January 2015.

Bartesian

Venture Round in 2016
Bartesian Inc. is a manufacturer of a cocktail-making machine that enables customers to create customized, bar-quality cocktails at home using a capsule-based system. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, the company offers a robotic bartender that utilizes pre-mixed ingredient pods, allowing users to prepare a variety of cocktails, such as martinis and cosmos, at the press of a button. The machine combines alcohol, juices, bitters, and water from specialty pods, ensuring a seamless and authentic cocktail experience. Formerly known as MaxMixology Inc., the company adopted its current name in January 2015.

Aroma Brewing

Convertible Note in 2015
Orenda makes coffee machine on the market by tailoring the brewing process to your unique taste profile and the beans you use.

Aroma Brewing

Seed Round in 2015
Orenda makes coffee machine on the market by tailoring the brewing process to your unique taste profile and the beans you use.

Tin Whiskers

Seed Round in 2015
Tin Whiskers is a brewery that specializes in creating artfully engineered beers, blending their electrical engineering expertise with the craft of brewing. They offer a diverse selection of unfiltered and unpasteurized beers, which include year-round options, seasonal varieties, and experimental small-batch recipes. The beers are designed to enhance flavor through the inclusion of natural yeasts and beneficial bacteria, ensuring a fresh taste. Tin Whiskers appeals to a wide audience, catering to both beer enthusiasts and casual drinkers, with a promise of unique offerings available in their taproom, including collaborations with other industry professionals. Their branding reflects their engineering roots, with creative themes and designs, such as circuit board flight holders, enriching the overall experience for patrons.

Bartesian

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Bartesian Inc. is a manufacturer of a cocktail-making machine that enables customers to create customized, bar-quality cocktails at home using a capsule-based system. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, the company offers a robotic bartender that utilizes pre-mixed ingredient pods, allowing users to prepare a variety of cocktails, such as martinis and cosmos, at the press of a button. The machine combines alcohol, juices, bitters, and water from specialty pods, ensuring a seamless and authentic cocktail experience. Formerly known as MaxMixology Inc., the company adopted its current name in January 2015.
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