In addition to crafting beer, breweries are tasked with tracking production – from barrels available to what is sold – and projecting sales based on past performance.
But there are few software tools on the market available for this, and many of those lack key functionality, said Natalie Waggett.
This is why she co-founded and is the CEO of Ohanafy, a software startup with the Brewery Management System, described as an end-to-end craft beverage management software.
Designed to be used by anyone working at a brewery, the platform is housed in Salesforce and includes a management platform with information on inventory, equipment maintenance, raw materials, suppliers and more. It also has a team management component for employees to look at goals and get performance feedback.
The startup, made up of University of North Carolina Wilmington graduates, has been working with brewery advisers including Tarboro Brewing Co. and Wrightsville Beach Brewery to get feedback. While launched this year, already has six employees and is looking forward to intentional growth.
A leader among up-and-coming software startups in the region is Vantaca, which is in the process of doubling its workforce.
The company was started by Dave Sweyer, who developed a software solution for his business Community Association Management Services (CAMS).
Vantaca was born when Sweyer realized the opportunity to expand the product to other organizations with similar needs as CAMS.
Vantaca is a software helping manage different aspects of homeowner associations and has even expanded to fintech with its full banking integration. The software provides customized workflows and reports; communication tracking with staff, board members, homeowners and more; monitoring of billing, user, service provider and homeowner activity – all including mobile access.
In 2021, the company announced it had received local incentives to allow a $5 million expansion that would include adding about 100 employees to its existing workforce. Most recently, the startup showed 1,000% growth over a three-year period (2018-21), according to the Inc. 5000 list.
Led by CEO Ben Currin, the company expects continued growth with the Currin saying recently that the company is “just getting started.”
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