Tap Hunter

What Tap Hunter does

TapHunter, operated under the legal entity Evergreen Technology, is a San Diego-based private SaaS company founded in 2009 that runs a two-sided platform connecting craft beverage enthusiasts with bars, restaurants, breweries, bottle shops, and tasting rooms. The consumer-facing product is a mobile application (iOS and Android) that enables location-based discovery of beer, spirits, wine, and cocktails, allowing users to follow venues, track drinking activity, receive notifications when favorite beverages become available nearby, and browse upcoming events and specials. The platform's underlying technology is a content management system for venue beverage programs, paired with location services that surface nearby venues by city or current position.

The B2B product suite, branded under the Evergreen name, consists of five integrated modules: Digital Menus, Print Menus, Inventory management, Social Media Tools (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), and POS Integration. These tools enable venue operators to update menus across digital, print, website, and social channels from a single dashboard, manage beverage inventory, and prevent loss through POS connectivity. TapHunter monetizes the B2B side through a flat $29/month subscription following a 2-month free trial, with no contract required; a COVID-19-specific promotion extended free access to businesses operating via pick-up or delivery. The consumer app is free and supports a product-led growth motion that drives venue adoption through discovery traffic.

TapHunter serves a fragmented base of approximately 5,000+ SMB venues across 80+ US cities plus limited international presence in Canada (Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver), Mexico (Tijuana, Cabo, Mexico City, Guadalajara), and the UAE (Abu Dhabi). The company operates without disclosed external venture or private equity funding and has 11-50 employees. Distribution is split between self-serve PLG (mobile app stores, web signup) and a sales-led motion (Request a Demo CTA) targeting enterprise venues. The platform has not disclosed any AI/ML capabilities, public API, or SDK offerings, positioning it as a content-and-workflow SaaS rather than an AI-native platform.

Name

Tap Hunter

Legal name

Evergreen Technology

Website

https://taphunter.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

TapHunter is a San Diego-based SaaS platform that connects craft beverage enthusiasts with bars, restaurants, breweries, and bottle shops through a consumer mobile app and a B2B suite for digital menus, inventory, social media, and POS integration, monetized at $29/month from ~5,000 venues.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Bar and Restaurant Management Software

NAICS

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224), Beer, Wine, and Liquor Retailers (445320), Breweries (312120)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Craft Beer Bars & Taprooms (THAFAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Brewpubs & Taprooms (On-site Beer Service) (THAFALAA), Packaging & Production Breweries (Limited/No On-site Service) (THAFALAB)

Keywords

• Bar management software
• Digital drink menus
• Restaurant POS integration
• Brewery inventory tools
• Venue discovery app

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Business Subscription: Monthly subscription service for bars, restaurants, and other venues to manage their beverage programs. Priced at $29/month after a 2-month free trial period.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

TapHunter operates a SaaS platform that equips bars, restaurants, breweries, and beverage distributors with digital drink menus, print menus, inventory management, social media tools, and POS integration. The company also offers a consumer-facing mobile app that helps users discover nearby bars, restaurants, and breweries and track available drinks. Nearly 5,000+ businesses across 40+ countries subscribe to TapHunter's Evergreen business products.

Product overview

TapHunter is a beverage discovery and management platform consisting of a consumer mobile app for finding craft beer, spirits, wine, and cocktails at local venues, and a suite of business tools for beverage program management. The consumer app enables discovery of bars, restaurants, tasting rooms, and bottle shops; allows users to follow venues, track drinking activity, and receive notifications for favorite beverages. The business product suite, branded under Evergreen, includes Digital Menus, Print Menus, Inventory management, Social Media Tools, and POS Integration modules. Pricing is $29/month after a promotional 60-day free trial period.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Digital Drink Menu: Digital menu platform for bars and restaurants to manage and display their drink menus
• Print Menu
• Inventory
• Social Media Tools
• POS Integration

Products and services

• TapHunter Mobile App Consumer-facing mobile application that connects users with nearby bars, restaurants, and breweries and helps them discover and track available drinks and venues.
• Digital Drink Menu Digital menu product for bars, restaurants, and breweries to publish and update their drink offerings online for consumer discovery.
• Print Menu Print menu design and production tool for venues to create physical menu collateral.
• Inventory Management Inventory tracking tool for bars, restaurants, breweries, and distributors to manage stock and reduce costs.
• Social Media Tools Social media management tools that help venues market their offerings and connect with customers.
• POS Integration Point-of-sale system integration enabling venues to connect TapHunter with their existing POS infrastructure.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• POS SystemscoreTechnology or IntegrationTapHunter integrates with Point of Sale (POS) systems as part of its business offering, enabling venues to take inventory and prevent loss. The specific POS partners are not named in the source material.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Toast: Toast is a major restaurant POS platform with digital menu, online ordering, and marketing tools aimed at the same bars and restaurants TapHunter serves. As a broad incumbent, it can bundle menu management into a much larger restaurant-tech stack, posing a bundling threat.
• Square for Restaurants: Square provides restaurant POS, menu management, and marketing tools at scale for SMBs. It addresses the same operator pain points TapHunter targets (menu updates, marketing) but as part of a payments-led bundle rather than a beverage-specialist product.
• Clover (First Data/Fiserv): Clover is a POS and business management platform used by many bars and restaurants. Its app marketplace and inventory features overlap with TapHunter's POS Integration and Inventory modules, making it a broad incumbent threat via bundling.
• Yelp: Yelp is the dominant consumer venue-discovery platform for bars and restaurants. While it is not beverage-specialized, it competes for consumer attention and venue-marketing spend on the consumer side of TapHunter's marketplace.

Direct peers

• BevSpot: BevSpot provides beverage inventory, ordering, and menu management software for bars and restaurants. It overlaps directly with TapHunter's Inventory and Digital Menu modules, targeting the same operator persona at premium pricing tiers.
• BinWise: BinWise is a beverage inventory and management platform purpose-built for bars, restaurants, and event venues. It is directly comparable to TapHunter's Inventory module and competes for the same operational budget line item.
• Untappd: Untappd is the dominant consumer-facing craft beer check-in and discovery app with millions of users and an adjacent 'Untappd for Business' venue-side product. It is the most direct competitor on both sides of TapHunter's marketplace, targeting the same craft beer venues and enthusiast consumers.
• BlueCart by Provision Analytics: Provision Analytics (formerly BlueCart) provides beverage inventory and ordering software to bars and distributors, with deep workflow integration comparable to TapHunter's Inventory + Print Menu offering.

Emerging players

• BeerAdvocate: BeerAdvocate is a long-standing craft beer review and discovery platform that competes with TapHunter on the consumer-side venue and beer discovery experience, though it lacks a comparable B2B venue product suite.

Others

• Goodboy (now part of Drizly-style beverage platforms): Drizly is a beverage alcohol e-commerce marketplace that connects beverage enthusiasts with retailers. While focused on off-premise delivery rather than on-premise discovery, it competes for the same craft beverage consumer mindshare that drives TapHunter's consumer app engagement.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/taphunter
• Facebookfacebook.com/evergreenhq
• Instagraminstagram.com/taphunter

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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