Backoffice raises €150K seed to build the operating system for European hospitality
What's the deal? BackofficeDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a Vilnius-based startup building an operations management platform for restaurants, cafes, and hotels, has raised €150K from venture capital funds FIRSTPICKDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → and Lost AstronautDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. The company wants to replace the patchwork of spreadsheets and messaging apps that hospitality businesses rely on with a single system covering scheduling, payroll, compliance, training, and procurement.
Founded in 2025 by Erikas PakėnasDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → and Denis StechDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, the platform already operates in over 40 locations across Lithuania — from Michelin-starred restaurants to late-night bars — with roughly 500 registered users. It charges per location rather than per employee and supports multi-venue operators who need a combined view of labour costs, margins, and performance.
"I grew up watching my mum run her restaurant and bakery business: long hours, constant schedule changes, staff shortages," said Pakėnas. "Backoffice is an attempt to change that."
Why now? The average hospitality business uses five or more different systems, according to FIRSTPICK partner Marijus AndrijauskasDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. Post-pandemic staffing pressures and rising labour costs have made operational efficiency a survival issue for the sector, not a nice-to-have.
Backoffice is also leaning into regulatory tailwinds. Its platform is GDPR-compliant by default, stores data in the EU, and handles Lithuanian labour law requirements out of the box — including contracts signed via Smart-ID or Mobile-ID.
What could go wrong? €150K is a modest war chest for a startup with pan-European ambitions. Expanding beyond Lithuania means adapting to different labour laws, languages, and payment systems in each market — a complex and expensive challenge.
Competition is fierce. Established players like 7shifts, Planday, and Deputy already target hospitality workforce management, and many have deeper pockets. Backoffice will need to prove its all-in-one approach delivers enough value to displace incumbents.
The signal: FIRSTPICK and Lost Astronaut's bet on Backoffice reflects a broader pattern of Baltic funds backing vertical SaaS plays that tackle fragmented, regulation-heavy industries close to home before eyeing wider European expansion. The round is tiny, but the per-location pricing model and built-in compliance tooling suggest Backoffice is optimising for multi-venue operators — a segment where switching costs rise quickly once a platform becomes embedded in daily workflows.
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