Matsmart sells surplus food online. A significant part of the food would otherwise be thrown away due to packaging changes, short or expired expiry dates, or other reasons. In 2017, Matsmart saved 2022 tonnes of food from going to waste. The company has seen explosive growth, reaching recurring revenues of SEK 200 million. Matsmart was founded by Karl Andersson, Erik Södergren and Ulf Skagerström, and launched in Sweden in 2014. Since then, the company has also expanded to Norway and Finland.
Sensei offers a scalable, seamless store-wide solution that empowers the stores of the future to be check-out and cash free. Through an integrated system of cameras and AI algorithms, Sensei enables a new era of Phygital stores able to capture in-store product data and shoppers’ activities, to offer a wealth of analytics and smooth, frictionless shopping experience.
• Bizay has empowered more than 1 Million SMB’s to grow their businesses during the last 5 years. • Bizay is a tech-based B2B Marketplace for made-to-order products. Running a fabless business model (no capex), it leverages on the idle capacity of production partners to meet the needs of the SMB’s. • Started on printing, packaging, textile and professional products and now applying the same model in furniture, food and 3D printing (amongst others). • 360imprimir / 360onlineprint - rebranded to Bizay - Your bussiness your way - to reflect the unlimited product categories. • Bizay is the customer facing brand (the SMB’s do not meet the production partners) and its tech platform manages the production by: o Using data and algorithms to aggregate different orders and to decide in which suppliers to produce them, driving huge efficiency and speed gains. o Enabling full tracking of the orders in the different production partners and automating pre-production processes. • Bizay differentiates themselves from other players by offering: o Online configuration of the products (options to customize and personalize). o Competitive pricing for small and medium orders (similar price per unit as for large orders), 48 hours of delivery time (instead of several weeks) and guaranteed quality (customer-facing brand ensuring high quality levels). o Integrated value chain in a single offer (on-demand design services provided by external providers). • Originally selling in Portugal, Spain, Brazil and México, the company raised B round of 18m€ one year ago (communicated in April) in order to launch new countries. • 17 new countries were launched in 2019 simultaneously (including DE, FR, UK and USA). • In 2019, 8 months of trading in the new countries confirm: o Competitiveness pricing of their offer in all the market. o Market deepness and sound acquisition metrics.
OptioPay GmbH, based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in payment solution software that integrates marketing with payment processing. Founded in 2014, the company allows businesses to efficiently manage payments to employees, customers, and partners through various options, including pre-paid gift cards. This innovative approach not only offers recipients flexibility and value but also transforms outgoing payments into potential revenue streams for businesses. OptioPay's platform creates a performance-based advertising channel, helping companies reduce transaction costs while providing valuable payout alternatives. With a diverse team of 50 professionals from 20 nations, OptioPay aims to redefine how individuals receive payments, ultimately establishing itself as a leading processor for corporate payouts.
Matsmart sells surplus food online. A significant part of the food would otherwise be thrown away due to packaging changes, short or expired expiry dates, or other reasons. In 2017, Matsmart saved 2022 tonnes of food from going to waste. The company has seen explosive growth, reaching recurring revenues of SEK 200 million. Matsmart was founded by Karl Andersson, Erik Södergren and Ulf Skagerström, and launched in Sweden in 2014. Since then, the company has also expanded to Norway and Finland.
Arpalus is an Israeli startup that leverages AI and computer vision to analyze store shelves and uses augmented reality (AR) to display insights about the products. The startup’s smartphone app allows staff to scan physical shelves and analyze the shelf space. It detects out-of-stock products and identifies if planogram compliance is being met with the current product placement. The app also categorizes multiple products using AR and further offers details on individual products and their SKU levels. This enables retailers to optimize shelf space utilization, leading to more effective product placements and inventory management, thereby improving the customer experience and sales.
Gofer simplifies the hiring process for qualified applicants in the construction and hospitality industry. It is a community-driven, Saas-enabled temporary staff marketplace. They start with high-end hotels in major cities with a highly transferable model (geography and sector). Businesses need flexible and reliable temporary staff, with no difference, on know-how and behavior, from their permanent staff. They want to decrease training and hiring costs by retaining their temporary staff. While workers want to work in the best environment possible, as much as they want, be paid fast, and get recognition. They select and curate temporary staff, then digitally take care of all the paperwork and the payment. Their communities and back-office ensure that the best match is done and that a pool of workers is built for a business: training and briefing save precious on-site training time.
• Bizay has empowered more than 1 Million SMB’s to grow their businesses during the last 5 years. • Bizay is a tech-based B2B Marketplace for made-to-order products. Running a fabless business model (no capex), it leverages on the idle capacity of production partners to meet the needs of the SMB’s. • Started on printing, packaging, textile and professional products and now applying the same model in furniture, food and 3D printing (amongst others). • 360imprimir / 360onlineprint - rebranded to Bizay - Your bussiness your way - to reflect the unlimited product categories. • Bizay is the customer facing brand (the SMB’s do not meet the production partners) and its tech platform manages the production by: o Using data and algorithms to aggregate different orders and to decide in which suppliers to produce them, driving huge efficiency and speed gains. o Enabling full tracking of the orders in the different production partners and automating pre-production processes. • Bizay differentiates themselves from other players by offering: o Online configuration of the products (options to customize and personalize). o Competitive pricing for small and medium orders (similar price per unit as for large orders), 48 hours of delivery time (instead of several weeks) and guaranteed quality (customer-facing brand ensuring high quality levels). o Integrated value chain in a single offer (on-demand design services provided by external providers). • Originally selling in Portugal, Spain, Brazil and México, the company raised B round of 18m€ one year ago (communicated in April) in order to launch new countries. • 17 new countries were launched in 2019 simultaneously (including DE, FR, UK and USA). • In 2019, 8 months of trading in the new countries confirm: o Competitiveness pricing of their offer in all the market. o Market deepness and sound acquisition metrics.
Barratio is the management solution that meets all the needs of restaurants.
They help independent hotels and small chains to discover, compare and select the right digital tools and systems. They carefully curate their listed partners to ensure their quality. They provide hoteliers with all relevant information needed during the selection process. In addition, They offer independent hotels and small chains personal assistance to make sure that the typically tedious selection process becomes smooth and seamless. The vision of this platform is to increase and facilitate the adoption of technology in the industry and to push innovation helping hoteliers to reduce costs, increase revenues and meet the ever changing guest expectation.
KITRO is simplifying food waste management for commercial kitchens. Harnessing the power of technology, KITRO provides the food service industry with an AI-driven SaaS solution automating food waste management. Customers are empowered to save 2-8% of their annual food cost and reduce their avoidable food waste by minimum 20%.
RetailQuant is a retail analytics company that makes it easy for physical retailers to collect, analyse and interpret customer information at scale.
Shopest makes discovering Nearby fashion as fast and as simple as online. For the shoppers our location-based native apps and web allow them to quickly find fashion items, shops and brands, along with must-see retail events & experiences...live shopping. Our customer is the retailer, we work with independent and speciality retailers to drive more qualified customers into their stores. Retailers are able to target shoppers before, during and retarget after their visit. Our mission is to save the world from retail clone zones and help keep vibrant shopping areas and talent alive.
Justsnap is an innovative retail and marketing technology company that provides agile solutions for brands to plan and execute their direct-to-consumer promotional and sales activities very efficiently. Thanks to the AI-based proprietary receipt processing technology, it enables brands to run their purchase-based sales promotion campaigns independently from the retailer, without the need for integration with retailer Point of Sale (POS) systems. In addition to digitally validating campaign participation with a simple sales receipt, Justsnap also provides in-depth information about consumers' purchasing behavior, allowing brands to retarget them. Providing strategic and AI-driven solutions for brand managers to drive omnichannel digital marketing activities, Justsnap works with more than 50 large multinational companies, including Fortune 500 companies such as P&G, Unilever, Mondelez, PepsiCo, Nestle, and L'Oreal. For more information: contact@Justsnap.de
After 24 months of R&D and 3 patents filed, BlendBow has designed the only cocktail machine capable of resolving key issues facing bar owners today: cocktail quality and preparation time.
Our vision is to make every trip perfect. By building a future in which travel is seamless. Impala connects room sellers and hotels, instantly. We empower you to build, innovate and sell. We are the infrastructure that enables sellers to build better products, faster. Unlike bed-banks or affiliate schemes, you can get started in 30 seconds. Our Booking API is a mega-channel that attracts more bookings for hotels without having to pay integration fees or police rate parity.
The tool for HORECA industry to get the most of the take away service. PickaDeli is changing the way lunch works. PickaDeli allows you to eat like in a restaurant in a ”lunch box” price. Consumers with PickaDeli pay as little as 4,99€ per meal and get lunch from some of the best restaurants in their city. With over 100 restaurants to choose from, getting a delicious and affordable lunch has never been easier. Just after two months of activity, been selected by Techstars Accelerator Program in Berlin, only Spanish company.
Running a restaurant is difficult business. Cuddl’Up provides an end-to-end customer order management solution that allows restaurant owners to personalize offers, accelerate customer satisfaction, and boost sales.
We are a technology company focused on mobile solutions for the hospitality industry that optimise the guest experience. Our Hotel App is based on our fully customizable mobile platform for independent hotels and groups, integrated with more than 100 hotel systems (PMS, POS, Locks and more!). This set of tools helps hoteliers deliver a great digital experience to guests, engage them, streamline staff operations and optimise restaurant ordering. We have over 400 customers in more than 55 countries around the world with our products.
Restaurant profits are low. Somm’It thinks beverages are the main driver for profit within restaurants, but are not leveraged enough because of management complexity, lack of tools, skills, and expertise. Somm’It is the automated sommelier for every restaurant. Restaurants can also optimize the management of beverages through data intelligence, easy stock management, dynamic purchasing, and reliable, in real-time management of the wine lists.
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Yoyo Wallet is a U.K.-based mobile wallet startup that enables its users to pay for their goods with their smartphones. The company currently processes over 150,000 monthly in-store transactions by combining payment and loyalty via an easy scan. It also provides a marketing platform for retailers that enables digital customer engagement in-store. The multi-retailer mobile wallet offers loyalty programs and rewards offerings it can automatically deliver to customers based on buying patterns. Launched in 2013, Yoyo Wallet receives funding from Taavet Hinrikus and TransferWise.
Planday bring down staff costs by 5%, reduce administration time by 75% and increase employee satisfaction by 20%. Planday is used by different sized companies in a variety of industries such as Restaurants, Hotels, Retailers, Call Centres, Fitness clubs, etc. Want to know more about Planday? Visit planday.com today.
Flowtify develops and operates a hygiene and quality management platform and application for food service industry. The software helps users implement HACCP (hygiene self-control system) documents in a traceable way in accordance with EU Regulation 852/2004 on tablets and smartphones. All checklists are documented paperlessly and archived in the cloud. Employees can perform tasks themselves with the aid of photos, videos and PDFs and, in the event of any abnormalities, notifications can be sent automatically to the relevant people.
Shore is the leading provider of web-based business solutions for local service providers. The company offers easy and cost-effective access to digital communication and productivity software. The product portfolio spans from Online Booking over a professional CRM system, easy-to-use marketing tools to an efficient iPad-based cash system. Technical knowledge is not required. Shore enables local service providers to benefit from the versatile potential of digital solutions and helps them bring their business to new heights. Founded in 2012, Shore provides its solutions in 10 European countries and opened its first US office in LA in 2015.
Apparier provides restaurants with technology to generate significant financial benefits for their business whilst supporting their customers preferences for pre purchasing. The Apparier software solution enables restaurateurs to sell at a premium, their dining packages, daily and seasonal menus, and annual occasions such as valentines day, mothers day, and festive many periods. Apparier restaurants transact in advance of the customer visit to confirm the booking. Our intuitive and adaptive solution allows for a premium up sell in periods of demand, taking into account the customers booking request details, such as lead time from request to booking date, current waiting list and occupancy ratio, day of the week, time of the day, preferential table location, seasonality, and additional external factors such as business, cultural, and entertainment occasions that can impact on high demand and pricing considerations.
Cheerfy offers restaurant chains a Restaurant Digital Experience (RDX) platform. RDX solves the whole digital experience problem, replacing siloed apps with an integrated customer-centric suite. Cheerfy features five products that are unique individually and unbeatable together: 1) Cheerfy Loyalty (CRM & Loyalty Platform) 2) Cheerfy Shop (Online Ordering) 3) Cheerfy Places (Multi-brand Marketplace) 4) Cheerfy Pay (Order & Pay at the Table) 5) Cheerfy Kiosk (Self-Service Kioks) We operate in Southern Europe and the UK and are backed by Techstars Ventures in the US ($100b+ portfolio market cap), Angel Invest in Germany and the UK Government Future Fund. The company is trusted by more than 200 marquee enterprise brands, including international brands like Little Caesar's or Juan Valdez, shopping mall operators such as IKEA (Ingka Group), and the most incredible national brands like Manolo Bakes or Grosso Napoletano.
Paul is the digital personal HR assistant for small restaurants. Paul helps restaurant-owners save time and money and enables them to focus on their core task: taking care of their customers. His abilities currently include: employee management, interactive shift management, absence and holiday management and payroll accounting, as well as time tracking.
tsenso is an automated, cloud-based solution to track and gather information on product storage conditions from farm to fork. It collects complex logistical and monitoring data and aggregates it into a “Fresh Index”, a real-time shelf life indicator. This enables wholesalers and retailers to make decisions on quality assurance and determine weak spots within the supply chain. Suppliers, distributors and consumers benefit from a higher level of food transparency which reduces costs, leads to increased trust and less food wastage at all stages of the supply chain.
Hyre is an online marketplace that helps connect event staff (bartenders, servers, etc.) with event organizers (event venues, caterers, event planners, etc.) without the need of an archaic staffing agency. They connect everyone to the people who can make their event special. By cutting out the middleman, event organizers can not only expect a decrease in the cost of event staff, but also higher quality staff. As for event staff, they can achieve a higher hourly wage definitely well earned for all of your hard work. A win-win for everyone!
Smunch is Smart Lunch! They're a food technology startup, out to build the future of workplace lunches. They live by the simple belief that eating well is a key to a happier life. So, they’re on a mission – to make it easy for companies to provide healthy, mindful food for their employees. They take great pride in our attention to detail – from designing a balanced menu, carefully selecting their food partners, to bringing lunches in environmentally friendly packaging. All of this, so your hardworking teams can have a smart lunch at work, without the work. Smunch is headquartered in Berlin, DE.
Reputize is a leading end-to-end Online Hotel Reputation Management platform. Reputize is a growing SaaS start-up in London helping the hospitality industry better understand and improve customer experience and manage brand reputation. Their skilled experts develop bespoke technology that provides an easy way for hotels to monitor, collect and amplify guest reviews. They strive to continuously deliver measurable results and help their clients improve OTA rankings and grow revenue. Reputize developed a proven approach to measuring customer satisfaction, integrating data sets from multiple channels including the in-house survey platform SurveyOnTablet (released in 2013, see www.surveyontablet.com) and QR-engage (www.qrengage.com). Since then they are continuously upgrading their services and expanding our global reach through regional partnerships.
Orderbird is focused on building an intuitive and customer-centric solution helping hospitality merchants by introducing Germany’s first iPad-based POS. It is a provider of Integrated Software solutions for independent restaurateurs and SMBs. It is offering its customers professional, easy-to-use POS systems and add-on products optimizing their business operations and providing a flexible alternative to costly, time-consuming, and paperwork-intensive legacy systems.
Zenchef was created in 2010 and has more than 7000 customers in 15 different countries. Zenchef has developed a complete customer experience management tool (before, during and after the service) without commission or intermediary for restaurateurs. The restaurant owner remains independent! With only one software, manage all your reservations, your website, your digital menus, the click & collect, your reviews, your customer file, the digital payment by QR Code, your marketing campaigns...
GroupRaise is a marketplace & booking engine that helps restaurants host large groups of customers, typically 20-200+, during under-utilized times in exchange for donating a % of sales to a charitable cause.
Classic advertising is often perceived as boring and annoying. The idea behind rublys was to create a channel in which users interact proactively and above all voluntarily with companies and their products via the smartphone - always and everywhere. Of course, digital scratch cards are perfect.
Flowtify develops and operates a hygiene and quality management platform and application for food service industry. The software helps users implement HACCP (hygiene self-control system) documents in a traceable way in accordance with EU Regulation 852/2004 on tablets and smartphones. All checklists are documented paperlessly and archived in the cloud. Employees can perform tasks themselves with the aid of photos, videos and PDFs and, in the event of any abnormalities, notifications can be sent automatically to the relevant people.
Hrmony introduces a highly innovative, digital and disruptive Platform to a traditional and antiquated yet global operating industry. The traditional tax-subsidized meal voucher market. Hrmony aims to replace the existing insufficient and technologically outdated solutions with a revolutionary and digital business model. With its Omni-Channel approach, Hrmony enables employees to redeem vouchers for any food related item at any venue, giving them 100% acceptance across whole Europe. Hrmony is also the first to achieve a 100% tax and law compliant solution to ensure meal vouchers are only used in their originally intended way as a subsidization for food.
Coffee Cloud IoT software analytics Monitoring the world’s barista coffee machines and measuring our love of coffee in the cloud https://youtu.be/oUsBY61xcFE
☆ Recognized as the poshtel site by National Geographic ☆ PoshPacker created a new travel category in the lodging travel space, by blending the concepts of "posh”+social+budget. Through a vetting process that combines human curation and technological algorithms, they offer a curated selection of poshtel (posh/modern hostels), themed hotels, and stylish and affordable travel accommodation. They currently have over 1500 properties in 460 cities across 60 countries. They provide the security and reliability of a trusted OTA with the uniqueness of off the beaten path lodging experience. Users can search by their interest, and find inspirational travel blogs. For hoteliers PoshPacker is a marketing solution, enabling them to reach and resonate with millennials through their digital innovations including their geolocation instagram technology, and vibes tagging system. They offer hoteliers a brand to differentiate themselves among the budget lodging sector.
Gastrozentrale.de is a B2B online shop for kitchen technology and restaurant/catering equipment. From small food stands to canteen kitchens, customers can easily order napkins, industrial refrigerators or patio heaters online.
Roomatic allows hotel guests to communicate their needs with their smartphone. The user orders a taxi by app or registers a problem easily with the application, or get in touch directly with room service.