Operators
Restaurants, hotels, retail, e-commerce, and groups with real service pressure.
ABOUT
We're rebuilding the platform operators actually need.
Kotao is one platform for the whole shop: POS, bookings, customers, inventory, team, website, and payments. We're a small, opinionated team across Cologne and Berlin, building for owner-operators first.
Founders
The team
Founders Nico Miebach and Fynn Blömer. Building in Cologne and Berlin.
Cologne · Berlin
- Nico Miebach Co-founder
- Fynn Blömer Co-founder
System
POS, PMS, CRM, website, inventory, HR, payments, and reporting as one record.
Approach
Start with the painful workflow, then expand without rebuilding data.
Why now
Local operators should not need enterprise implementation teams.
The tools are mature, but the stack is fragmented. Payments know one thing, the POS another, the booking system another, and the website another. Kotao exists to make the operating system itself the product.
Principles
What we believe
- 01
Operators first
We build for the people running the shop, not the people who buy software for the shop.
- 02
One platform, not ten
Core apps are included in the platform. Devices will live in the shop, not as subscription add-ons.
- 03
European compliance by design
Built for European reality from day one: KassenSichV, GoBD, DATEV, SEPA, EU-hosted. Wider geography opens as we earn it.
Run the till. Run the books. Run the team.
POS, bookings, payments, inventory, payroll, website, reporting. One product. One bill. No plugin chain to maintain.