In a phone conversation, Blue Bottle Chief Executive James Freeman, Handsome Coffee co-founder Michael Phillips and Tonx co-founder Nik Bauman talked about how the deal went down.
"It's the foie gras of coffee," co-founder Camille Delebecque told Wired.
The CEO of Ruma, Aldi Haryopratomo, one of the companies in our FinTech portfolio, told us that just by hanging out in a Silicon Valley coffee shop, founders could find the solution to complicated technical problems.
Vega Coffee's founders are looking to expand into Guatemala or Panama next.
In 2005, Vega Coffee co-founder Rob Terenzi left for Nicaragua to intern with a small nonprofit, which was working with women's coffee cooperatives.
According to the coffee company's founder, Ben Weiss, the coffeehouse is rapidly expanding its menu even though its prices are generally higher that those of other restaurants in the area.
This Pour Over Coffee Maker (whose founder was also a former journalist!) is easy and effortless.
Lara Coffee is the founder of Run Stroller Run, a mom, entrepreneur and business executive, Ironman and athlete, community leader and world traveler, Lara is one of those people you ask to handle the impossible task knowing it will get done.
In a single day, I can have coffee with a founder who just closed a million dollar fundraising round, help a mother returning to the workforce figure out how The Riveter can assist her in building a network, practice yoga next to a Riveter teammate, and plan an event with a solo marketing consultant on best practices in social media.
