Backoffice, a Vilnius-based startup constructing an operations administration resolution for eating places, cafes, and lodges, has secured €150k in funding to develop its product throughout Europe.
The funding was secured from enterprise capital funds FIRSTPICK and Misplaced Astronaut.
“I grew up watching my mum run her restaurant and bakery enterprise: lengthy hours, fixed schedule adjustments, workers shortages. The individuals who construct companies like this love individuals, love the business, and are deeply hospitable however they’re usually drowning in operational work. Backoffice is an try to alter that,” mentioned Erikas Pakėnas, founder, Backoffice.
Based in 2025 by Erikas Pakėnas and Denis Stech, the Backoffice is creating a platform designed to simplify the day-to-day enterprise operations of the hospitality and meals service sector, from shift adjustments to payroll and inside communication.
Based on the corporate, staff can extra effectively swap shifts, log work hours, and observe their earnings. The founders intention to interchange fragmented options akin to Excel spreadsheets or messaging apps with a single centralised system.
Backoffice states that its platform handles scheduling, time monitoring, compliance, coaching, procurement, and the dwell numbers that inform the customers how their enterprise is actually doing.
The corporate fees per location reasonably than per worker and natively helps multi-location and multi-business constructions. Homeowners see a mixed view throughout all venues or drill into every venue independently, with labour prices, margins, and efficiency rolled up on the group stage.
Explaining its information safety measures and the way it handles Lithuanian labour legislation, the corporate talked about on its web site, “Knowledge is saved within the EU, encrypted at relaxation and in transit, and GDPR-compliant by default. Contracts, working time data, and worker documentation comply with Lithuanian labour legislation out of the field, signed with Sensible-ID or Cell-ID and saved for the required retention interval.”
The platform is at present working in over 40 places throughout Lithuania, starting from Michelin-starred eating places to late-night bars akin to Džiaugsmas, Pleassurie, Tempo, Ahha, Meating Room, Burro, Momo Grill, and Pacai. Roughly 500 customers are registered on the system.
“Robust progress made in a comparatively quick time, that’s what we worth most: the flexibility to maneuver quick and be taught from the market. We see the potential for this product to turn out to be infrastructure for all the sector. Immediately, the typical hospitality enterprise makes use of 5 or extra totally different programs, and Backoffice goals to convey that collectively into one platform,” mentioned FIRSTPICK accomplice Marijus Andrijauskas.
