The Mississauga company spent two decades turning vending hardware into enterprise infrastructure. Its useful trick is not the locker - it is owning the hardware, workflow software and support around it.
Checkmate (ItsaCheckmate.com Inc.) is a New York-based restaurant technology company that connects digital ordering channels to a restaurant's point-of-sale system. Founded in 2016 by Vishal Agarwal, its platform pipes orders from third-party marketplaces like DoorDash and Uber Eats directly into the POS, lets operators manage menus across dozens of channels from one dashboard, and now extends into first-party web and app ordering, self-service kiosks, voice AI for phone and drive-thru, catering, loyalty, and accounting reconciliation. The company reports more than 23,000 live restaurant locations and 130+ integrations, and raised a $10M Series B led by Tiger Global in October 2024.
Fingermark is a New Zealand technology company that builds purpose-built AI, computer vision, and digital signage for quick-service restaurants. Its platform turns existing store cameras into operational intelligence (Eyecue), powers self-service ordering kiosks (Supersonic), and centrally manages digital menu boards (Supernova) - helping global chains like McDonald's, KFC and Yum! Brands serve customers faster and lift order accuracy and value.
Revi is a San Francisco software company building an AI-powered point-of-sale and revenue-growth platform for restaurants. Its kiosks, branded mobile app, and 'Revi OS' command center let operators take orders, run loyalty programs, and turn first-party customer data into automated marketing campaigns - without paying third-party commissions. The pitch: own your customers, lift average ticket size, and grow revenue. More than 5,000 merchants use Revi, which has raised about $24.6M to date, including a $14.5M Series A led by Runa Capital in 2024.
Snackpass is a restaurant technology company that builds an all-in-one marketing and point-of-sale platform for quick-service restaurants. It pairs hardware - registers, self-serve kiosks, kitchen display systems and pickup screens - with software for online ordering, loyalty, SMS marketing, analytics and AI. Founded by Yale students in 2017 as a social food-ordering app, it grew into a full operating system for takeout, serving thousands of restaurant operators and tens of millions of guests.