I built one of Sweden's fastest-growing restaurant POS systems. Then I realized I'd only solved half the problem.
Mikael Selander, founder
The industry has a systems chaos
— and everyone knows it.
Five systems. Three logins. POS from one vendor, reservations from another, scheduling in Excel, and guest data in someone's head. Restaurant owners pay for tools that don't talk to each other. Staff run between screens. Guests notice something's off. Everyone in the industry knows it's broken. We decided to actually do something about it.
Four things we never
compromise on.
One database. Not integrations.
POS, staff, reservations, guest profiles, and analytics share the same database. No glue. No sync issues. Everything connects — because it's built to connect.
Technology that serves the owner.
AI, real-time data, and automation aren't buzzwords in our world. They're tools designed to eliminate the work restaurant owners should never have to do.
Premium. No apologies.
We're not building the cheapest system. We're building the system that restaurants with high standards deserve. There are already cheap alternatives. The world doesn't need another one.
Founder-owned. No exit plan.
No venture capitalists. No board chasing quarterly numbers. We build because it should be great — not because it should be sold.
How we got here.
Mikael takes over an older POS company. Seven million SEK in revenue, outdated Windows code, and a mixed customer base.
The company has grown from 7 to 40+ million. Gazelle Award three years running. Scandinavia's fastest-growing restaurant POS.
A realization that changes everything: a POS system, no matter how good, only solves part of the restaurant owner's day. The rest is still chaos.
Vendion is founded. Not as a POS company — but as a platform built from zero, with a single database, designed to solve the whole picture.
The platform takes shape. 5 modules. 3 AI assistants. Customers lining up. And we've only just begun.
The people behind the platform.
Mikael Selander
Computer scientist turned restaurant industry veteran. Built Ancon from an old-school POS company to Gazelle Award winner three years running. Left to build the system he actually wanted. Shortest possible distance between thought and action — that's how Vendion works too.
Magnus Hermansson
Obsessed with making the first experience as good as the product. Responsible for ensuring every restaurant that chooses Vendion feels it from the very first demo.
This is not a POS.
It's the future of restaurant operations.
We see an industry where the restaurant owner finally has the full picture — guests, staff, reservations, sales — in one system that actually connects. Where decisions are made on data, not gut feeling. Where AI handles the repetitive so humans can focus on what matters: the guest experience. We're not building this because it sounds good in a pitch. We're building it because we know what it looks like without it.
We're onboarding a limited number of
restaurants in 2026.
No lock-in. No sales pitch. Just an honest walkthrough of what we're building.