GASTROFIX

What GASTROFIX does

GASTROFIX is a Berlin-based, cloud-native point-of-sale (POS) provider originally founded in 2011 to deliver iPad and iPod-native POS systems to the hospitality industry. The company has since been acquired by Lightspeed Commerce (NYSE: LSPD) and now operates as the German/DACH arm of Lightspeed Restaurant, with the gastrofix.com domain redirecting to Lightspeed services. Its platform unifies POS, integrated payment processing, inventory management, kitchen display, table reservations, staff scheduling, accounting synchronization, and AI-driven analytics into a single cloud-based system serving restaurants, bars, cafés, hotels, food trucks, catering operations, and chain restaurants. The product surface includes Lightspeed Payments (embedded card/mobile processing), Lightspeed Inventory (recipe/waste management), Lightspeed Advanced Insights (analytics), Lightspeed Capital (revenue-adapted lending), Lightspeed AI (natural-language business assistant), and certified cloud-based TSE for German KassenSichV fiscal compliance. The architecture is offline-capable with automatic cloud resynchronization and centralized multi-location management from a single back office.

The platform serves approximately 144,000 hospitality establishments across 100+ countries worldwide, including 200+ Michelin-starred restaurants, with named German and European references such as Burgermeister, L'Osteria, The Grand Ahrenshoop, Goldies, Shiso Burger, and 100-200-Kitchen. Revenue is generated through four streams: recurring subscription SaaS fees (with annual and monthly billing), integrated payment processing transaction fees, hardware sales (tablets, terminals, printers, scales, kitchen displays), and Lightspeed Capital lending income. Distribution combines direct enterprise field sales with dedicated account managers (DE +49 800 724 4541, AT +43 800 802 806), self-serve digital acquisition via a free personalized demo, a certified reseller/VAR partner program, and an integration partner ecosystem spanning hotel PMS, accounting, workforce management, and loyalty providers. Infrastructure is operated at SOC 2 Type 2-compliant, ISO 27001-audited, PCI DSS-compliant, and GDPR-compliant multi-tenant outsourced infrastructure providers, with TSE certification adding a German sector-specific compliance layer.

Leadership includes co-founder and CEO Reinhard Martens, co-founder Stefan Brehm, and CTO Ulrich Abend, with the company having raised approximately $23.2M in disclosed funding across three rounds (2012 Series 1 from Saarbruecker 21, 2015 Series 2 from Entrée Capital, 2017 Series 2 co-led by Endeit Capital and Radeberger Gruppe). The platform holds six compliance certifications (SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, GDPR, FISMA-related standards, and TSE) and supports nine named vertical segments with specialized feature sets per segment.

Name

GASTROFIX

Legal name

GASTROFIX

Website

https://gastrofix.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

GASTROFIX is a Berlin-based cloud POS provider for the hospitality industry, now operating as Lightspeed Restaurant under Lightspeed Commerce (NYSE: LSPD), serving restaurants, bars, hotels, and food-service operators across the DACH region and globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Restaurant Point-of-Sale (POS) Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

SIC

Computer Terminals (3575)

akta.pro primary industry

Point-of-Sale (POS) & On-Property Commerce (THALACAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

POS Payment Software & Middleware (Terminal OS, Apps, Device Management) (FSAMADAC), POS Accessories & Spares (Cables, Stands, Cases, Replacement Parts) (HDACAKAL)

Keywords

• Cloud POS systems
• Restaurant management software
• Hospitality point of sale
• Integrated payment processing
• Inventory management software

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Subscription / SaaS Licensing: Recurring subscription fees for access to the Lightspeed POS platform and its various modules (POS, Payments, Advanced Insights, Inventory, Accounting, etc.). Pricing varies by subscription tier and plan. Annual and monthly billing options available.
2. Lightspeed Payments (Integrated Payment Processing): Integrated payment processing fees charged on each card, debit, and mobile transaction processed through the Lightspeed Payments platform.
3. Hardware Sales: Sale of POS hardware (tablets, terminals, printers, scales, kitchen displays) as an ancillary revenue stream supporting the software platform.
4. Lightspeed Capital (Restaurant Lending): Revenue earned from lending capital to restaurant operators; repayments are adapted to business revenue, generating interest/fee income.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

GASTROFIX (operating as Lightspeed Restaurant) develops a cloud-based, iPad-native point-of-sale (POS) platform for the hospitality industry, integrating order management, integrated payment processing, inventory and recipe costing, table reservations, kitchen display, multi-channel ordering (online, tableside, QR code), accounting sync, analytics, and AI-driven business insights into a single cloud platform. The platform is sold primarily to restaurants, bars, cafes, hotels, catering operators, food trucks, and chain/corporate dining (Systemgastronomie) businesses in the DACH region and internationally.

Product overview

GASTROFIX (Lightspeed Restaurant) is a unified cloud-based commerce platform for the hospitality industry, combining a core POS system with integrated modules for payments, inventory management, accounting, analytics, and AI-powered insights. The platform architecture consists of the Lightspeed Restaurant core POS as the central hub, augmented by specialized add-on modules including Lightspeed Payments (integrated payment processing), Advanced Insights (business analytics), Inventory (stock management), Accounting (financial sync), Order Anywhere (multi-channel ordering), Tableside (table-side service), Capital (business financing), Kitchen Display System, TSE (German compliance certification), Reservations, Tasks, Tempo, Pulse App, and the AI assistant. The system supports multi-location operations with centralized management and real-time reporting across all sites, serving over 144,000 establishments worldwide including 200+ Michelin-starred restaurants.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Lightspeed Restaurant (Gastro-Kassensystem) Cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) system for the hospitality industry, enabling restaurants, bars, cafes, and hotels to manage orders, payments, inventory, and customer experiences from a single platform. Supports unlimited locations from a single back office with real-time reporting.
• Lightspeed Payments Fully integrated payment processing solution embedded within the POS system, accepting credit cards, debit cards, and mobile payments with unified transaction management and detailed analytics.
• Lightspeed Inventory Restaurant-specialized inventory management module for optimal ingredient utilization, food waste reduction, and forward planning of material requirements.
• Lightspeed Advanced Insights Analytics and reporting module that transforms operational data into actionable measures for revenue growth and enhanced guest experience, surpassing traditional reporting capabilities.
• Lightspeed Accounting Accounting integration module that synchronizes business numbers directly with accounting systems for accurate bookkeeping and financial reporting.
• Lightspeed Order Anywhere Multi-channel ordering module supporting online orders, table orders, and QR-code orders for guest flexibility and additional revenue streams.
• Lightspeed Tableside Tableside ordering and payment module enabling staff to take orders and process payments directly at the table for improved service efficiency.
• Lightspeed Capital Business financing program offering loans with repayments adapted to business revenue, helping restaurants grow and maintain healthy cash flow.
• Lightspeed Kitchen Display System (KDS / Küchenmonitor) Kitchen display system connecting kitchen staff directly with servers and bar, tracking individual courses and controlling the pace of the dining experience from start to finish.
• Lightspeed TSE (Technische Sicherheitseinrichtung) Certified cloud-based TSE for compliance with German KassenSichV regulations, ensuring security and immutability of POS records and preventing manipulation.
• Lightspeed Pulse App Mobile application providing real-time alerts and notifications for restaurant operators to monitor business performance on-the-go.
• Lightspeed Reservations Reservation management module enabling convenient table reservations for guests and seamless booking management for restaurant operators.
• Lightspeed Tasks Task management module for organizing and tracking operational tasks across restaurant locations.
• Lightspeed Tempo Performance optimization module for managing service tempo and guest experience pacing.
• Lightspeed AI AI-powered assistant integrated into the POS system, providing natural language querying of business data and actionable insights without manual report searching.
• Lightspeed Benchmarks & Trends Business intelligence module providing industry benchmarks and trend analysis for competitive performance monitoring.
• Lightspeed Hardware Certified hardware peripherals including iPad POS systems, receipt printers, kitchen displays, card terminals, scales, and thermal printers compatible with the Lightspeed POS platform.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 200 Michelin-starred restaurants use Lightspeed
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability3 records

Feature15 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Hotel PMS Software ProviderscoreTechnology or IntegrationLightspeed integrates with hotel property management systems (PMS), enabling hotels to manage their restaurant operations within their existing PMS environment, charge to guest rooms, and coordinate multiple revenue centers seamlessly.
• Workforce Management / Staff Scheduling ToolscoreTechnology or IntegrationPartner tools for employee scheduling and workforce management integrate with the Lightspeed POS, enabling optimized labor scheduling, time tracking, and staffing efficiency aligned with sales data.
• Accounting Software ProviderscoreTechnology or IntegrationLightspeed integrates with third-party accounting software, enabling direct synchronization of business figures to ensure accurate bookkeeping, streamline tax preparation, and provide real-time financial visibility.
• Certified Partner Resellers / VARscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCertified local partners sell, implement, and support Lightspeed POS solutions in local markets. The partner program includes a toolkit, training resources, and a 'Find a partner near you' locator for customers seeking local expertise.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Clover (Fiserv): Fiserv's Clover platform provides POS hardware and software for SMBs including restaurants and food service. Comparable as a broad incumbent in payments-enabled POS with deep merchant services and global scale.
• Zettle by PayPal: PayPal-owned mobile POS and payments solution for SMBs across Europe. Comparable as an incumbent payments-led POS platform competing with GASTROFIX for European hospitality merchants.
• Lightspeed Restaurant: Lightspeed Commerce's global hospitality POS product (which GASTROFIX has been integrated into post-acquisition). The combined platform directly hosts GASTROFIX customers and competes with all other peers on cloud POS for hospitality.
• Square (Block) Restaurants: Block's Square for Restaurants offers integrated POS, payments, and software for hospitality. Comparable as a much larger SMB POS incumbent with a built-in payments engine and pricing power that GASTROFIX must compete against in DACH and beyond.

Others

• Shopify POS: Shopify's POS offering extends its commerce platform to in-person retail and select food/beverage use cases. Comparable as an adjacent cloud commerce platform with a POS surface area, but with retail rather than hospitality as the primary focus.

Direct peers

• Toast: Leading US-based cloud restaurant POS platform serving full-service and quick-service restaurants. Directly comparable to GASTROFIX on product (cloud POS with integrated payments and restaurant-specific modules), target market (restaurants), and business model (subscription + payments take rate).
• Orderbird: Berlin-based iPad POS provider for the hospitality industry in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and France. Directly comparable to GASTROFIX on product (iPad-native POS), vertical (restaurants/bars), and geography (DACH).
• SumUp: European mobile payments and POS provider serving SMBs including hospitality across DACH and broader EU. Comparable on integrated payments plus POS for European restaurants and cafes.
• TouchBistro: iPad-based POS system purpose-built for restaurants, including tableside ordering, payments, and restaurant management. Closely comparable to GASTROFIX on the original iPad-native POS heritage and hospitality-vertical focus.
• Poster POS: European (Croatia/Ukraine-founded) cloud POS for restaurants, cafes, and retail. Comparable to GASTROFIX on cloud POS for hospitality in European markets and SMB-focused positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Gastrofix
• Facebookfacebook.com/gastrofix
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gastrofix

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors4 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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