AirVend

AirVend is breathing new life into the Vending world with cutting edge technology and a truly disruptive business model.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Software
  • Location Provo, UT, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded April 2012
  • Employees 7
  • Website air-vend.com

Company Summary

AirVend is a distributed POS hardware and SaaS solution for disruption in the $119 Billion dollar Unattended Retail Industry. The wirelessly connected platform offers inventory control, mobile payment, and advertising. AirVend started shipping product in November, 2012.

Team

  • Chad Francis
    Founder/Technology Development

    Chad founded [io]development, a custom software firm developing technology for Disney, Costco, and many others. Chad has worked on and architected projects of all sizes including enterprise-level projects for Fortune 500 companies. For Disney, Chad helped create a 3-D face modeling application and has a background in facial biometrics.

  • Lance Ellsworth
    Co-founder/Sales & Business Dev

    Experienced sales, marketing, and business development executive with more than 18 years’ experience helping launch companies in the Internet, software, and telecommunication industries. Most recently, Lance helped form key partnerships to help launch FotoPunch in the time-and-attendance market.

  • David Loveland
    Co-founder/Marketing & Operations

    Seasoned entrepreneur with expertise in market validation/entry, and technology adoption. Co-founded CORA Software, a Costco event management software tech startup .

  • Peter Skalla
    CFO

    Finance and operations executive with 18 years’ experience in the investment, Internet, software, semiconductor, and telecommunication industries.

Advisors

  • Jared Richards, Bennett Tueller Johnson & Deere
    Lawyer
    Unconfirmed
    Jeff Heath, Heath & Jaynes, LLC
    Accountant
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • King 7 Investments
    Unconfirmed

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