Restaurant tech startup Digitory raises pre-Series A funding from Tejas Paresh Lodaya

Restaurant tech startup Digitory has raised $500K in pre-Series A funding round from angel investor Tejas Paresh Lodaya.

The proceeds will be utilized to maximize market reach, amplify enterprise onboarding, increase R&D in automation and operational intelligence, and scale up platform infrastructure, Digitory said in a press release.

Launched in 2016 by Shivaprakash S Mogali, Digitory provides AI/ML-driven automation, POS systems, and inventory management for the food and beverage industry. It offers an integrated platform for restaurants, cafes, and bars to optimize operations and procurement. The company focuses on assisting restaurants in enhancing operational efficiency through modern technology, particularly for cafes, breweries, and cloud kitchens. 

According to Digitory, it was designed as core operational infrastructure to help restaurant operations to run seamlessly at scale. A platform leveraging local prowess and central cloud-based intelligence, it is aiding seamless business continuity for diverse restaurant brands in diverse locations.

The platform offers a full-stack restaurant operations system like complete inventory intelligence, recipe management, optimal kitchen display systems, QR-based ordering, workflow automation, and performance metrics. Through its network,it has been supporting a staggering 1.8 million+ end customers, ahead of securing the institutional capital.

The Bengaluru-based company claims that several leading restaurant chains are already using Digitory’s platform. Some of the brands are Toit, Bier Library, Biergarten, Pumphouse, BlrBrewing , 1522, BygBrewski, Zero40, Effingut Breweries etc, to help resolve their complex, multi-location operations.