Found 30 investors
Bryan Meehan
San Francisco, California, United States
Bryan Meehan CEO at Blue Bottle Coffee. Previously, I co-founded Nude Skincare (acquired by LVMH) and Fresh & Wild in London (acquired by Wh...
Individual/Angel
Seed
Past Investments
Yousician, TerViva, Blue Bottle Coffee, Talivest, Wefarm, Woola, EcoCart
Howard Behar
Seattle, Washington, United States
Howard Behar is former president of Starbucks Coffee Company International and the author of It's Not About The Coffee: Leadership Principle...
Individual/Angel
Seed
Past Investments
Convoy, Munchery
Jacob Jaber
San Francisco, California, United States
Jacob Jaber - CEO @ Philz Coffee
Individual/Angel
Past Investments
Gusto, Circa
James Freeman
Oakland, California, United States
James Freeman - Founder & CEO @ Blue Bottle Coffee
Individual/Angel
Past Investments
LOLIWARE, Yumi
Marcelus Suciu
Cluj-napoca, Cluj, Romania
Founder and Owner: Marty Restaurants, Olivo, Bujole, Narcoffee
Individual/Angel
Seed
Past Investments
Ebriza
Bar 9 Ventures
United States
Founded in 2016, Bar 9 Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Chicago, Illinois. The firm seeks to invest in companies operating in the field of coffee industry.
Venture Capital
Certified Capital Group
Canada
Mr. Joel Solomon is a Co-Founder and serves as President at Renewal Partners. He served as Advisor at Active Impact Investments. He also serves as Advisory Board Member at WOCstar Fund. He also is an Angel Investor. He served as Advisor at Main Street Resources. He serves as an advisor at Underdog Ventures. He serves is a Co-Founder and serves as President at Renewal Partners. He brings a vast network and wealth of deal experience to Renewal Funds. He was instrumental in the development of Renewal Partners and the Endswell Foundation and has led them since their inception in 1994. Renewal Partners has invested in over 75 companies that share its commitment to socially responsible growth. Prior to founding Renewal, he spent ten years building businesses in Nashville's decayed urban core where he co-founded Village Real Estate, CORE development, the Bongo Java chain of coffee houses and roasters, and 32 West Corp. (a chain of three independent restaurants). He is a founding member of Social Venture Network (SVN), Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), and Tides Canada. He is Board Chair of Hollyhock Foundation and sits on numerous other boards and civic engagements. He is a Senior Advisor to RSF Social Finance in San Francisco and is a member of the SVN Hall of Fame. He represents Renewal Funds on the board of Spud.
Individual/Angel
Chun Chau
United States
Ms. Nancy Pfund is a Co-Founder & serves as a Managing Partner at DBL Investors. She serves as Board Member at Bellwether Coffee. Ms. Pfund currently sponsors or sits on the Board of Directors of several companies, including; Farmers Business Network, The Muse, Off-Grid Electric, Primus Power, PRIME Coalition and, prior to their public offerings, Tesla Motors, and Pandora. She served as Board Member at Advanced Microgrid Solutions. She also served on the board of SolarCity from 2008 until its acquisition by Tesla in December 2016, on both the audit and compensation committees, and chairing its corporate governance committee; Prior to founding DBL Investors, Ms. Pfund was a Managing Director in Venture Capital at JPMorgan, having started her investment career at Hambrecht & Quist in 1984. Previously, Ms. Pfund worked at Intel Corporation, the State of California, Stanford University and the Sierra Club. Ms. Pfund was featured #17 in the 2014 FORTUNE Inaugural World's Top 25 Eco-Innovators and appeared on Fast Company's 2016 List of Most Creative People in Business. She serves on the Advisory Council of the Bill Lane Center for the American West at Stanford University; the Advisory Board of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab); the UC Davis Center for Energy Efficiency, and co-chairs the Yale School of Management Program on Entrepreneurship. Ms. Pfund is also a Trustee of the National Geographic Society. She has been a Lecturer in Management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Yale School of Management; and is a C3E Ambassador to the U.S. Clean Energy Education and Empowerment Program, led by the U.S. Department of Energy. She is also a founding officer and director of ABC2, a foundation aimed at accelerating a cure for brain cancer. Ms. Pfund is the author, along with Benjamin Healey of the widely cited report on the history of U.S. energy subsidies entitled, "What Would Jefferson Do? The Historical Role of Federal Subsidies in Shaping America's Energy Future", co-authored with Michael Lazar, "Red, White & Green: The True Colors of America's Clean Tech Jobs", co-authored with Noah Walker, "Ask Saint Onofrio: Finding What Has Been Lost in A Tale of Two Energy Sources", co-authored with Anand Chhabra, "Renewables Are Driving Up Electricity Prices: Wait, What?", and co-authored with Kristofer Holz, "The 2017 Inauguration: Empowering a Clean Energy Nation". Ms. Pfund received her BA and MA in anthropology from Stanford University and her MBA from the Yale School of Management.
Individual/Angel
Coffeelab
Russian Federation
Coffeelab was an accelerator based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The firm worked as a company builder in information technology sector.
Accelerator
Incubator
Coffee Ventures
Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
Micro-VC supporting startups addressing SEA markets - Sectors include health & wellness, education, finance, enterprise, AI and marketplace.
Financial Services
Venture Capital
Micro VC
Danish Chaudhry
London, England, United Kingdom
Startup enthusiast and coffee addict
Individual/Angel
Deutsche Morgan Grenfell
India
Mr. Anand Nagloor serves as Board Member at Third Wave Coffee. Mr. Anand Nagloor serves as Board Member at Payzello. Mr. Anand Nagloor Co-Founded and served as the Chief Operating Officer at Head Digital Works.
Individual/Angel
Federman & Sons
Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, Israel
Federman & Sons is israel's largest coffee manufacturer, distributer, importer and exporter of Turkish and Espresso coffee.
Retail
Venture Capital
Integral Capital
South Africa
Mr. Nkosinathi Maphumulo is a Founder at Flightmode Digital. Nkosinathi Maphumulo a.k.a. Black Coffee is a music producer and DJ with over 2 decades' experience in the music industry. He is arguably Africa's biggest DJ and musical act. He has collaborated and worked with artists such as Drake, Alicia Keys, Usher, Pharrell, and Hugh Masekela to name but a few. Outside of music, his interests are wide and varied. He stays connected to the latest trends in fashion, art, tech, and property. Reserved, hard-working and intellectual - his passions, though not well known to the public, were the basis for him forming Flightmode Digital. The name Flightmode came from the time he spent in between DJ gigs on planes where all his devices were turned off. While most people would be sleeping and resting, he used that time to create music and strategize about his business interests.
Individual/Angel
James Hoffman
London, England, United Kingdom
Co-Founder, Chairman at Square Mile Coffee Roasters
Individual/Angel
jdworks
India
Mr. Christopher Kolenaty is the Founder and serves as Partner at Snow Leopard Ventures. He serves as Board Member at GenePath Diagnostics, Good Juicery, LivQuik, Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters, and Stashfin. Since 2012, Chris has invested globally in a diverse range of industries including food & beverage, payments, lending, and consumer technology in businesses at the seed stage all the way through series A. He serves on the boards of the parent companies of Blue Tokai, Voylla, Quikwallet, Jugnoo, and Stashfin, among others. He is also on the boards of Kirloskar Integrated Technologies and Kloudq. Earlier, Chris was a Principal with Centerview Partners and an associate and analyst with Merrill Lynch in the Mergers & Acquisitions group. During his eight years as an investment banker, Chris advised on transactions valued over USD 100 billion in a diverse set of industries including consumer, healthcare, metals & mining and technology. Chris attended Brown University, from where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with an ScB in Applied Math/Economics and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Individual/Angel
Kumar Sripadam
United States
Mr. Giri Devanur is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at reAlpha. He also serves as Board member at Coffee Day Group and Saara. He previously served as Vice Chairman and Executive Director at Gallop. He also served as the President and CEO of Ameri100 Inc., since its inception in November 2013. In 4 years, he scaled Ameri from $0 to $50M in revenue and completed the IPO on Nasdaq in under 4 years. He was awarded the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017. He has also authored a book titled "Nothing to Nasdaq". He is a seasoned CEO who has raised seed capital, venture capital and private equity from global institutions. He has more than 25 years of experience in the information technology industry. In 2010, he founded WinHire Inc., an innovative company that builds software products through technology and human capital management experts and combines them with professional services. He served as WinHire's President and CEO. He also co-founded Ivega Corporation in 1997, an international niche IT consulting company with a special focus on financial services. Ivega merged with TCG in 2004, creating a 1,000+ person-focused differentiator in the IT consulting space. He holds an M.S. in Technology Management from Columbia University and a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Mysore, India. He has attended Executive Education programs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Law School. The Board believes that his qualifications to serve on the Board include his substantial experience in the information technology industry and his prior experience as a CEO.
Individual/Angel
Mark Johnston
Latvia
Mr. Jurgis Sedlenieks serves as Chief Executive Officer at Coffee Pixels.
Individual/Angel
Mohamed Dekhil
United States
Mr. Christian Wylonis is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer & Board Member at The Org. He also co-founded and served as the Chief Executive Officer at Fitbay. He has a background in Venture Capital where he worked with the leading entrepreneurs and investors in the Nordic region. In his free time he likes to watch soccer with friends (FC Copenhagen in particular) and go for the occasional run. His role is to guard the Fitbay Vision as well as making coffee for the hard-working developers.
Individual/Angel
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