At Best Startup California we track over 300,000 Californian startups and over 1,500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 12 Coffee companies in Oakland, California. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Coffee Companies & Startups (Oakland, California)
Blue Bottle Coffee
Blue Bottle Coffee is a coffee roaster and retailer platform that delivers coffee subscriptions to doorsteps nationwide.
Founder(s): James Freeman
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Food and Beverage, Retail
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Port of Mokha
Best practices + social impact (ex: microloans, gender equity) to empower coffee farmers and produce the world’s best coffee.
Founder(s): Mokhtar Alkhanshali
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Coffee
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Black Medicine
We like to do things a little differently. We believe quality coffee should be as approachable and available as it is enjoyable.
Founder(s): Chris Cooper
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
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Robotic Beverage Technologies
Baristo™ is an autonomous coffee machine, phone app, smart coffee cup, and drone delivery system. Coffee Quick & Easy!
Founder(s): Blair Gordon, Blaze Sanders
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Food and Beverage, Hardware, Robotics, Subscription Service
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Red Bay Coffee
Red Bay Coffee is a wholesale specialty coffee roasting company.
Founder(s): Keba Konte
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Wholesale
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il Morso
Il Morso is a manufacturer of a packaged coffee bar made from organic coffee.
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Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Consumer Goods, Food and Beverage
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Oakland Coffee
Oakland Coffee offers organic coffee beans that comes in compostable bags and pods.
Founder(s): Billie Joe Armstrong, Michael Ryan Pritchard
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Consumer Goods, Food and Beverage
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Acopio
Acopio offers tools and services to collect, manage, and share data along the agricultural value chain.
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Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Agriculture, Analytics, Coffee
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Highwire Coffee Roasters
Highwire Coffee Roasters is a coffee shop that offers a wide variety of coffee and tea to its customers.
Founder(s): Eric Hashimoto, Rich Avella, Robert Myers
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Food and Beverage, Retail
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Bicycle Coffee
Bicycle Coffee’s idea of delivering coffee by bicycle came about while trekking through the rain forests of Central America.
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Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Food and Beverage, Wholesale
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RoastCo
RoastCo is an online store that offers single-origin and blended coffee from farms around the world.
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Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, E-Commerce
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Timeless Coffee Roasters
Timeless Coffee Roasters is a vegan coffee store that offers a wide range of coffee roastery, bakery items and chocolatiers.
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Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Bakery, Coffee, Food and Beverage
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