Small and mid-sized beverage brands face complex excise, VAT, customs, logistics and route-to-market barriers when expanding across borders.
R&D Focus
Cross-border beverage distribution technology
Innovative Solution
A direct-distribution platform that manages compliance, logistics, sales and market-building for beverage producers.
Solution Effectiveness
Company announcements state that the platform supports more than 200 brands across Europe and operates in eight countries.
Investment Funding
Last Funding Stage
Seed
Total Funding Amount
3.83M
Last Funding Amount
3.83M
Last Funding Date
10-10-2024
Startup Stage
Seed
People
Founders
Jake Foley
Kasper Hulthin
Morten Rinder Stengaard
About
Bemakers provides a platform for craft beverage makers. The company is on a mission to help craft beverage makers of alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, spirits, RTD/Premix) sell directly to businesses and consumers across borders. It also handles excise duties, VAT, customs, and shipping with additional services for scalable brand building and growth.
Products
Product
Bemakers direct beverage distribution and market-entry platform.
Star Product
European direct-distribution platform – the central product connecting brands with B2B and consumer channels.
Demo Product or Complete Product?
Complete commercial platform.
Future Plan
Market Expansion
Raised capital for continued European expansion and entered Spain in 2025; the Jolie Imports acquisition adds Benelux scale.
Investment Funding
Raised EUR2.8 million pre-seed in 2022 and EUR3.5 million seed funding in 2024; no next-round plan was publicly specified.
M&A and Collabs
Collab
Radico Khaitan – European distribution and market development.
Collab
Thy Whisky – distribution and international brand growth.
Acquisitions
Acquired Jolie Imports in March 2026 to strengthen Benelux distribution.
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