PubInno

Pubinno develops connected draft beverage dispensing technology for bars, pubs, breweries, stadiums, hotels, restaurants, taprooms, festivals and catering operations. Its patented Smart Tap uses artificial intelligence and robotics to control beer flow rate and to track parameters affecting quality — pressure, temperature, keg freshness and maintenance routines — with the aim of consistent pours and foam control, which the company says can raise keg yield by up to 20%.

The Smart Clean is an automated, portable draft line cleaning system built on the company's AquaVibra technology, which tailors the cleaning cycle to each line's usage, beer type, cooling system and line length. The company states it cuts line cleaning from more than three hours to about 45 minutes, delivers 400% more cleaning pressure, weighs under 25 lbs, and reduces water and detergent consumption relative to conventional methods. Smart Hub aggregates real-time data from the devices into a mobile application, providing sales reports, brand-level insights, KPI tracking, cleaning intervals, keg efficiency data and predictive alerts. TapPay adds self-service payment at the tap via QR code, contactless card or Face ID for high-volume venues.

Together the products are marketed as an end-to-end digital ecosystem making draft operations trackable, automated and standardized, allowing venue operators to measure sales and inform purchasing decisions from consumption data.

Founding story

Co-founder and CEO Can Algul, born in Istanbul, worked as a bartender and as a basketball coach for a large European U18 team during his college years. Working with draft beer systems in bars and restaurants, he identified a gap in the integration and standardization of data technology in draft dispensing, including difficulties controlling foam and temperature, time-consuming tap cleaning, and diagnosing the causes of anomalies. He set out to apply AI, robotics and data technology to those problems, co-founding the company with Necdet Alpmen.

Business model

Pubinno sells a connected hardware-and-software product family to draft beer operators: Smart Tap for pour optimization, Smart Clean for automated line cleaning, Smart Hub with the Pubinno Pro mobile app for analytics, and TapPay for self-service payment at the tap. The company positions the system as a way to raise keg yield, speed of service and profitability for venues, and to create value across the draft supply chain from brewers and distributors to retailers and bartenders.

Revenue derives from its smart draft hardware and accompanying software/analytics offering sold to venues and beverage industry stakeholders; specific pricing terms are not stated in the available material.

Traction

The company reports 2,000+ venues worldwide across 60+ cities, more than 100 million pints served and over 1 billion liters of water saved. Named reference customers include the Manhattan venues Smithfield Hall, The Stag's Head and Long Acre Tavern. A directory profile lists headcount in the 10-50 range.

Latest developments

The company's current site promotes TapPay self-service payments at the tap, the Pubinno Pro app for predictive analytics, a UK market push, and a 2025 World Beverage Technology Innovation Award, alongside reported totals of 2,000+ venues, 100M+ pints served and 1B+ liters of water saved.