Scotch

Scotch is a highly disruptive Retail Tech and FinTech startup fundamentally modernizing the $1.6 trillion beverage alcohol industry. Founded in 2024 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, the company was built by a powerhouse team of former executives from Drizly and Skupos, backed by a massive $28M funding round from top-tier VCs like First Round and Lerer Hippeau. Under the hood, Scotch replaces the deeply antiquated, 90s-era point-of-sale systems that liquor stores have been forced to rely on for decades. They provide a next-generation, all-in-one operating system tailored exclusively for BevAlc retailers—seamlessly combining blazing-fast POS hardware, payment processing, e-commerce, and advanced back-office automation. Their primary target audience spans independent liquor store owners and expansive beverage retail chains that desperately need to manage highly complex inventories (often handling up to 10,000 SKUs from dozens of distributors). What sets Scotch apart in the crowded retail software space is its hyper-specialized, AI-driven architecture; it automatically reads complex supplier invoices, optimizes stock margins, and slashes inventory management time by 20%, allowing owners to completely ditch manual administrative chores and focus entirely on driving massive revenue.