# Blue Bottle Coffee: Food & Beverages, Oakland, United States

> Blue Bottle Coffee: “Blue Bottle is coffee and people. Based in Oakland, United States. Founded 2012.

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

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# Blue Bottle Coffee

“Blue Bottle is coffee and people.

Listed

Food & Beverages Oakland, United States

Company summary

- **Founded:** 2012 14 years old
- **Team:** 1,014 1,000+ people
- **Funding reported:** - none reported
- **Last round:** - date not reported

How sure we are

- 1 **Listed** We know it exists and what it does
- 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise
- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

No round for Blue Bottle Coffee has been confirmed by a filing or an announcement yet, so nothing here counts toward an investor's record. [How we decide](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)

## About Blue Bottle Coffee

“Blue Bottle is coffee and people.

Not necessarily in that order.”, James Freeman, Founder In our eyes, coffee’s main purpose is to be delicious. We go to great lengths to source, roast, taste, and prepare coffee so our guests can enjoy it at peak deliciousness. We know that good coffee depends on strong community. We work directly with farmers around the world to source our coffees as sustainably and ethically as we can. We hire team members who are dedicated to creating beautiful experiences with coffee. From the farm to the cafe, our coffee is handled by people who care.

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 founders.

**Bryan Meehan** Founder of Issuer *Named on its 2015 Form D* i

**James Freeman** Founder of Issuer *Named on its 2015 Form D* i

On the board, as filed i *Michelangelo Volpi* *Tony Conrad*

## On 6 portfolio pages

Investors who name them

- [Collaborative Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund)
- [True Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/true-ventures)
- [Locus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/locus-ventures)
- [Joanne Wilson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joanne-wilson)
- [Brighter Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brighter-capital)
- [Audrey Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/audrey-capital)

Each firm lists Blue Bottle Coffee on its own website. That is the firm's claim, a weaker thing than a round we watched, but a named source.

## Food & Beverages in United States

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- [**Wonder** New York · founded 2018](https://millionrounds.com/startup/wonder-2)
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- [**Scooter's Coffee** Omaha · founded 1998](https://millionrounds.com/startup/scooter-s-coffee)
- [**PURIS** Minneapolis · founded 1985](https://millionrounds.com/startup/puris-2)
- [**Heritage Distilling** Gig Harbor · founded 2012](https://millionrounds.com/startup/heritage-distilling)
- [**Solazyme** South San Francisco · founded 2003](https://millionrounds.com/startup/solazyme)
- [**Roka Bioscience** Lake Forest Park · founded 2009](https://millionrounds.com/startup/roka-bioscience)

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