Ijooz

What Ijooz does

Ijooz is a Singapore-based technology company founded in 2016 by Bruce Zhang (张鑫), a former semiconductor engineer, that designs and manufactures AI-powered autonomous vending machines which freshly squeeze and dispense orange juice on demand. The company's core product, the IJOOZ Smart Juicer, integrates robotics, machine vision, and AIOT (Artificial Intelligence of Things) technology and is produced at a self-owned R&D center and in-house factory. A proprietary cloud operations platform enables sales forecasting, dynamic refill scheduling, route optimization, and inventory tracking, allowing roughly 10 operations staff to manage 500+ machines with a stated 99.99% reliability and 6-month ROI per machine. The company sells 100% natural juice with no additives, sugar, pesticides, or water, positioned at a 30% price advantage and 40% larger serving versus market alternatives.

The business model is hybrid and multi-revenue-stream. Ijooz sells hardware and franchise rights to operators who run smart juicer machines in malls, offices, and transit hubs (franchisees in Malaysia, Bahrain/GCC, Japan, and other markets are documented), generating franchise licensing and hardware sales revenue. The company also sells juice directly through self-operated and franchise-operated machines (S$2 per cup in Singapore, ¥350 per 280ml cup in Japan). A second product line, the IJOOZ Smart Pantry, provides corporate clients with smart fridges, free installation, auto-stocking delivery, and benefit management software; over 600 Singapore companies have adopted the service. Geographic footprint spans 32 countries, with regional subsidiaries in Hong Kong (IoT Technology Company, established 2019) and Japan (IJOOZ Co., Ltd., established February 2023). The company became profitable in 2024 and has publicly disclosed an 8-year IPO ambition alongside stated plans to enter the US market.

Name

Ijooz

Legal name

IJOOZ Pte Ltd

Website

https://ijooz.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Ijooz is a Singapore-based technology company that designs AI-powered autonomous vending machines dispensing freshly squeezed orange juice, serving consumers globally via a 32-country franchise network and corporate clients in Singapore through smart pantry services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Smart Vending Machines

NAICS

Vending Machine Operators (445132), Small Electrical Appliance Manufacturing (33521), Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing (311991)

SIC

Household Appliances (3630), Beverages (2080)

akta.pro primary industry

Smart Appliances & Connected Kitchen/Laundry Retail (CRACAGAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Filling & Dosing Machines (Liquid/Powder/Solid) (IMAHAOAF), Process & Batch Control Software (Recipe Management, ISA-88) (IMAGABAH)

Keywords

• Smart vending machines
• Automated fresh juice retail
• AIOT vending solutions
• Office pantry services
• Juice vending equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Singapore

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Vending Machine Franchise Fees: Revenue from franchisees who operate iJooz smart juicer vending machines. Franchise partners invest in and operate the machines, paying fees to the company for the hardware, software, and ongoing support.
2. Smart Juicer Hardware Sales: Sale of self-owned R&D and in-house manufactured smart juicer vending machines to franchisees and partners globally
3. Smart Pantry Services: 24/7 pantry service for corporate clients offering smart fridge solutions with free installation, setup, food refill and delivery service. Companies pay for consumed products based on employee benefit plans.
4. Orange Juice Sales: Direct revenue from sale of freshly squeezed orange juice through vending machines to end consumers

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

IJOOZ designs, manufactures, and operates the IJOOZ Smart Juicer, an AIOT-powered vending machine that freshly squeezes oranges on demand and dispenses 100% natural juice 24/7. The company sells these machines to franchisees and operates a 24/7 IJOOZ Smart Pantry office service using smart fridge hardware backed by its cloud operations software. Its self-owned R&D center and in-house factory enable integrated hardware+software solutions deployed across 32 countries.

Product overview

IJOOZ operates as a technology-driven fresh juice vending company offering a unified hardware + software ecosystem. The core product is the IJOOZ Smart Juicer, an AI-powered autonomous vending machine that freshly squeezes oranges on-demand. This is complemented by the IJOOZ Smart Pantry office pantry service featuring smart fridge hardware with IJOOZ business software for benefit management. The proprietary IJOOZ Software System powers operations using AIOT and big data across the portfolio. The company also offers a franchise program enabling global expansion through partner-operated machines. The company operates in 32 countries with over 2,500 vending machines and has sold 70 million+ cups of fresh juice.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• IJOOZ Smart Juicer AI-powered autonomous vending machine that freshly squeezes oranges in front of customers, powered by robotics, machine vision, and AIOT technology. The machine serves 100% natural fresh orange juice 24/7 with 99.99% reliability, ~180-cup capacity before orange refill, and aims to deliver ROI in approximately 6 months for franchise operators. It is sold to franchisees and operators globally and is deployed in malls, offices, transit areas, and public spaces.
• IJOOZ Smart Pantry 24/7 office pantry service offering 500+ varieties of healthy food and drinks via smart fridge hardware, with free installation, automatic restocking/delivery, and a companion IJOOZ mobile/business app for HR benefit-plan management and per-employee usage tracking. Companies pay only for products consumed through benefit plans such as Individual Fixed, Corporate Pool, or Corporate Discount, targeting corporate clients seeking an automated alternative to traditional staffed pantries.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2,500+ active vending machines across 32 countries
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• IJOOZ株式会社 (IJOOZ Japan)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2023Japanese subsidiary established in February 2023 to handle domestic Japanese market operations. Japan operations launched April 2023. Target of 1,000 vending machines in Japan by end of 2023 fiscal year.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Nespresso (Nestlé): Nespresso's automated specialty-beverage machines and boutique retail concept parallel iJooz's strategy of selling high-quality, machine-dispensed beverages at premium unattended retail locations, with much broader geographic scale.
• Briggo (now Costa Coffee Barista): Briggo pioneered automated specialty-coffee vending using robotics and IoT before being acquired by Costa; it is a closely comparable predecessor in the AIOT unmanned beverage category, now backed by a global incumbent.

Emerging players

• Sushi Train / Sushi Hub (automated Asian vending): Automated sushi and Asian-food vending concepts operate robotics-driven kiosks in Asia-Pacific, intersecting iJooz's geography, AIOT architecture, and unmanned fresh-food retail thesis with an adjacent product category.
• Silo (smart pantry / micro-fulfilment): Silo and similar smart-pantry/micro-fulfilment startups compete in the same corporate pantry and automated retail adjacency as iJooz's Smart Pantry service, targeting office and institutional food-service automation.

Direct peers

• Yo-Kai Express: Yo-Kai Express operates autonomous hot-food vending machines with robotic dispensing, closely paralleling iJooz's AIOT-driven unmanned food/beverage vending model targeting high-traffic locations and franchise-style expansion.
• Fresh Healthy Vending: Fresh Healthy Vending distributes healthy vending machines and franchise programs across North America, overlapping with iJooz's franchise-led vending model and shared emphasis on healthier beverage and snack alternatives.
• Cafe X Technologies: Cafe X deploys robotic coffee bars using robotics and machine vision to serve specialty beverages autonomously, sharing iJooz's robotics+AIOT technology stack and unmanned retail thesis applied to beverages.
• Farmer's Fridge: Farmer's Fridge runs a network of smart-fridge kiosks offering fresh meals and snacks in offices, hospitals and airports—an almost identical operating and unit-economic model to iJooz's corporate Smart Pantry service.
• Juicero: Juicero developed a connected juicing appliance that produced fresh juice on-demand—although ultimately discontinued, it represents the same connected appliance + fresh-juice product category iJooz targets with its Smart Juicer platform.
• Byte Technology: Byte Technology provides smart vending hardware, software, and management platforms for unmanned retail—sharing iJooz's vertical integration of connected machines with cloud-based operations management.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xfacebook.com/ijoozofficial
• Facebookfacebook.com/ijoozofficial
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ijooz-pte-ltd
• Instagraminstagram.com/ijoozofficial

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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