Restik

Founded in 2018, startup Restik develops cloud-based tools to automate the restaurant business. The company's products allow you to automate the receipt of orders, monitor the balances in the warehouse, conduct an inventory and remotely monitor the operation of the institution.

Restik allows you to reduce the costs of institutions for the implementation of technologies and training of personnel. To start working with the system, a cafe or restaurant only needs to have a tablet or smartphone.

The cost of connection is 990 rubles per month for one institution (by February 2021).

Performance indicators

Restik does not disclose financial indicators for 2020 and 2021. in 2019, revenue amounted to 290 thousand rubles, follows from the data of "Kontur. Focus."

History

2023: VimpelCom buys stake in Restik

In mid-November 2023, it became known about VimpelCom's investments in Restik in exchange for 10% in a Russian startup offering a set of cloud services for restaurants and cafes.

According to the Rusprofile website, Haiv LLC (part of the VimpelCom-Communications group) has owned 10% of Restik LLC since November 8, 2023. Details of the deal were not disclosed, but in the spring of 2023, Restik announced the attraction of 30 million rubles from "one major telecom market player." In addition, at the end of June 2023, it was reported that the founder of the Russian restaurant festival and the SysoevFM project, Alexander Sysoev, who invested in the project in 2020, came out of the capital of the startup. He had 0.9% of Restik.

VimpelCom received 10% in Restik

According to Beeline's Director of Innovation Nikolai Evchenko, the company works with the founders of startups in accordance with market practices of venture capital investments.

Restik is indeed included in our venture portfolio, but at present there is no activity on mergers and acquisitions of these startups and is not planned, "Yevchenko said in mid-November 2023.

According to experts, investing in Restik can be perceived as an attempt by VimpelCom to develop an ecosystem by analogy with MTS, since telecom operators are increasingly difficult to earn on telecommunications services, and they have to diversify their areas of activity.

Infoline CEO Ivan Fedyakov recalled the MTS startup studio, which, according to the analyst, is more advanced. And VimpelCom probably decided to start catching up with a competitor.^[1]

It's like from a gas station. In the United States and other countries, they do not earn money on the sale of fuel, in the future you need to have an accompanying business, "Fedyakov explained.

2022: Attracting investments, including from Sergey Solonin

As it became known in early February 2022, the co-founder Qiwi Sergey Solonin again invested in the Restik restaurant cloud solutions service. As a result, the entrepreneur's share in this startup increased from 5% to 14.5%.

Restik's estimate of financing amounted to 200 million rubles. The attracted investments will be aimed at strengthening the team and marketing initiatives.

Qiwi co-founder Sergey Solonin invested in Restik restaurant cloud solutions service

In addition to Solonin, several more investors have invested in Restik, including SberSound Business CEO Viktor Khristenko, who received 1% in the project.

Initially, I helped the team develop the company as an advisor, but, seeing the result, I decided to participate in this round with Sergei, "Khristenko commented.

Restik claims that the company's tools are used in Eva, Lucky Izakaya, Loro, Remy Kitchen & Bakery, Pino Restaurant Bar, Stories and other restaurants.

Restik offers three digital products by early February 2022:

• process automation, including order acceptance, accounting, sales statistics, and loyalty programs;
• a contactless electronic QR menu that works without an application on any device;
• the ability to organize a full-fledged delivery site without programming in minutes.

2021: Attracting investment from Qiwi co-founder Sergei Solonin

On February 10, 2021, it became known about the attraction of investments by Restik from the co-founder of QiwiSergey Solonin. Under the terms of the agreement, the entrepreneur received 5% in the project. At the same time, the financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The startup intends to use the funds received from Solonin to strengthen the team, as well as to develop sales.

Co-founder of Qiwi Sergey Solonin

In a conversation with TAdviser, Restik CEO Oleg Suzhaev noted that in 2020, users of the service earned 398 million rubles, which is 10 times more than a year earlier. The number of users in the company is not named.

Comprehensive automation of business processes and interaction with an online guest are new growth points for the restaurant industry, and the opportunity to make additional profits and reduce costs, he stressed.

A few months before attracting investments from Sergei Solonin, restaurateur Alexander Sysov invested in Restik. The terms of that deal remained confidential. Restik, together with Alexander Sysoev, launched a designer of delivery sites for restaurants and cafes, as well as an alternative to a paper menu - an electronic menu that opens using a QR code on a guest's smartphone. In addition, the company has added a pre-order and booking function that allows you to place an order and prepay it on the site, and then come for it at the appointed time to the institution.