BRAND ORIGIN

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    We keep the craft of wine. We add the intelligence of data. Every connection makes both stronger.

    The Name: Vinius

    Born from two worlds we deeply value

    Vinius comes from two ideas: craft and intelligence, put together to change how the wine world connects, learns, and thrives.

    Vini

    The language of wine itself: terroir, craftsmanship, heritage. The quiet mastery behind every bottle, and the culture that keeps it alive.

    Genius

    Applied intelligence: data models, AI enrichment, prediction. It turns fragmented signals into something every part of the wine trade can use.

    Together, they form one system: craft x intelligence, built to strengthen stewardship, transparency, and long-term growth, without replacing human expertise.

    Vini + Us

    A name born from what wine has always meant: connection.

    Wine is memory in motion: the story of people, places, and time in every bottle. At Vinius, we bring professionals, collectors, and creators together, and connect their expertise and inventories in one place.

    Because wine was never meant to exist in isolation. It's meant to be shared: with friends and family, peers and enthusiasts, the curious and the devoted. That's what Vinius means to us.

    Together, we're building something bigger than any one collection or cellar: a shared, connected view of the wine world.

    The Logo: A Visual Bridge

    Every element tells a story

    Vinius Logo - Visual Bridge

    The Grapes

    At first glance, our logo speaks in the language of wine: a cluster of grapes, each circle a nod to the bottles, vineyards, and people that make up the wine world.

    The Connection

    Look closer, and you'll see the two "i" characters standing as people, with the "n" forming a bridge between them, symbolizing how Vinius connects wine professionals and collectors.

    The Diversity

    The varying circle sizes on the left reflect the diversity of our network, small vineyards, grand estates, boutique cellars, and collectors of every scale, brought together under one platform.

    Our Mission

    Vinius helps wine professionals and serious collectors run their wine world on real data: what they hold, what it's worth, and what to do with it next. Built on respect for the craft, not instead of it.

    Why?

    Why We Do It

    We respect the work that goes into a bottle: the winemaker's, the sommelier's, the collector's. Vinius exists so that work shows up in the data too, not just in the glass.

    Why Wine

    Wine is an old craft that still surprises us every year. Every bottle carries its own story: time, climate, care. Each vintage is new, yet it stands on roughly eight thousand years of history.

    How?

    We build software and partnerships that put sommeliers, winemakers, and wine lovers in direct contact with each other and with their own data. That means fewer spreadsheets, clearer numbers, and a community built specifically for the wine trade.

    AI sits at the centre of how we build, always with a person reviewing what it produces. Cutting the busywork out of running a wine program is how we honour the craft, not by adding another layer on top of it.

    What?

    Vinius is a platform for winemakers, sommeliers, business owners, and private collectors, the people who actually run a wine program or a serious cellar day to day. One system for inventory, pricing, and the decisions that follow from both.

    Team

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    Bruno Braes - co-Founder

    Bruno Braes

    co-Founder

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    Salesforce Advisory Board member with 15+ years in e-commerce. Built and scaled a multi-country digital agency as CEO and founder, from the ground up to a team operating across several countries. Former developer and enterprise architect, now focused on digital transformation across retail, luxury, and enterprise, with deep expertise in omnichannel commerce and cloud platforms.

    Turns vision into execution.

    Jonas Coenen - co-Founder

    Jonas Coenen

    co-Founder

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    Serial entrepreneur with 25+ years of experience: early digital-services work at Nascom, scaling distribution in the automotive aftermarket, and venture-building through Maecenas Group, including Parcify and DeltaBlue (cloud computing PaaS).

    Bridges craftsmanship with AI and technology.