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365 Retail Markets sells the shortest trip to lunch.
A sandwich is only convenient if you can reach it on your break. 365 Retail Markets built a business around that small problem - then made an $848 million bet on the machinery behind it.
Cantaloupe and the secret life of a snack
A vending purchase lasts seconds. Cantaloupe built a business around everything that happens next: the payment, the missing packet of crisps, and the truck that ought to stay parked.
Vianet wants to know where the missing pints went
Behind the bar and inside the vending machine, Vianet turns small operational leaks into measurable business problems. Its next test is taking that hard-earned British expertise into American restaurant chains.
JumpStart Indonesia
JumpStart Indonesia is a Jakarta-based automated retail company that operates the country's largest network of smart, AI-enabled vending machines. Founded in 2018 by CEO Brian Imawan as a single self-serve coffee machine, it has grown into a broad smart-retail platform - coffee bars, snack and merchandise vending, beverage-capsule dispensers, ice cream and gamified machines - with more than 6,500 units across Indonesia. The machines run on cashless, contactless payments and use software to track sales and manage stock, positioning JumpStart as a distribution channel connecting global brands, especially from Japan, with Indonesian consumers.
Morsl
Morsl is a Sydney-based food-tech company that installs automated, self-service micro markets - unattended 24/7 cafes - inside Australian workplaces. Founded in 2018 by former Credit Suisse director Karla Borland, Morsl gives employees affordable access to fresh meals, salads, better-for-you snacks and drinks via scan-and-pay kiosks, positioning itself as a healthier, tech-enabled alternative to traditional vending machines and canteens.
SandStar AI Retail
SandStar AI Retail is a retail-technology company that uses computer vision, deep learning and big-data analytics to power cashierless, autonomous shopping. Founded in 2017 as YI Tunnel and rebranded to SandStar after a 2020 Series B+ round, it builds AI vending machines, pure-vision unmanned stores and smart-store analytics that recognize what shoppers pick up - no RFID tags, barcodes or sensors required - and automatically generate the bill when they walk out. Its systems are deployed across roughly 30 countries and serve dozens of global brands and Fortune 500 operators, including a Coca-Cola Smart Lounge in Beijing.