Hospitality Innovation Team —CINERGY Cohort

Formerly: Hospitality Robotics Alliance

This is a monthly mastermind/deal flow cohort for companies operating in the hospitality tech, automation, and innovation space. Modeled after CINERGY’s Healthcare Innovation Team, this cohort exists to:

• Share and advance deal flow across the group
• Make strategic introductions between members and their target markets
• Co-sell and bundle solutions where applicable (e.g., robotics + payment processing + IT + branding)
• Support members in commercialization, distribution, and capital access
• Build toward a fully integrated hospitality automation ecosystem

Current Focus Areas:

• Food service robotics (Next Bite Robotics, Alphamated)
• Robotic bartending (Mixim)
• Secure credentialing & access control (CardLogix)
• Managed IT & franchise operations (AIS/Wayne Patrick)
• Payment processing & subscription management (Propeller/Brian Manning)
• Technology strategy & governance (Cadensoft)
• Visitor remarketing (Maestro Inc./Bryce Ebeling)
• PE/early-stage investing (Shore Capital / Start Something Ventures)
• Strategic capital & investor deal flow (Prime Strategic Capital)

Key Opportunity: 600-property Marriott franchise group — active pipeline being co-developed by Tony, Wayne, and the group.