Senses what the table needs.
Tavolynx is a designer pendant light with a depth sensor for restaurants. A computer on site does the analysis and the service team gets short cues on their phones: table free, glass empty, plates finished, guest waving, waiting time. No cloud, no stored images.
A light that is a good light first.
The light
An industrial pendant for casual-dining concepts. A depth sensor sits in the shade behind a narrow window. One cable per light, lighting from the existing ceiling outlet.
The computer on site
An edge computer in the venue analyses the sensor data, planned for around 10 to 13 tables per unit. Images are neither stored nor transmitted.
The cue
The team gets anonymous events per table, not per person. We supply the data protection documentation for the venue.
Restaurants have to serve more guests with fewer hands.
- +39.6 %
labour costs in German hospitality, Q4/2025 vs. Q4/2019. The minimum wage rose by 8.4 % in 2026.
DEHOGA Zahlenspiegel IV/2025 (Destatis) - over 50 %
of venues are affected by staff shortages.
orderbird Gastrostimmungsbarometer 2025 - +5 %
revenue growth of the top 100 German restaurant companies in 2025. The leaders are modernising existing sites.
foodservice Top 100, 2025 - 67,946
restaurants in Germany, plus Austria and Switzerland. The first target group is casual-dining chains with many tables.
DEHOGA/Destatis, 2024 data
Lean by design: ordered first, then built.
Build to order
Customers order and pay a deposit, then we build. No stock, no pre-financing of whole series.
Hardware plus subscription
The plan: buy or lease the lights through a partner, plus a software subscription per table.
Manufactured by a partner
A lighting manufacturer handles mechanics, LED, compliance and series assembly. Cierra supplies sensor integration, software and design.
Software from the Cierra team
The depth camera family and the detection stack are already in use in the Cierra Smart Table.
300 k€ pre-seed, valuation open for discussion.
The round takes Tavolynx from concept into the first restaurants.
What the money is for
- Industrial design and adaptation with the lighting partner
- Prototypes and functional samples
- CE conformity, EN 60598, EMC and photobiological safety
- Data protection documentation and impact assessment
- Pilot installations in restaurants
- Series tooling and reserve
Where we are
- Name, brand and website are in place
- CAD concept of the industrial light with bill of materials
- Business case and financial plan are ready
- Pilot slots for restaurants are open
Four steps to the documents.
Requests go through a cierra GmbH form in Cira OS. Documents follow after a conversation and a mutual NDA.
- 01
Request
Tell us through the form who you are and what you are interested in.
- 02
Conversation
Vittorio Emmermann gets back to you personally. We get to know each other and clarify what you need.
- 03
Mutual NDA online
You sign a mutual confidentiality agreement right in the browser, after confirming your email address.
- 04
Access to the portal
Then we open the investor or partner portal with the documents, for your approved email address only.
Manufacturing enquiries.
We are looking for a lighting manufacturer to build Tavolynx to order in small series, and for technology partners around sensors and edge computers.
- What we are looking forMechanics, LED, EN 60598 conformity and series assembly of an industrial pendant light. Built to order in small series.
- What you get from usAfter the NDA: CAD data, specification and a request-for-quotation bill of materials. Prices and margins stay in the investor area.
- What we contributeSensor integration, software, design and sales to restaurants.
Let’s get to know each other.
A short form, then we get back to you personally. Nothing is sent automatically; Vittorio Emmermann reads every request himself.
Requests go through a cierra GmbH form in Cira OS. Documents follow after a conversation and a mutual NDA.
