What Somm'it does

Somm'it (legally ANNAPURNA SOFT SAS) is a Bordeaux-based SaaS company that provides an automated wine cellar and beverage management platform for the French hospitality industry. Founded in 2015 and led by founder and CEO Gregory Castelli, the company serves restaurants, sommeliers, wine bars (bars à vins), palaces, hotels, restaurant groups, and wine merchants (cavistes), with a named customer base of more than 400 establishments that includes three-Michelin-starred restaurants such as Mirazur, Arpège, and Alexandre Mazzia, luxury palaces including Le Cheval Blanc and Lily of the Valley, and groups such as Paris Society and Copains comme Canard. The platform is designed and coded in France (Made in France / French Tech) and is accessible via web browser, smartphone, and tablet, with offline inventory capability.

The core product is a cloud-based wine management platform organized around four modules: Carte des vins à jour (automatic wine list updates for print or QR-code digital formats), Inventaire sans erreur (mobile inventory management claimed to reduce counting time by 3x), Connexion caisse (POS integration for real-time stock synchronization), and Suivi commandes (supplier order management). The platform's technical centerpiece is a proprietary database of more than 500,000 wine and beverage references enriched with sommelier-authored technical sheets, market pricing data, tasting notes, appellations, and food pairings, which the company describes as the largest French-language beverage database of its kind. It integrates with 20+ POS/cash register systems (Lightspeed, Oracle Micros Simphony, Laddition, Cashpad, Cashpad, JDC, Pointex, SumUp, HubRise, Euresto, Zelty and others) and is hosted on OVH infrastructure, with GDPR compliance, two-factor authentication, and SSL security.

The business model is a B2B SaaS subscription with per-establishment licensing, augmented by one-time installation/onboarding fees (charged at contract signing with per-line charges for reference migration exceeding contracted volumes by more than 20%) and optional paid training beyond an initial 3-month free online course via 360 Learning. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, varying by number of beverage references, users, and POS integration scope, with payments processed through GoCardless and Stripe. The go-to-market combines a sales-led motion (HubSpot demo booking for enterprise/palace accounts) with a freemium self-serve tier for smaller establishments, supported by content marketing (a blog on beverage cost and restaurant profitability), press coverage in French hospitality trade media, and distribution through POS vendor partnerships. The company has raised undisclosed funding across multiple rounds since 2015, including from Techstars, METRO Xcel, LeadX Capital Partners, Star Power Partners, and High Flyers Capital, and operates with a team of 11–50 employees.

Name

Somm'it

Legal name

ANNAPURNA SOFT, Société par Actions Simplifiée

Website

https://somm-it.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Somm'it is a French SaaS platform that automates wine cellar management for restaurants, sommeliers, wine bars, and wine merchants. It centralizes inventory, wine lists, POS synchronization, and supplier orders via a database of 500,000+ beverage references and 20+ cash register integrations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wine Cellar Management Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

iBPMS (Intelligent BPM Suites) & Process Automation Suites (HDAEAHAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Vendor Master Data Management & Onboarding (BPAAAJAB)

Keywords

• Wine cellar management
• Beverage inventory software
• Restaurant point-of-sale integration
• Wine list management
• Sommelier software

Headquarters

HQ city

Bordeaux

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription Licenses: SOMM'IT charges monthly or annual license fees for access to its SaaS platform, with pricing determined by the subscription tier, number of beverage references, and number of users. Each subscription is per establishment; multi-establishment groups must purchase separate subscriptions.
2. Installation Fees: One-time installation fees are charged at the signing of the order form, corresponding to setup costs for onboarding the client onto the platform. Additional installation fees apply if the number of data lines transmitted exceeds the initially planned reference count by more than 20%, at €0.50 per extra line.
3. Training Services: SOMM'IT provides free online training courses (via 360 Learning) for a limited number of users for up to 3 months upon account opening. Additional training for extra users or extended duration is available for an additional fee.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

SOMM'IT is a cloud-based SaaS platform that centralizes wine and beverage inventory management, real-time cash register synchronization, automated wine list updates, and supplier order tracking for restaurants, sommeliers, and wine merchants. The platform includes a proprietary database of over 500,000 wine and beverage references enriched with sommelier expertise, and operates via web, smartphone, and tablet with offline inventory capabilities.

Product overview

SOMM'IT is a unified SaaS wine cellar management platform designed for restaurants, wine merchants, and hospitality establishments. The platform comprises four integrated modules: Carte des vins à jour (automatic wine list updates), Inventaire sans erreur (mobile inventory management), Connexion caisse (cash register synchronization), and Suivi commandes (supplier order tracking). These modules work together to connect stock levels to wine lists and cash registers, enabling automatic stock updates, real-time inventory tracking, and simplified ordering workflows. The platform serves diverse targets including bistronomic restaurants, starred/gastronomic establishments, palaces, hotels, restaurant groups, wine bars, and wine merchants.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SOMM'IT Platform A unified SaaS wine cellar management platform that connects beverage stock to the wine list and cash register for real-time synchronization. Centralizes inventory, wine list creation, POS integration, margin analysis, smart alerts, and supplier ordering for restaurants, wine merchants, and hospitality establishments in France.

Quantifiable outcome

• +20% profitability improvement on average for SOMM'IT users
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers22 records

Segments7 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration21 records

AI capability4 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• LightspeedcoreTechnology or IntegrationLightspeed is a leading cloud-based POS (point-of-sale) system for restaurants and retail. SOMM'IT integrates with Lightspeed to synchronize wine inventory, sales, and pricing data in real time, enabling automatic stock updates when beverages are sold at the register.
• LadditioncoreTechnology or IntegrationLaddition is a restaurant POS and cash register system. SOMM'IT connects to Laddition to automatically update beverage stocks based on sales recorded at the Laddition register.
• CashpadcoreTechnology or IntegrationCashpad is a restaurant cash register solution. SOMM'IT is integrated with Cashpad to provide synchronized beverage inventory management for Cashpad-using restaurants.
• Oracle (Micros Simphony)coreTechnology or IntegrationOracle Micros Simphony is an enterprise-grade restaurant POS platform. SOMM'IT integrates with Oracle Micros Simphony to serve high-volume and enterprise restaurant clients.
• HubRisecoreTechnology or IntegrationHubRise is an integration platform connecting restaurant software solutions (POS, delivery, inventory, accounting). SOMM'IT uses HubRise as an integration backbone to connect with multiple cash register systems through a single API.
• GoCardlessminorOthersGoCardless is a direct debit payment provider used by SOMM'IT to collect subscription and installation fees from clients via automatic bank debits.
• StripeminorOthersStripe is an online payment processing platform used by SOMM'IT to process subscription and installation fee payments from clients.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Toast: Large US-headquartered restaurant tech platform combining POS, payments, and inventory. While not wine-specialized, its scale and inventory features make it a relevant incumbent for any restaurant-tech discussion and a credible competitive overlap in the broader market.
• SpotOn: Restaurant POS and commerce platform with integrated inventory and supplier ordering. A broad incumbent in the same operational stack as SOMM'IT, with potential to bundle comparable wine/beverage features for restaurant customers.
• Lightspeed Restaurant: Major cloud-based POS and restaurant commerce platform with broad inventory capabilities. A both-integration-partner and competitive threat to SOMM'IT: it can host beverage management as a native module, potentially disintermediating SOMM'IT for restaurants already on its POS.

Direct peers

• MarketMan: Restaurant inventory management SaaS used by full-service restaurants to track stock, purchasing, and supplier orders. Directly comparable to SOMM'IT for the restaurant inventory and order-management use cases, though without the wine/beverage specialization and POS integrations breadth.
• BevSpot: Mobile-first beverage inventory management platform for bars and restaurants, focused on counting, ordering, and POS-linked stock. Comparable to SOMM'IT on beverage-only inventory and POS sync, without the wine-list curation and sommelier-content layer.
• WISK (by Lightspeed): Bar and restaurant inventory management app with strong beverage focus, including automated stock counts, POS sync, and purchasing. The closest direct comparator in product scope to SOMM'IT's wine/beverage inventory and POS-synchronization stack.
• WineEmotion: Commercial wine dispensing and inventory systems used by restaurants, wine bars, and hotels to manage by-the-glass programs and bottle tracking. Comparable to SOMM'IT on the wine-cellar digitalization use case with a complementary hardware-led approach.

Others

• Restaurant365: Restaurant accounting and back-office platform incorporating inventory, purchasing, and operations workflows. Adjacent to SOMM'IT on the restaurant inventory and ordering side, but stronger on accounting/ERP rather than wine-specific curation.
• Choco: Restaurant and foodservice wholesale ordering platform connecting restaurants with suppliers. Comparable to SOMM'IT's supplier ordering and invoice modules, but focused on the broader food-ordering workflow rather than wine-specific buying.

Emerging players

• CellarTracker: Largest consumer-focused wine cellar tracking platform with a deep reference database. Relevant overlapping reference-database and wine-management domain expertise, though primarily consumer rather than restaurant-F&B B2B.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/watch?v=N-TBdewrNr4
• Xx.com/sommitapp

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors5 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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