Invest in ABV Technology

Transforming NA Beer, Wine, and Spirit Beverage Production with Revolutionary Equipment & Services

EARLY BIRD TERMS: $192,800 LEFT

$557,200

of a $1,690,000 goal
INVESTMENT TERMS
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 $11M  $10M valuation cap
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Highlights

VC-Backed

Raised $250K or more from a venture firm

$1M+ Revenue

Earned over the last 12 months

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Non-Alcoholic (NA) is the fastest growing category of the beverage industry – to reach $250B by 2028
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Market Size = 11,620 wineries, 9,709 breweries, 2,709 cideries, 1,628 kombucheries in the US alone
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NA functional beverages & adaptogenic global market size to hit $340B by 2030*
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120+ breweries and wineries in Minnesota repeatedly use our service center, 50% market share

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Better For You Beverages are on the Rise

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Who is ABV Technology

Founded in 2017, ABV Technology makes products and offers services for the craft beverage industry to create flavorful and high quality reduced and non-alcoholic beverages.

The quest to prove that non-alcoholic beverages can be processed using technology that kept your hard work and craft in mind began, and we soon found that demand for great tasting non-alcoholic beverages far outweighed supply.

With each founder having unique backgrounds in IT, Sales and Engineering, they assembled a dream team to bring their innovative technology to life! Today ABV Technology manufactures their Equalizer, Pasteurizer, and Analyzer equipment on site in St. Paul, MN and offers a service facility model for beverage processing.

Why is ABV Technology here

Here's the situation

  • The healthier beverage demand is large and expanding
  • Consumption of these beverages is an international trend, especially in younger cohorts
  • For those that haven’t reduced alcohol consumption, the majority say they would if more options were available

The problem for craft beverage producers

  • Beverage producers see the growth in Non-Alcoholic, Low-Alcoholic, Reduced-Alcoholic, and Better for You categories
  • Legacy recipes are well characterized, low risk, and have market acceptance
  • Diversifying their beverage portfolios brings new customers in distribution and in the tap/tasting rooms
  • Reducing / removing alcohol requires special equipment ($)
  • These new types of beverages require specialized labeling of ABV, calories and nutrition ($)
  • They also require special attention to quality, shelf stability and longevity ($)
What ABV Technology Can Do

This is where we come in

We've raised over 9M+ and have invested those dollars to create unique and patented technology that every NA beverage producer can use.

Our 3 Products Offerings:

  1. Remove Alcohol: EQUALIZER
  2. Make it Safe: PASTEURIZER
  3. Inform Accurately: ANALYZER
ABV Technology Equalizer

Fermentation matters

Our Equalizer series uses a low temperature, low pressure vacuum filtration specially designed to create some of the best non-alcoholic beverages on the market. This unique filtration equipment maintains flavor, color and aroma of the input beverage, allowing you to create a crafted NA beverage from your trusted recipes.

How it works

Starting from a tank of beer, wine, cider or Fermented Beverage (FB) , an operator can create two beverages out of one trusted recipe. The Equalizer series filters the input beverage into a clear FB ready to be finished into hard seltzer while also creating a flavorful non-alcoholic beverage maintaining flavor, color, and aromas. The equipment can also operate in a keg to keg configuration where the beverage is degassed if necessary prior to processing and then re-carbonated inline.

ABV Technology Equalizer and Dealcoholization Process

Innovation, reliability, and precise performance

  • Two-stage evaporative vacuum separation is a top-tier technology choice
  • Competition is expensive and incompatible with craft
  • Gentle, repeatable, and fully automated process for making all kinds of NA.
  • Easy to use and clean
  • Intelligent software with real-time cloud monitoring service ensures quality and uptime
  • Patent filed in June 2020 for EQ-x000. Continuation in part for EQ-x100 in Q4 2021 
  • Scalable to 1, 3, 5+ bbls per hour
  • No additional permitting or licensing required to operate the Equalizer filtration equipment in the US per the TTB. This feature opens up opportunities for beverage manufacturers of all sizes to utilize the Equalizer technology
ABV-Technology-Equalizer-Machine


ABV Technology Pasteurization Process

What's happening

  • Safety Fears: Industry leaders (Brewers Association & FDA) have convinced the market of requirement 
  • Better Choice: Existing tunnel pasteurizers are expensive to buy >$100k+ and their footprint is too large for the average beverage producer

Why pasteurize

In the beverage industry, pasteurization serves as a vital quality control step. 

  • Microbial Safety: Pasteurization ensures that harmful bacteria, yeast, and molds are neutralized
  • Extended Shelf Life: By pasteurizing, confidently distribute your products over longer distances and timeframes
  • Stability: Stable beverages maintain their intended taste profile, appearance, and aroma
  • Consistency: Pasteurization ensures that each bottle, can, or keg tastes the same, building brand trust and loyalty among consumers
  • Export and Distribution: Exported beverages face different challenges, and pasteurization helps maintain quality throughout the supply chain

Pasteurization safeguards beer quality, enhances stability, and enables beverage producers to share their creations worldwide.

How does Dry Tunnel Pallet Pasteurization work

Pasteurize entire packaged pallets of beverages, including labeled products and boxes, without de-palletizing. This dry air pasteurization system combines intelligent airflow and mixing technology with smart sensing to ensure uniform pasteurization in packaging formats of all kinds.

  • Smart: Rotation + Sensing + Agitation + Spacing
  • Fast: Pasteurize a stacked pallet of packaged beverages in < 1h
  • Uniform: Sensor-array monitored temperatures guarantees every can is uniformly pasteurized
  • Small Footprint: 8’ x 8’ x 10’
  • Flexible: Bottles or cans in cases or flats of wine, beer, cider… and kegs too
  • Low Operating Cost: Integrated LP/Nat Gas Heating; no steam or boiler required
ABV-Technology-Pasteurizer-Machine
ABV Technology Analyzer Process

Out with the old

Measurement of ABV and Calories is either inaccurate, expensive, or time consuming for craft breweries when using remote 3rd party options.

There's increased pressure from the FDA and TTB to provide more information on labels. Errors in this measurement are expensive and recalls due to mislabeling are commonplace–especially in NA beverage products.

In with TTB-compliant measurements

  • Approved by 3rd party TTB certified chemical engineers while compared to other valid methods. Competition is $3X to $4X
  • Flexible for use with ALL beverage types
  • Compact bench top device made of industrial grade steel
  • Fits well in any lab environment or beverage manufacturing facility
  • Includes a touch screen interface with simple plug and play operation
  • Dedicated support from ABV Technology
  • Network connectivity and remote monitoring
  • Easy to operate, clean, and maintain
ABV Technology Analyzer Machine
ABV Technology Service Facility Centers

Partnerships in the making

We offer Dealcoholization, Pasteurization, and Lab Services using our 3 Product Offerings: Equalizer + Pasteurizer + Analyzer

Our Service Facility Center Model:

  • We retain ownership of the equipment and of the service customer base
  • Partner provides facilities and contract brewing+packing
  • Allow beverage makers to ship product to our service facilities
  • Dealcoholize their beverages, pasteurize them, analyze, and ship them back
  • This makes our technology available to ALL producers
  • Future Track: Deploy more service facilities around the country
  • Starting at $130/bbl ($0.50 per pint) and Volume Discounts to $45/bbl ($0.11 per pint) 
  • Generates $1.5M of revenue per location per Equalizer annually at 20%  net margin =$300k profit
  • We have a running book of service business valued at ~2M to date
ABV Technology Our Service Model

Bring beverages to the equipment

  • Similar to mobile canning but a customers fermented beverages are brought/shipped to a service facility
  • Validated in Minnesota: More than 70 breweries and 300+ recipes through our HQ service facility
  • Partner beverage producers in high-density regional clusters offer capacity to nearby breweries, wineries, cider-makers, and other beverage manufacturers
  • Over 50+ like locations in the United States alone
ABV Wefunder CraftBeer dot com brewery cluster map
Map Source: CraftBeer.com

Regional snapshots of great wine hot spots

Map of the US vineyards: Over 1M acres in different Wine Regions and AVAs (American Viticultural Areas). Today wine is produced in all 50 US states with vines planted in more than 30 states.

ABV Wefunder US Vineyards Winery map
Map Source: Vineyards.com
ABV Wefunder - Total Addressable Market

US Beer, Wine and Other Beverage Segmentation

Products and services are relevant at most segments of US Beverage Market: 

  • Equalizer (EQ) is scalable to fit any size producer. Customization at larger scales
  • Pasteurizer (PZ) is scalable to fit any size producer
  • Analyzer (AZ) for small to medium producers as main, and large as secondary/specialized
ABV Technology TAM US Brewery Market
ABV Technology TAM US Winery and Cider Maker Market

US Beer Hardware Total Addressable Market (TAM)

Assuming the segmentation needs and a standard cost of $320k per bbl/h throughput 

  • Non-Craft: Higher performance DeAlc (Equalizer - 20x+ machine) and no Analyzer measurements
  • Large Regional: Mid-range DeAlc (Equalizer - 3x machine) and no Analyzer measurements
  • Regional: Entry level DeAlc (Equalizer - 1x machine) and Analyzer measurement sales
  • Micro: Analyzer measurement sales
  • Taproom: No Hardware
ABV Technology TAM US Brewery Hardware

Global Beer Hardware TAM

ABV-Technology---TAM Global Brewery Addressable Hardware Market

US Beer Service Facilities TAM

  • ABV has developed DeAlc as a service for producers which cannot afford to buy equipment
  • Combined customer NA+Filtrate outputs average to $130/bbl processed
  • Based on 10% of total production being NA in mature markets: $70M of annual revenue
ABV-Technology---TAM US Brewery Addressable Service Market

Global Beer Service Facilities TAM

ABV-Technology---TAM Global Brewery Addressable Service Market
ABV-Technology-Partnership-Line-up

It takes a village

  • Over 100 Service Customers are making non-alcoholic (NA), low-alcoholic (LA) and sugar-free/gluten-free seltzer filtrate beverages (mainly out of our St. Paul, MN headquarters)
  • 60 Analyzers built, and 15 deployed to customers, 13 as hardware sales and 2 as service
  • 16 Equalizers built, 10 actively deployed, 2 at partnerships in Chicago and New York
  • Pasteurizer is in final testing and deployment phase, with multiple producers holding reserved units and service customers in line
ABV Technology Brewery Partner logos


What they're saying

ABV Technology - Wefunder Testimonial Matt Schwandt Bauhaus Brew Labs
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ABV Technology - Wefunder Testimonial Bob Countryman Nine Mile Brewing
John Hensley, Founder & CEO - Johnny Whites
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ABV Technology NA Beverages Making Headlines

The largest news sources are covering it

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We're included in the conversation

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Big investments are already being made

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ABV Technology Where Your Investment Will Go

How we will grow*

  • Add more service partnerships
  • Expand marketing efforts
  • Accelerate Equalizer, Pasteurizer, and Analyzer sales
  • Expand into EU, AUS, ME, AP
  • Build reseller channels  
  • Revenues to $1M by end of 2024, $4M by 2025 
  • Cash flow positive in 2024

How you can join us

  • We're looking to connect with more humans in the Beer, Wine, Cider, Spirits and Better-for-You Beverage categories
  • Our search for industry sales personnel continues... know anyone?
  • Invest and help us successfully fund our $2M crowd funding campaign here on Wefunder
ABV Technology 6 year P&L - Updated Nov 2024


ABV Technology Our Financials

* Forward looking projections cannot be guaranteed


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Statement From The CEO

"I want to personally thank you for considering an investment in ABV Technology. Your support means the world to us, and we’re excited about the future we're building together. We’ve spent the last few years developing cutting-edge solutions that empower beverage producers to create high-quality non-alcoholic, low-alcohol, and better-for-you products. Now, with your help, we’re on the cusp of significant growth, and it’s an exciting time to be part of this journey.
At ABV Technology, we’re committed to staying ahead of industry trends and meeting the evolving needs of beverage producers and consumers alike. With the rise in demand for healthier, non-alcoholic beverages, we believe our patented products like the Equalizer, Analyzer, and Pasteurizer offer the industry’s best solutions. These innovations will help producers improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of their operations, allowing them to thrive in an increasingly competitive market.
A successful crowdfunding campaign through Wefunder will enable us to expand our service centers across the country, bringing our technology to the thousands of breweries and wineries that cannot afford significant upfront investments. This will provide a new avenue for them to produce exceptional NA and low-alcohol beverages, further strengthening the NA movement and ABV Technology’s position in the market. Your investment will allow us to scale our operations, unlock new revenue streams, and drive long-term profitability.
Looking ahead, we have ambitious plans. From deploying our new pasteurization solutions to enhancing our measuring technology, we’re focused on continuous innovation. With your investment, we can accelerate our timeline and bring more groundbreaking products to market. By 2025, we expect to reach profitability, and with our service model generating high-margin recurring revenue, we’re confident in our ability to grow sustainably.
Thank you for believing in ABV Technology. Your investment will fuel our vision, allowing us to deliver on our promise to revolutionize the beverage industry. Together, we can create a future where high-quality, better-for-you beverages are accessible to all, and we can’t wait to share that future with you."
Ben Jordan | Founder & CEO
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