Bottle

What Bottle does

Bottle Technology is a private Nepal-based information technology company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Kupondole, Lalitpur, with 11-50 employees. The company operates two distinct product platforms. Formula is an integrated hospitality ecosystem for restaurants and hospitality venues, combining a proprietary POD tabletop hardware device with three software modules: BOX (staff tablet application), QR Menu (mobile ordering via QR code), and RMS (back-office management), sold as a unified subscription to reduce fragmented restaurant point tools. Mukhi is a separate ML-powered identity verification platform built on a modular microservices architecture with on-premises deployment, real-time monitoring, and AI capabilities including OCR/NER for Nepal-specific government IDs (Citizenship, Passport, Driver's License), passive 3D liveness detection, face matching, and video KYC, targeted at Nepal's financial institutions and digital service providers.

Bottle generates revenue through three streams: subscription or licensing fees for the Formula ecosystem, subscription or per-deployment pricing for Mukhi identity verification, and professional services for AI-assisted workflow design, process redesign, and digital transformation consulting. All pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with sales conducted via direct enterprise engagement, demos, and consultation calls. The company serves essentially a single-country Nepal market, primarily the Kathmandu Valley, with listed partners including Ncell (telecom), Khalti (digital payments), and several other local technology and media brands. The CEO is AKAbi, and the company is founder-led with no disclosed institutional investors, funding rounds, or parent company.

Name

Bottle

Legal name

Bottle Technology

Website

https://bottle.com.np

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bottle Technology is a Nepal-based IT company that builds the Formula hospitality ecosystem (POD hardware, BOX, QR Menu, RMS) for restaurants and the Mukhi AI-powered identity verification platform for financial and digital service providers, with a digital transformation consulting practice.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospitality Technology

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

akta.pro primary industry

Mobile POS (mPOS) Devices & Handheld Terminals (HDACAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Payment Gateways & Orchestration (BPAMAFAA)

Keywords

• Hospitality management software
• Identity verification platform
• Restaurant technology
• AI-powered KYC
• IoT hospitality solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Kathmandu

HQ country

Nepal

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Formula Ecosystem Subscription: Integrated hospitality management system (POD, BOX, QR Menu, RMS) sold as a unified ecosystem to restaurants and hospitality businesses in Nepal. Likely subscription or licensing model based on restaurant size or usage.
2. Mukhi Identity Verification Platform: ML-powered ID verification system (OCR/NER, liveness detection, face matching, video KYC) offered to financial and digital service providers with setup, training, and server configuration services included.
3. Consulting Services: AI-assisted workflow design, process redesign, system specification (BRS/PRD), and team training services for organizations looking to implement digital transformation and automation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Bottle develops and sells two main technology platforms: Formula, an intelligent hospitality management ecosystem combining proprietary POD tabletop hardware with software modules (BOX staff tablet, QR Menu, RMS back-office) for restaurants and hospitality venues; and Mukhi, an on-premises ML-powered identity verification platform offering OCR/NER-based ID document recognition, passive 3D liveness detection, face matching, and Video KYC for financial and digital service providers. The company also provides AI-assisted consulting for process design and digital transformation.

Product overview

Bottle offers two main technology platforms: Formula (hospitality technology ecosystem) and Mukhi (AI-powered identity verification). Formula is a unified platform consisting of four integrated modules: POD (tabletop ordering device), BOX (staff tablet application), QR Menu (mobile ordering via QR code), and RMS (back-office management). Mukhi operates as a standalone on-premises microservices solution with real-time monitoring and AI-powered ID verification capabilities. The company also provides consulting services for AI-assisted process design and digital transformation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Formula: An intelligent ecosystem (POD, BOX, QR Menu, RMS) for hospitality management, built to enhance hospitality, speed operations, and boost profitability across restaurants.
• Mukhi
• Mukhi.ai

Products and services

• Formula All-in-one intelligent hospitality management ecosystem for restaurants and hospitality venues, integrating POD tabletop devices, BOX staff tablet, QR Menu, and RMS back-office platform to streamline operations, elevate guest experiences, and drive revenue.
• Mukhi Machine learning-powered ID verification system built on modular microservices architecture for financial and digital service providers in Nepal; supports OCR/NER for National IDs, Passports, and Driving Licenses, plus passive 3D liveness detection, face matching, and Video KYC.
• Consulting Services AI-assisted process design and digital transformation consulting for growing organizations, including workflow audits, process redesign, BRS/PRD documentation, and AI readiness training, with engagements starting from a free 30-minute discovery call.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40% efficiency increase for restaurants using Formula ecosystem
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NcellcoreTechnology or IntegrationNcell is listed as a partner across multiple Bottle products including Formula hospitality ecosystem and Mukhi identity verification system. Nature of partnership appears to involve technology integration and collaboration.
• KhalticoreTechnology or IntegrationKhalti, a digital payment platform in Nepal, is listed as a partner across Bottle's products, suggesting payment integration capabilities within the Formula hospitality ecosystem.
• JadecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJade is a consulting client of Bottle, receiving AI-assisted workflow design and process redesign services as part of Bottle's consulting practice.
• ApplemeloncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerApplemelon is listed as a consulting client receiving structured workflow design and AI automation implementation from Bottle.
• ABC SecuritiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerABC Securities is a consulting client of Bottle, receiving workflow audit and process design services.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Veriff: Veriff provides AI-driven video KYC, document authentication and liveness detection — directly overlapping Mukhi's Video KYC and ID verification stack for regulated onboarding flows.
• Toast: Toast is the leading integrated POS + restaurant management platform in North America, combining hardware terminals, software and payments into a single bundle — the closest analogue to Bottle's Formula ecosystem (POD hardware + software modules + payments).
• TouchBistro: TouchBistro provides iPad-based POS, tableside ordering and restaurant management — overlapping with Bottle's POD tabletop devices and RMS back-office system for small and mid-market restaurants.
• Lightspeed Restaurant: Lightspeed's restaurant POS combines front-of-house ordering hardware/software with back-office management, a directly comparable architecture to Formula's POD/BOX/RMS stack for hospitality operators.
• Sumsub: Sumsub provides identity verification, liveness, KYC and KYB as an integrated platform for fintechs and digital services — overlapping Mukhi's full verification flow including AML-adjacent onboarding.
• Onfido: Onfido offers AI-based identity verification with document classification, liveness detection and biometric matching — directly comparable to Mukhi's Photo ID Classification, liveness and Face Matching capabilities.

Regional players

• IDfy: IDfy is a South Asia-headquartered KYC/identity verification provider serving India and broader emerging markets with document and video verification — the closest regional analogue to Mukhi in terms of market context and document coverage.

Broad incumbents

• Jumio: Jumio is a long-established identity verification vendor serving global financial institutions with document verification, liveness and KYC — a broader incumbent overlapping Mukhi's financial-services verification use case.
• Square (Block): Square offers integrated POS hardware, software and payments widely used in hospitality SMBs globally — a broader incumbent whose full-stack model Bottle's Formula replicates at smaller scale in Nepal.

Others

• Khalti: Khalti is Nepal's leading digital wallet and is Bottle's listed payment partner; it is also an adjacent ecosystem participant that handles consumer payments and onboarding, putting it in a partner-overlap rather than pure-competitor position.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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