© 2025 Ross Hamilton
© 2025 Ross Hamilton
© 2025 Ross Hamilton
BeansUp.
BeansUp.
Introduction
Introduction
BeansUp was a company I started back in 2016 to solve the problem of queues in coffee shops. The end result was a seamless way to pre-order, pay and collect your coffee from your favourite cafes. This was a project completed entirely by me and was a business I founded back in 2016. This was also my first experience raising venture capital.
Year
2016
Industry
Independant & Multi National Coffee Shops
Scope of work
/
Solo Project (Design -> Deployment)
/
Full Stack
/
UI / UX Design
/
Front End Dev
/
Back End Dev
/
Branding
Timeline
12 weeks
Introduction
BeansUp was a company I started back in 2016 to solve the problem of queues in coffee shops. The end result was a seamless way to pre-order, pay and collect your coffee from your favourite cafes. This was a project completed entirely by me and was a business I founded back in 2016. This was also my first experience raising venture capital.
Year
2016
Industry
Independant & Multi National Coffee Shops
Scope of work
/
Solo Project (Design -> Deployment)
/
Full Stack
/
UI / UX Design
/
Front End Dev
/
Back End Dev
/
Branding
Timeline
12 weeks
Projects Key Feature Set
Projects Key Feature Set
Projects Key Feature Set
Features.
Feature
(001)
iOS & Android App
iOS & Android App
(002)
One touch order and pay
One touch order and pay
(003)
Order management web dashboard
Order management web dashboard
(004)
Loyalty stamps scheme
Loyalty stamps scheme
(005)
Live menu & inventory
Live menu & inventory
(006)
Customisable, white-label design
Customisable, white-label design
(007)
Multi-location capability
Multi-location capability
(008)
Native In-App Payments
Native In-App Payments
(009)
Offers and promotions
Offers and promotions
Project Highlight
£100k+ Investment Raised
Raised £100,000 private investment via a Queens University affiliate to launch the BeansUp Platform.
Ross Hamilton
Project Highlight
Awarded best in-store product
4.2% → 5.9%
Best In-Store Product - World Of Coffee Rimini, Italy - SCAE SpecialityCoffee Association Europe. An event attended by 40k people
Ross Hamilton
Project Highlight
21,000+ users across 3 countries
Google Search Ranking
Page One, Result One
Grew my business to over 21k end users and 15 coffee brands across 45+ locations and 3 countries. Built apps for the NHS Scotlands coffee chain Aroma Coffee. Also provided app solutions for one of the UK’s largest independently owned coffee chains, Bob And Berts.
Ross Hamilton
Challenges
Challenges
BeansUp is a software as a service business that takes the time, expense and technical knowledge required out of creating a beautiful, fully branded mobile app for coffee shops.
Raised £100,000 private investment via a Queens University affiliate to launch the BeansUp Platform. The platform enables coffee shops both independent and multi-location to offer their customers a unique, branded, pre-order and pay, and digital loyalty apps in both the Android and iOS stores. It also offered a web-based order management dashboard for staff and managers to view and process customer app orders, and explore statistics on customer loyalty. Accepted onto InvestNI’s Propel program for up and coming businesses. Awarded Best In-Store product at the World Of Coffee even tin Rimini, Italy. First page google presence for the search ‘ mobile coffee apps'. Grew to 18,000+ app users across 45 locations in 3 countries,
Raised £100,000 private investment via a Queens University affiliate to launch the BeansUp Platform. The platform enables coffee shops both independent and multi-location to offer their customers a unique, branded, pre-order and pay, and digital loyalty apps in both the Android and iOS stores. It also offered a web-based order management dashboard for staff and managers to view and process customer app orders, and explore statistics on customer loyalty. Accepted onto InvestNI’s Propel program for up and coming businesses. Awarded Best In-Store product at the World Of Coffee even tin Rimini, Italy. First page google presence for the search ‘ mobile coffee apps'. Grew to 18,000+ app users across 45 locations in 3 countries,
Raised £100,000 private investment via a Queens University affiliate to launch the BeansUp Platform. The platform enables coffee shops both independent and multi-location to offer their customers a unique, branded, pre-order and pay, and digital loyalty apps in both the Android and iOS stores. It also offered a web-based order management dashboard for staff and managers to view and process customer app orders, and explore statistics on customer loyalty. Accepted onto InvestNI’s Propel program for up and coming businesses. Awarded Best In-Store product at the World Of Coffee even tin Rimini, Italy. First page google presence for the search ‘ mobile coffee apps'. Grew to 18,000+ app users across 45 locations in 3 countries,
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Tell me about your project—whether it’s a website, web app, AI tool and anything in between.
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If you’re ready to create and collaborate, we’d love to hear from you.
Clear next steps.
After the consultation, we’ll provide you with a detailed plan and timeline.
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Hamilton Design
Ross Hamilton
Let’s talk.
Tell me about your project—whether it’s a website, web app, AI tool and anything in between.
Quick response.
If you’re ready to create and collaborate, we’d love to hear from you.
Clear next steps.
After the consultation, we’ll provide you with a detailed plan and timeline.
Founder
Hamilton Design
Ross Hamilton