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Vint, a social booking platform is a technology company.
Vint offers a social booking platform for fitness and wellness businesses. It provides a white-label mobile application for streamlining administrative tasks like online bookings and enhancing customer engagement. As a SaaS solution, Vint helps studios and gyms reduce operational burdens and maintain a strong branded digital presence.
Founded circa 2019 by Arvid Janson, Daniel Swenson, Leo Giertz, Louise Fritjofsson, and Magnus Hult, Vint addressed fitness businesses' challenges with fragmented administration and limited client engagement. This insight led to developing a unified platform to simplify operations and embed social features into the customer journey.
Vint serves gyms, studios, and fitness centers, optimizing operations and fostering client relationships. Its vision is to empower these businesses with robust digital infrastructure for efficient service management and deeper customer loyalty. The company aims to transform how fitness professionals interact with customers via its seamless, integrated platform.
Vint, a social booking platform has raised $2.0M across 1 funding round.
Vint, a social booking platform has raised $2.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Vint, a social booking platform has raised $2.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Vint, a social booking platform's investors include Creandum, Bryan Johnson, David Giampaolo, Mathias Ackermand, Richard Båge, DN Capital, Edastra, GP Bullhound, Kima Ventures.
Vint is a fintech platform founded in 2019 that enables accredited and non-accredited U.S. investors to buy shares in curated collections of fine wines and rare spirits, handling all sourcing, storage, insurance, and sales logistics.[1][2][4] It democratizes access to alternative assets traditionally requiring significant capital, with entry points as low as $25 per share and no annual fees, offering pro-rata proceeds from sales while experts monitor market trends for optimal exits.[1][2][4] The platform serves individual investors seeking portfolio diversification beyond stocks, solving the barriers of high costs, expertise needs, and physical management in wine and spirits investing; nearly all collections sell out within 48 hours, signaling strong growth momentum.[2]
Vint launched in 2019 in Richmond, Virginia, with the mission to democratize the wine and spirits investment industry through a transparent, SEC-qualified platform.[1][2] Founders, backed by experts with decades in wine and spirits investing, emerged from recognizing how inaccessible these collectibles were to everyday investors, leading to a model of thematic, curated collections rather than individual bottles.[2][4] A pivotal moment came in 2021 with SEC qualification and a $1.7 million pre-seed round led by Fintech Ventures, joined by Slow Ventures, Allied Venture Partners, irrvntVC, Cooley, and Arrington Fund, enabling expansion and the launch of high-profile collections like a $137K Domaine de la Romanée-Conti set.[2] Early traction was rapid, with collections selling out in days.[2]
*Note: Search results also reference a separate "Vint" as a gym/studio management platform with social features, but context matches the wine investment platform at vint.co.*[3][5]
Vint rides the rise of alternative asset investing and fintech democratization, fueled by retail investor interest post-2020 market shifts toward diversified portfolios including art, whiskey, and wine amid inflation hedging needs.[1][2] Timing aligns with regulatory progress (SEC qualification in 2021) and fintech funding boom, enabling low-entry collectibles when traditional assets face volatility.[2] Market forces like growing fine wine auction values (e.g., Romanée-Conti demand) and spirits rarity favor it, while partnerships with storage pros and buyers strengthen supply chains.[1][4] It influences the ecosystem by lowering barriers, inspiring similar platforms in collectibles, and educating via resources, expanding fintech beyond crypto/stocks.[1][2]
Vint is poised to scale with more collections, potentially expanding spirits/whiskey offerings and global reach as wine markets grow (projected fine wine index returns outpacing equities).[1][4] Trends like tokenized assets, IRA integrations (e.g., Alto), and economic uncertainty will boost demand for tangible alternatives, with Vint's sell-out track record and investor backing positioning it for Series A or acquisitions.[1][2] Its influence may evolve toward broader collectibles, solidifying as a gateway for retail investors into luxury assets—echoing its founding promise to make elite portfolios accessible to all.
Vint, a social booking platform has raised $2.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $2.0M Seed in January 2014.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2014 | $2M Seed | Creandum | Bryan Johnson, David Giampaolo, Mathias Ackermand, Richard Båge, DN Capital, Edastra, GP Bullhound, Kima Ventures | Announced |