London-based Alpa has raised $3.5 million in a pre-seed
round led by Daphni, with participation from True Capital, 2100 Ventures,
Firedrop, Oprtrs Club, Kima Ventures, and Sonorcap. Angel investors include Alexandre
Yazdi (Voodoo founder) and Jerome Tafani (former Burger King France CEO and
McDonald’s Europe CFO), who has joined the board.
Hospitality remains one of Europe’s largest and most
operationally complex sectors, yet financial visibility is often delayed,
fragmented, and accounting-driven. Many restaurant groups only gain a clear
understanding of profitability weeks after the month-end, which can slow
operational decision-making. Recent research suggests that while 79 per cent of
restaurants want real-time data, 27 per cent are unable to track basic key
performance indicators.
Co-founded by Anton Soulier and Jean-François Moy, Alpa is
a fintech platform designed to address this gap. The company aims to enable
restaurant operators to make decisions based on real-time profitability data
rather than waiting weeks for monthly accounts to close.
By integrating POS data, banking data, and native
connections to food and beverage suppliers, Alpa generates a live operational
profit and loss view without requiring traditional accounting, reconciliation,
or bookkeeping workflows. The platform is built for operators rather than
accountants, allowing hospitality businesses to monitor profitability during
the month instead of after the books are closed.
Hospitality runs on thin margins, but financial visibility
still operates on monthly cycles. That gap creates massive inefficiency and
destroys value.
Alpa is built to close it by giving operators real-time
financial clarity so they can make decisions during the month, not after it.
We’re not replacing accounting systems; we’re building the operational
financial layer they’ve always been missing,
explained Anton Soulier, co-founder and CEO of Alpa.
As vertical fintech continues to reshape financial
services, Alpa is positioning itself as a category-focused platform for
hospitality, combining real-time financial data, automation, AI, and native
supply-chain connectivity to support profitability, control, and long-term
scalability.
The new funding will be used to strengthen Alpa’s core
product and engineering capabilities, including its financial data
infrastructure, native supplier integrations, automation, AI-driven
classification, and operator-grade financial workflows. The company plans to
invest primarily in engineering and product development to build a scalable,
hospitality-native financial platform.