The digitalization of small businesses has established itself as one of the main drivers of economic growth in Brazil. According to data from the Brazilian Support Service for Micro and Small Enterprises (Sebrae), companies that adopt digital technologies are, on average, 26% more likely to increase their revenue. In the food sector, this transformation is especially visible, as restaurants, cafés, and bars that invest in digital management can reduce costs, optimize operations, and scale more safely.
Takeat is a startup that develops management software for the food service sector. The company identified a specific pain point in the segment: businesses face intense demand peaks, such as during lunch hours when restaurants are packed, and also periods of inactivity, which requires infrastructure capable of rapidly adapting to usage variations.
Takeat's growth brought a significant technical challenge. The platform operated as a monolith, which limited its capacity to scale efficiently in response to the variable demands of the food market. To address this limitation, the company decided to migrate its infrastructure to AWS (Amazon Web Services).
After migrating to the AWS cloud, Takeat managed to multiply its revenue by 30 times. The case illustrates how the adoption of cloud technologies can transform startups in the food sector, enabling them to overcome infrastructure challenges and achieve significant growth.
