# Sudden Coffee funding: rounds and investors

> Sudden Coffee has raised $4.4M across 2 rounds since 2016. Investors include CRV, Y Combinator and Founder Collective. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/sudden-coffee (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Sudden Coffee*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 4 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

B2C Food & Beverage

Y Combinator: W17

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$4.4M** raised across 2 rounds since 2016, from 2 sources

**$2.7M** Seed **$1.7M** Seed

- **Latest round:** Seed, $1.7M Oct 2018
- **Biggest round:** $2.7M Seed · Dec 2016
- **Investors:** 4

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2017 2018

**$2.7M** Seed

**$1.7M** Seed

- **First round:** Seed, $2.7M
- **Biggest round:** $2.7M
- **Between rounds:** 22 months

## The rounds

- **Oct 2018** Seed **$1.7M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) [Founder Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-collective) [Lifeline Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lifeline-ventures) Source recorded
- **Dec 2016** Seed **$2.7M** *1 new* [CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $2.4M sold, first sale Sept 2016

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

- **Joshua Zloof** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Kalle Freese** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Caterina Fake*

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Seed** 2016 **Seed** 2018 [CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Founder Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-collective) [Lifeline Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lifeline-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

[CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) VC firm **2** rounds

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

[Founder Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-collective) VC firm **1** round

[Lifeline Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lifeline-ventures) VC firm **1** round

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## Quick answers about Sudden Coffee

### Who invested in Sudden Coffee?

Sudden Coffee's investors include CRV, Y Combinator, Founder Collective and Lifeline Ventures.

### How much has Sudden Coffee raised?

Sudden Coffee has raised $4.4M across 2 rounds since 2016.

### When did Sudden Coffee last raise?

Sudden Coffee's most recent round was a Seed of $1.7M in Oct 2018.

### What was Sudden Coffee's biggest round?

Sudden Coffee's largest round on record is $2.7M (Seed), in Dec 2016.

### Who backed Sudden Coffee first?

Sudden Coffee's first round on record, in Dec 2016, was backed by CRV.

### What stage is Sudden Coffee at?

Sudden Coffee's latest named round is a Seed, in Oct 2018.

### Where is Sudden Coffee based?

Sudden Coffee is based in the United States.

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