Corkscrew

Name

Corkscrew

Website

https://corkscrew.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Corkscrew is a London-based private company founded in 2013 that offers a wine selection mobile and web application positioned as a "sommelier in your pocket" for consumers choosing wine while dining out at restaurants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Corkscrew is a consumer mobile application branded as a "sommelier in your pocket" that helps users pick the right wine when dining out at restaurants. The offering is positioned as a personal wine-selection aid for everyday diners, leveraging a digital experience to remove guesswork from restaurant wine choices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Corkscrew Sommelier App

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• Drync: Drync was a wine discovery and shopping app that helped users find and purchase wines through recommendations. It competed directly with Corkscrew on consumer wine recommendation and served as a comparable category benchmark before scaling challenges.
• Delectable: Delectable was a wine app specifically focused on restaurant wine selection and sommelier reviews, with nearly identical "pick a wine at a restaurant" positioning to Corkscrew. It is the closest historical direct peer in terms of target use case.
• Vivino: Vivino is the global leader in wine scanning, reviews, and recommendations via mobile app. It competes directly with Corkscrew on consumer wine discovery and includes restaurant-relevant features such as label scanning and food pairing suggestions.
• Hello Vino: Hello Vino is a wine recommendation app that suggests wines based on user preferences, meals, and occasions. It targets the same low-friction, consumer-friendly wine selection use case as Corkscrew.
• Wine Folly: Wine Folly is a wine education and recommendation platform that helps consumers learn about wine, understand flavor profiles, and make better purchasing decisions. It addresses the same consumer discovery-and-purchase journey as Corkscrew.
• Snooth: Snooth is a wine search and review platform that helps consumers find, learn about, and purchase wines. It targets a similar consumer audience with wine discovery and recommendation features.
• CellarTracker: CellarTracker is a wine collection management platform with a large enthusiast community and integrated reviews and recommendations. While centered on cellar management, its recommendation and discovery features overlap with Corkscrew's consumer-facing wine guidance.

Broad incumbents

• Wine Searcher: Wine Searcher is a comprehensive wine search and global price comparison platform spanning merchants worldwide. It is a much broader incumbent in the wine discovery space than Corkscrew's restaurant-focused recommendation product.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/GetCorkscrew
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/corkscrew---pick-the-perfect-wine-every-time

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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