“Payment services” is a sub-category of the Foodservice sector. See all definitions of FoodTech and its categories here.

The “payment services” FoodTech category regroups startups managing the point of sale of the restaurant, generally acting as a hub for other services connected to it.

Like for foodservice management startups, 2020 has been a hard year for ePOS startups. However, this period has shown so dramatically how important it was for a restaurant to be agile in its operations and be able to manage contactless payments.

With the IPO of Toast in 2021 (see opposite), the ePOS ecosystem is breathing again.

Key startups to consider

• Toast, the US leader
• The following European players: the three French, Tiller, L’Addition, Innovorder and the German company Orderbird

DigitalFoodLab’s additional insights

• 15/06/2021 – The future of the restaurant
• 16/02/2021 – FoodTech Zapping: Tiller gets acquired, new dark stores and dark kitchens in France
• 24/04/2020 – Foodservice startups in trouble