# Kadeya

Plastic-Free Beverage Vending Kiosks 

- Canonical URL: https://wefunder.com/kadeya
- Entity ID: wefunder:company:178608
- Last updated: 2026-06-05T21:38:21Z
- Generated at: 2026-06-06T02:52:23Z

## Quick facts
- 2 patents issued
- 27 stations pre-booked, representing $2M ARR
- Fortune 500 Customers like US Air Force, Ecolab, Georgia Pacific, Canteen (Compass Group)
- International founding team with 6 exits
- Reduces beverage costs by 15-25% for B2B customers
- 75% less GHG than single-use
- $32M Pipeline ready to be activated

## Active fundraises
- wefunder:fundraise:138653: 4(a)(6) successful (USD)
- wefunder:fundraise:138652: 4(a)(6) successful (USD)

## Story
Kadeya is transforming the beverage industry from the bottle up.We’ve designed the world’s first fully automated beverage vending machine. This machine dispenses water AND your favorite beverages on demand and then takes bottles back for cleaning & reuse. Kadeya washes, sanitizes, inspects, and refills bottles right where you use them.No more plastic. No more pallets. No more waste.Single-use is broken.We all know plastic is a problem. Single-use bottles clog oceans, pollute ecosystems, and produce more greenhouse gases than the airline industry. Yet, we keep using them because they’re cheap, quick, and everywhere.Kadeya aims to change how beverages are delivered and consumed. We want to reduce waste and fix inefficiencies in an outdated industry.The beverage industry is outdated.Ever wondered what it takes to get a packaged drink into your hand? It starts with raw material extraction, then bottle production, filling, and global transport.Imagine a world where hydration is waste-free, cost-effective, and easy to access.Kadeya cuts 99.9% of plastic waste and 75% of beverage-related GHG emissions.This isn’t just about sustainability; it's a logistical challenge for companies that must hydrate their teams. We save money and reduce logistics issues for businesses needing to keep hundreds of workers hydrated.Kadeya’s closed-loop beverage stations reinvent the packaged beverage supply chain.Our kiosks provide drinks in reusable stainless steel bottles.Bottles return to any kiosk in the network. There, robots clean, sanitize, inspect, and refill them all by themselves.Our closed-loop system matches the convenience of grab-and-go without the waste or emissions.Think of us as the Liquid Railroad—your zero-waste beverage solution, everywhere.Our stainless steel bottles have a flat side. This design lets you carry your phone and bottle in one hand. The cap has a special twist mechanism to keep carbonation, so your drink stays cold and crisp.Consumer demand for convenient, flavorful, and cold drinks is at an all-time high. Yet, this comes at a huge environmental cost. Americans use over 800 disposable containers per person each year. Wasting billions that end up in landfills or oceans.At the same time, companies face pressure to cut plastic and carbon emissions. Workers and consumers want responsible options.Until now, no scalable solution has existed.New advances in robotics, cloud tech, and AI now allow for local, closed-loop bottling at scale. Kadeya is the first to combine these elements into a sustainable, profitable alternative to single-use bottles.We’re not following a trend. We’re creating a new infrastructure.Unlike other solutions Kadeya doesn't just vend water, but you can get all your favorite and branded flavored drinks now in a reuse system without the waste.Our initial market is blue-collar workplaces where hydration is crucial.Frontline workers in manufacturing, logistics, construction, and the military often can’t easily get safe, cold hydration.The current system wastes resources. It relies on single-use pallets, vending machines, and jugs. This approach leads to high labor costs and health risks.Early customers pre-ordered Kadeya to reduce plastic bottle waste. Our system also saves time, money, and labor in keeping their teams hydrated.We’ve run three pilots that prove our key benefits. These workplaces aim to cut single-use plastic. They want to save money and improve employee hydration and engagement.During our pilots, users loved us. Our power users became advocates, spreading positive experiences through word of mouth.Kadeya owns and operates the station and offers a hydration-as-a-service pricing model. Workplaces pay per drink for water, making it free for employees. Workers can upgrade to flavored drinks, like vending machines.We partner with Food & Beverage Service providers (e.g., Compass, Sodexo) for quick scaling. We provide a monthly lease or equipment purchase option. This is for channel partners who keep their drink revenues.Note: future projections cannot be guaranteed.Our go-to-market strategy helps us grow with food and beverage service providers. It also connects us to direct customers who have large real estate footprints. This helps us deploy our robotic beverage stations with optimal effectiveness.We currently have more demand than we can handle. We’re sold out through 2025, with our first 27 commercial stations shipping early 2026. New customers are reaching out daily to deploy our stations globally.We’re starting with a $10 billion opportunity in U.S. workplace hydration—but that’s just the start.We plan to expand to Europe and the UK in the next 3 to 5 years.The global packaged beverage industry is worth $2 trillion. Kadeya’s closed-loop system can eliminate single-use containers across the industry.The single-use market is 40 times bigger than reusables. Plus, it is growing faster, so reusables can’t keep up.Reusables are not a scaleable solution to the global plastic waste crisis.Kadeya replaces single-use bottled water and flavored drinks, not reusables.Every single-use plastic bottle sheds microplastics and nanoplastics—tiny fragments that end up in your water, your body, and the air around you. And when bottles sit in hot warehouses, trucks, or job sites for days (or weeks), the leaching gets worse.Recent studies have shown that:Bottled water can contain hundreds of thousands of microplastics per literHeat and time significantly increase plastic leachingEven aluminum cans and Tetra Paks often have plastic liners insideKadeya eliminates this risk at the source.We use:Stainless steel bottles—no plastic, no liner, no leachingFresh, on-demand bottling—your drink is dispensed seconds before you sip itNo storage in heat, no long transport times, no degradation of qualityThis means:No invisible contaminantsNo chemical breakdown from temperature or UV exposureSafer, cleaner, trusted hydration—every single timeKadeya gives you peace of mind—not just about the planet, but about what’s actually in your drink.We begin in workplaces where hydration budgets already exist. But our long-term vision? Places where people get drinks including: universities, hospitals, airports, sports and entertainment venues, retail, and more.Future-looking projections cannot be guaranteed.2023/24: Initial pilots2025: Go-to-market validated2026: Operations & manufacturing ready to scale2027: Expand beyond Midwest2028: ProfitableOur team is a key part of Kadeya’s success:Manuela Zoninsein, our CEO and founder, has led two ag-tech startups globally. She has an MBA from MIT and attended Harvard.Denis Lussault, our CPO, has led two robotics companies from Series A to IPO. He has strong skills in hardware-software integration.Ali Rose, our Marketing Director, previously founded a circular economy company. She has experience in both consumer and B2B marketing.Luis Toriz, our Machine Testing Technician has worked various roles in hospitality and food & beverage for over 14 years as a barista, supervisor, and trainer.We have reduced key risks in product development, customer acquisition, and financial planning.Kadeya’s ecosystem has more than just the kiosk. It features our stainless steel infinite bottle, a user app, and a corporate dashboard. These tools help track hydration and impact metrics. Partners and beverage companies also have advertising opportunities.Future looking projections cannot be guaranteedWe're providing more than drinks. We're also offering valuable data insights. This will enhance the whole beverage ecosystem and open new revenue streams.Kadeya’s hardware sets us apart. We collect unique data on hydration and beverage retail.In the future, AI agents will help personalize shopping experiences. They will also optimize sales and consumption at every unique kiosk.As we grow our network of stations, we can plug in to existing d-OOH advertising networks. This will generate hundreds of millions of annual impressions and digital OOH opportunities.Kadeya is changing the out-of-home beverage market. It's doing it like the biggest disruptors today. Kadeya makes it easy to enjoy high-quality, cost-effective grab-and-go drinks. Plus, there’s no plastic waste!Backed by 30+ climate tech investors, with deep experience in industrial deployment, hardware scaling, and venture growth - Supply Change Capital, MOVE Ventures, Oxonian Ventures, Tarrson Capital (University of Chicago Venture Fund), SBXI (MIT Student Venture Fund), Exelon Foundation, Evergreen Climate Innovations, and notable angels Zachary Smith (Ex-Equinix, Ex-Packet, Ex-Voxel), Brendan Wallace (Fifth Wall), Erik Allebest (Founder of Chess.com), Andy Dunn (Bonobos & Pie), Hugo Barra (ex-Google, ex-Meta, ex-Xiaomi).Join us in reshaping the beverage industry! We invite our community to invest with our lead investors Refashiond Ventures, a NYC-based venture capital firm investing at the forefront of technologies transforming legacy industries, particularly through supply chain innovation.Kadeya is tackling more than workplace hydration. We’re addressing the waste crisis in beverage distribution. Our goal is to shift the entire industry from plastic to a zero-waste future.We’re the first platform that makes reuse sustainable, scalable, profitable, and fun.Join us as we work to eliminate single-use bottles forever, for everyone, everywhere.

## FAQ
1. **Hi there, I love this concept. Could you provide more information about the durability of the bottles? Specifically, construction, how they hold up cosmetically after repeated use, how long bottles typically stay in circulation, and what condition they were in at the end of yo...**
   - Hi Kelsey, great questions! Re: Bottle Durability Kadeya bottles are constructed from durable stainless steel with a matte finish to minimize visible wear and tear. Because they’re used, returned, and sanitized in under two hours—rather than carried around all day—they experience significantly less cosmetic degradation than typical personal reusable bottles. Each bottle is designed for long-term circulation and tracked to ensure quality. In our pilot programs, bottles achieved a 99%+ return r...
2. **Good stuff. I see your orders for 27 stations, that is amazing along with the revenue per station. Do you see you guys doing anything with nude food market? I can see something there. How much does it cost to make each station? Can you only make 1 station at a time? Where you ...**
   - Hi John, Our initial go to market strategy is focused on workplaces (mostly industrial, manufacturing, fulfillment, and construction), but in the future when we expand to more retail and public facing environments, Nude Food Market is a great example that shares a lot of our same values. Theme parks are definitely on our radar for the future too. Currently each initial station costs $60k, with a plan to decrease to $26k. We plan on scaling progressively to 2 stations per week in 2026, and the...
3. **me again lol. yesterday I spoke to several huge companies. we provide a service to some of them. they order pallets of water every month along with vending machines. one I don't think really has a budget, they way they order stuff has me speechless. they have pallets of water ...**
   - Hi James, The Kadeya station dispenses not just water but flavored and branded drinks you already know & love - think coke, pepsi, dr. pepper, gatorade, snapple etc. Anything you'd typically see in a soda fountain can be carried in a Kadeya station. Gatorade is definitely a popular product for our manufacturing & construction customers & something we will be carrying in the stations. Our forecasted # of stations and revenue is available to view on our overview page if you scroll d...
4. **50k investment, courtside to watch the Chicago sky. Why are you trying to punishing people? Is there anything else instead? Where you get the product made what is their capacity? You have 44 machine with 27 of those being sold cause of pre orders lets say you sell 20 more, how...**
   - Hey John, In terms of the investor perks, happy to discuss an alternative if you would not be interested in a Chicago Sky game, although we find the games quite fun & good bonding! Plus the real reward is joining Kadeya as an investor and sharing in our journey and the upside of building the future of beverage. :) With the recent tariff changes, our first stations will now be built with our engineering team in Europe (our team is already hard at work on the first stations being deployed i...
5. **Hi Kadeya, really appreciated your first video and sharing the journey that sparked the idea. Love the co-creation perspective that you have embraced and excited to see what the next year holds for you. Excellent chosen target market. Obviously will learn more about usage rate...**
   - Hi Stu, thanks so much for showing interest in the future of beverage we're building at Kadeya and for sharing our enthusiasm for our target market. Basic maintenance (restocking bag-in-box, pressing a button for automated weekly cleaning) is performed by customer employees, with more advanced issues handled by Food and Beverage Service (FBS) partners. Kadeya's service team will address more complex problems​​ or repairs. Long term we will partner with service partners & are already plann...

## Team
- Manuela Zoninsein (CEO)
- Denis Lussault (Chief Product Officer)
- Ali Rose Van Overbeke (Head of Growth)
- Luis Toriz (Vending Machine Testing Technician)

## Recent posts
- Sneak peek at the first commercial Kadeya station (2026-05-22T13:00:00Z)
- 💧 We Did It — Thank You (2026-04-07T22:02:00Z)
- ⏳ Final Extension: Invest by April 6 (2026-04-01T16:27:45Z)
- 🚀 First Kadeya Station Complete — Shipping to the U.S. (2026-03-28T23:00:28Z)
- Heads Down, Building — First Stations Are Almost Here (2026-03-21T18:53:35Z)
- 🎁 Invest $1,000+ by March 30th → Get the exclusive Kadeya PR Box (2026-03-18T23:00:18Z)
- 🎙️Dive Deeper with Kadeya's Cofounders - Robotics to Reuse: How Kadeya’s CPO Is Rebuilding the Beverage Supply Chain (2026-03-17T15:22:50Z)
- Join Our Final Investor Webinar (2026-03-07T15:00:00Z)
- Pieces are coming together. Literally! ⁠ ⁠ Luis, our testing technician, is in Paris building Kadeya’s first commercial machines. We couldn’t wait to share the progress so far 🎉⁠ ⁠ Main structure built ✔️⁠ Sanitation system in ✔️⁠ Stay tuned for episode 2! (2026-02-24T16:47:45Z)
- Kadeya’s CPO explains What It Takes to Build Reuse That Works (2026-02-04T19:50:50Z)
- Kadeya featured as a case study in Impact Capital Manager's report on ESG accountability (2026-01-18T18:32:53Z)
- ✍️ Go deeper with Manuela’s latest Substack (2026-01-16T17:05:22Z)
- Meet Our Lead Investors: Why Refashiond Ventures Backed Kadeya (2026-01-15T19:47:40Z)
- UPDATE: Tomorrow's LIVE Wefunder Investor Q&A has been moved from 2PM to 3:30 PM CT (2025-12-17T23:40:07Z)
- 🎙️ Unbottled Episode 3: How to Break Overconsumption: Ashlee Piper on No New Things & Sustainable Living (2025-12-17T16:29:58Z)

## Q&A
- Q: Hi Ali and Manuela, This is a really interesting model, especially with the closed-loop system and workplace focus. I'm tying to understand the unit economics a bit more. With current station costs around ~$60K (moving toward ~$26K) and ~$62K per station per year projected, what assumptions are you making around utilization and payback period at the deployment level? In other words, how quickly does a station become economically self-sustaining once installed? Thanks very much and congrats with the success you're having with the raise. Nick Hunley
  - A: Hi Nick, thanks so much for your thoughtful question. For Kadeya, our base case model is based on Hydration-as-a-service. B2B pays Kadeya per usage on water & end user purchases flavored product directly through the station like a vending machine. We assume 264 business days a year, 300 dispenses per day 70% water 30% flavored drinks For Kadeya, we're targeting a <12 month payback period (~10 months) *assuming our targeted station COGs For our customers they see on average a 25-35% decrease in costs they're currently spending hydrating + providing beverages to workers. Let me know if you have any additional questions, here to help!
- Q: me again lol. yesterday I spoke to several huge companies. we provide a service to some of them. they order pallets of water every month along with vending machines. one I don't think really has a budget, they way they order stuff has me speechless. they have pallets of water sitting all over the place along with Gatorade. they needed the gatorade for the electrolytes for the workers. the guys that stocks the drinks in the vending machines doesn't come often. they all asked me to ask you if you guys were now or one day able to do Gatorade or something with electrolytes, could that be an option? I saw where you mentioned that for 2026 you would scale to 2 machines a week, which isn't a lot at all a few accounts really likely it and there you go. than you will scale huge the following year. which is good for 2027 but not for 2026. the founder mentioned construction sites, I own a realestate company and friends with a lot of others with construction companies etc. in other words I can move a lot of machines. I just hate to do it and it takes a year or so for them to get it. the margins the founder said that you guys have vs single bottle options was amazing. no brainer for companies to use use guys. thanks for your time and I look forward to the journey! What would be nice which really helped a company that i invested in that is finalizing an acquisition now for a ton, I flew to be with them is we had shirts with a barcode on the back that told what we offered. We had something special was just about as many knowing about it as possible.
  - A: Hi James, The Kadeya station dispenses not just water but flavored and branded drinks you already know & love - think coke, pepsi, dr. pepper, gatorade, snapple etc. Anything you'd typically see in a soda fountain can be carried in a Kadeya station. Gatorade is definitely a popular product for our manufacturing & construction customers & something we will be carrying in the stations. Our forecasted # of stations and revenue is available to view on our overview page if you scroll down. 2026 we will be deploying 44 stations (27 are already pre-ordered), 2027: 104 stations deployed 2028: 200 stations deployed 2029: 410 stations deployed *these are conservative estimates and we anticipate scaling up quite quickly with a land and expand approach with our large enterprise customers. If you or anyone you know is interested in learning more about securing a Kadeya station(s) for your company or location you can schedule a call here: kadeya.com/kadeya-get-a-station Appreciate all your support & questions.
- Q: In the details page you state that you will need "$65M in equity financing and $24M in debt financing to reach profitability" and build 500 units (targeted in 2027). Can you explain what went into calculating this? At current costs of 60k, this would be 30M for 500 units, but you stated targeting costs to come down quite a bit. This is quite a lot of financing to pull in. Do you have leads on potential investors for follow on rounds? What if you aren't able to raise that much?
  - A: Hi Brian, great questions - you’re right to focus on this, as the capital plan ties directly to how we scale efficiently. The $65M equity / $24M debt figure from the Wefunder materials was built off an earlier version of our model that assumed (i) a higher upfront cost per unit, (ii) a more balance-sheet-heavy HaaS rollout, and (iii) a more conservative ramp in utilization and revenue per station. A few key points on what went into that estimate: 1. Not just hardware costs: While 500 units at ~$60K implies ~$30M in hardware, that’s only part of the picture. The full capital requirement also included: - Working capital to support deployments (inventory, installation, early servicing) - Building out operations, service infrastructure, and the FBS channel - Carrying costs under a HaaS model (where we own the asset and recover over time) 2. Conservative early assumptions: The original model intentionally baked in higher COGS and slower cost-down to avoid undercapitalizing the business in early planning. 3. Equity vs. debt mix: Because this is an asset-backed model, a meaningful portion of the capital was always expected to come from non-dilutive financing as units are deployed and unit economics are proven.
- Q: How many shares are issued with the $100 investment?
  - A: The price per share is $0.14272, implying 700 shares.
- Q: Dear Lumohs Team,I hope this message finds you well.I am writing to express my strong interest as a private investor in the Lumohs project. Your mission to standardize safety in the most common medical procedures is both impactful and highly relevant in today’s healthcare environment. Improving consistency and patient safety in routine medical practices represents a critical need, and I am impressed by the progress you have already achieved, including successfully reaching your initial funding goal.I am particularly interested in supporting innovative healthcare solutions that combine practical application, scalability, and meaningful clinical impact. Lumohs’ approach to enhancing safety standards aligns perfectly with my investment philosophy, which focuses on long-term value creation and real-world benefits for patients and healthcare providers.I would appreciate the opportunity to receive additional information regarding your current investment terms, future development roadmap, and the potential ways I can participate in this funding round.Thank you for your time and for the important work your team is doing. I look forward to your response and to the possibility of contributing to the continued growth and success of Lumohs.Kind regards,KAMAL AARON PRIVATE INVESTOR KAMAL.INVESTMENT@OUTLOOK.COM +44.7466.389.376
- Q: Hello and I love your idea. How will the bottles be cleaned and sanitized? What chemicals will be used in the sanitation and cleaning if any? and question #2 is will each vending machine need a hook-up to plumbing for water?
  - A: Hi there, great questions! Kadeya's closed-loop vending machines dispense beverages in reusable stainless steel bottles. Upon return, using robotics these bottles are autonomously inspected, cleaned & sanitized (using commercial industrial dishwashing technology from one of the world's leading companies) dried, stored, and refilled within the same station​​. Standard chemicals provided by Ecolab, including detergent, sanitizer, and rinse aid, are used in the cleaning process​​. For installation each station hooks up to electric, as well as a potable source of water (most typically plumbed into a water line) as well as a drain.
- Q: Who can invest, globally?
  - A: Hi Nijel, thanks for showing interest in Kadeya. I'd recommend checking out Wefunder's International Investor Guide here: https://help.wefunder.com/154992-linked/international-investor-guide As well as all of their Investor FAQ's here: https://help.wefunder.com/#/investor/getting-started-for-investors
- Q: what is the stock ticker for Kadeya
  - A: Hi James! Kadeya isn’t a public company yet, so there’s no stock ticker today. We’re a private startup raising through a Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) offering on Wefunder, which allows individuals to invest in early-stage private companies. If Kadeya eventually goes public or is acquired, investors would participate in that upside.
- Q: wefunder fixed everything and apologized over and over. so ready to get going Saturday! I usually don't like when companies grow slow on purpose but what the founder said made sense. it's funny I am a Harvard grad, the other sustainability companies I invested the founders were Harvard grads and the founders for this company is a Harvard grad. last and final question. I noticed that the founder was standing next to a machine that looks different than this one. it looked like a drink machine vending machine you find in a break room. is that an old style one or we can pick and choose which one we want this look or other? I like the tall look one better. this works perfect for places with delivery drivers where they buy pallets of water frequently. ups, fedex, amazon etc. one of my companies we provide a service for ups. I noticed the employees at ups take a sip and throw the plastic bottles on the floor, plastic bottles are over the place. this would save the company all kinds of money. where I live the recycling places don't accept plastic anymore. thanks for your responses! have a great day!
  - A: The initial stations that will be deployed are one model and size. (The photos you see directly on the Wefunder page are the commercial stations shipping this year) It is approximately 82" wide x 78" tall x 33" deep (about the footprint of two vending machines or convenience fridges side by side) In the future we may explore different models and designs. And we couldn't agree more, our target market includes industrials, manufacturing, and fulfillment centers!
- Q: I reached out to the company, they didn't change their mind and wefunder won't respond. I can't trust them anymore. thanks for your time
  - A: Hi John, please direct all issues related to other companies & Wefunder as a platform directly to support@wefunder.com - we are unable to assist with issues you may have previously had with investing in other companies on the platform. If there are any questions related directly to Kadeya or our campaign, happy to help!
- Q: I was ready to invest in your company. I made investments in other companies the past few days and the idiots at wefunder cancelled it and gave me a refund even though I said nothing about a refund. I would hate to invest in your company and they do the same thing. I don't know what is wrong with them. Anyway thanks for your time
  - A: Hi John, so sorry to hear about your experience with Wefunder previously. I would recommend connecting with Wefunder or the previous company you tried to invest in directly to discuss this issue and better understand what happened. Individual companies can also chose to cancel and not accept an investment. You can read more on the Wefunder's FAQ's here about why you may have been refunded: https://help.wefunder.com/#/investor/refunds-and-reinvesting If you have any additional questions directly about investing in Kadeya, here to help!
- Q: Hi Kadeya, really appreciated your first video and sharing the journey that sparked the idea. Love the co-creation perspective that you have embraced and excited to see what the next year holds for you. Excellent chosen target market. Obviously will learn more about usage rates at different locations next year. Anyway, congrats on all you've accomplished thus far - clearly a learning organization. My question is if you could talk a bit about how you plan to service the machines (inspection, repair, restocking if necessary, etc.). Thank you!
  - A: Hi Stu, thanks so much for showing interest in the future of beverage we're building at Kadeya and for sharing our enthusiasm for our target market. Basic maintenance (restocking bag-in-box, pressing a button for automated weekly cleaning) is performed by customer employees, with more advanced issues handled by Food and Beverage Service (FBS) partners. Kadeya's service team will address more complex problems​​ or repairs. Long term we will partner with service partners & are already planning to train our FBS partners to fully own and operate machines. Stations will also be monitored remotely for automated and proactive service + technical support.
- Q: 50k investment, courtside to watch the Chicago sky. Why are you trying to punishing people? Is there anything else instead? Where you get the product made what is their capacity? You have 44 machine with 27 of those being sold cause of pre orders lets say you sell 20 more, how long will it take to get 3 more, just want to understand time frame. I enjoyed listening to the webinar the other day, good stuff. Will there be a recording? should be last question you and founder have done a great job answering questions. thanks for your time! I am in!
  - A: Hey John, In terms of the investor perks, happy to discuss an alternative if you would not be interested in a Chicago Sky game, although we find the games quite fun & good bonding! Plus the real reward is joining Kadeya as an investor and sharing in our journey and the upside of building the future of beverage. :) With the recent tariff changes, our first stations will now be built with our engineering team in Europe (our team is already hard at work on the first stations being deployed in 2026) & as we are already exploring domestic as well as international contract manufacturers to optimize and keep costs down.  Initial stations hold a stock of 180 bottles but with the flow study of bottle returns in our initial industrial customers at MINIMUM do 300 dispenses per day. We plan on scaling production progressively to 2 stations per week in 2026, and then 20 stations per week by end of 2027. We plan on pre-selling the remaining 17 machines for 2026 in Q1 & Q2. The recording for the webinar was emailed out to all those who registered, I'll resend to the email you registered for the webinar with. We're happy to hear you're in & excited to have you join us! Let me know if there are any additional questions I can help answer.
- Q: Good stuff. I see your orders for 27 stations, that is amazing along with the revenue per station. Do you see you guys doing anything with nude food market? I can see something there. How much does it cost to make each station? Can you only make 1 station at a time? Where you make the stations how many can you produce monthly etc. The 27 stations you have orders for how long will it take to fulfill the orders. I can see this being at theme parks too. thanks for your time!
  - A: Hi John, Our initial go to market strategy is focused on workplaces (mostly industrial, manufacturing, fulfillment, and construction), but in the future when we expand to more retail and public facing environments, Nude Food Market is a great example that shares a lot of our same values. Theme parks are definitely on our radar for the future too. Currently each initial station costs $60k, with a plan to decrease to $26k. We plan on scaling progressively to 2 stations per week in 2026, and then 20 stations per week by end of 2027. All this being handled by a Contract Manufacturer. We will be fulfilling our first 27 pre-orders by the end of Q3 as we simultaneously start selling into new accounts
- Q: Hi there, I love this concept. Could you provide more information about the durability of the bottles? Specifically, construction, how they hold up cosmetically after repeated use, how long bottles typically stay in circulation, and what condition they were in at the end of your pilot programs. In high-traffic environments (i.e., stadiums after a game or concert), how do you plan to handle peak-time returns? I’m wondering how you’ll prevent long lines at return stations and avoid bottles being discarded instead of returned. Thanks for building something innovative!
  - A: Hi Kelsey, great questions! Re: Bottle Durability Kadeya bottles are constructed from durable stainless steel with a matte finish to minimize visible wear and tear. Because they’re used, returned, and sanitized in under two hours—rather than carried around all day—they experience significantly less cosmetic degradation than typical personal reusable bottles. Each bottle is designed for long-term circulation and tracked to ensure quality. In our pilot programs, bottles achieved a 99%+ return rate and are still in use today, with no need for replacement so far. We estimate bottles will remain in circulation for thousands of uses, currently we've seen hundreds thanks to our rigorous wash and inspection cycle. Additionally every bottle is inspected at every return to ensure there are no defective bottles in circulation. Re: Handling Peak-Time Returns in High-Traffic Environments While Kadeya is currently focused on industrial worksites, high-traffic use cases like stadiums are on our radar from the future because we've received a lot of inbound demand for this use case. As with our workplace deployments, we’ll take a test-and-iterate approach first starting with prototypes and pilot programs—designing for speed, queue management, and user experience. Future station models for these environments will likely differ from our current unit, with features like multiple return ports, dedicated return bins, or mobile collection points to prevent bottlenecks. We don't have all the answers yet for this use case, but we're committed to maintaining our high return rates and believe that with the right product design and operational flow, we can deliver a seamless experience even at peak volumes.