Scotch

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Location Denver, Colorado
Founded 2023
Latest Stage Series A
Total Raised $20M

Investors

First Round Capital series-a (2026)
Lerer Hippeau series-a (2026)

Founders

Jake Bolling CEO & Co-Founder
Kevin Hodges CRO & Co-Founder
Dan Chen CTO & Co-Founder

About

Scotch is an AI-native operating system for liquor store retailers, providing point-of-sale hardware, custom software, payment processing, and back-office management tools designed to handle state-by-state regulatory complexities of the beverage alcohol market 1. The company is based in Denver, Colorado and has approximately 45 employees 1. CTO Dan Chen previously served as chief architect at Drizly 1. Scotch reports greater than 500% year-over-year growth and has surpassed $1 billion in processed payment volume 1.

Funding History

Date Round Amount Lead Co-investors
2026-06-04 Series A $20M VMG Partners First Round Capital, Lerer Hippeau, Toba Capital 1

What Investors Say

“The beverage alcohol market is nearly $250 billion…still operating on systems built in the 1970s.”

— Carle Stenmark, VMG Partners, on the Scotch Series A 1.

What Founders Say

“We’ve really focused our AI workflows on the ‘toily’ aspects of running one of these businesses.”

— Jake Bolling, CEO and co-founder, Scotch 1.

Sources


  1. Crunchbase News, “Scotch raises AI funding for liquor retail tech,” June 4, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/scotch-raises-ai-funding-liquor-retail-tech/