Mapal Group
“Can a European vertical-SaaS roll-up become the default back-of-house operating system for multi-site hospitality?”
Founded2007
HQMadrid, Spain & Edinburgh, UK
FoundersJorge Lurueña
Total raisedundisclosed
Latest roundGrowth equity investment from Providence Strategic Growth
Valuationundisclosed
IndustryVertical SaaS / Hospitality
The story
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.
Product timeline
2007
Mapal founded by Jorge Lurueña after career operating Burger King and 100 Montaditos franchises in Spain· pivot
2012
Company invests in hospitality technology solutions; GIRnet back-office/analytics software becomes flagship· pivot
2021
Providence Strategic Growth completes growth equity investment to fund M&A· acquisition
2022
Acquires Flow Hospitality Training (UK) to add LMS capability· acquisition
2023
Acquires Easilys (France) — multi-site restaurant and kitchen management (F&B) software· acquisition
2024
Acquires GetCompliant (Sweden) — food safety compliance software expanding Nordic presence· acquisition
2025
Launches Mapal AI Assistant across Mapal OS· pivot
Acquisitions
GetCompliant (GetCompliant 2013 AB)2024
Swedish food safety compliance software, expands Nordic presence
Easilys2023
French multi-site restaurant and kitchen management (F&B) software with offices in Paris, Geneva and Barcelona
Flow Hospitality Training2022
UK-based hospitality learning management system, now marketed as Flow Learning
The stack
1 layer disclosed in Mapal Group’s embedded-finance stack
Accounting
POS integrations (TCPos, Turboself, JES, iKentoo, L'Addition)ERP accounting connectors (via Easilys open API)BI systems (via Compliance API connections)
Accounting gap: minor