“Can a European vertical-SaaS roll-up become the default back-of-house operating system for multi-site hospitality?”
Founded 2007 by a Spanish hospitality operator (Burger King / 100 Montaditos franchisee) as GIRnet, a back-office and analytics tool for restaurants. Following Providence Strategic Growth's 2021 investment, Mapal pivoted from single-product analytics company to acquisition-led hospitality operating system, rolling up Flow Hospitality Training (LMS, UK), Easilys (F&B / kitchen, France) and GetCompliant (compliance, Sweden). Positioning is now 'Mapal OS' — a back-of-house operating system for hospitality — not embedded finance. Cashrec module handles cash reconciliation but the company is not a payments/BaaS platform.
Mapal Group integrates with POS integrations (TCPos, Turboself, JES, iKentoo, L'Addition), ERP accounting connectors (via Easilys open API) and BI systems (via Compliance API connections).
Mapal Group was founded by Jorge Lurueña and is founded in 2007, headquartered in Madrid, Spain & Edinburgh, UK.
Mapal Group has raised undisclosed in total (latest round: Growth equity investment from Providence Strategic Growth; valuation: undisclosed).
Mapal Group's acquisitions include GetCompliant (GetCompliant 2013 AB) (2024), Easilys (2023) and Flow Hospitality Training (2022).
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