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 30 Coffee companies in San Francisco, 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 (San Francisco, California)
Cafe X Technologies
Cafe X Technologies is focused on increasing productivity in the service industry through automation.
Founder(s): Henry Hu, Sebastian Gomez Puerto
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Mobile, Robotics, Software
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Spinn
Spinn makes wifi connected coffee machines that brew coffee using patented centrifugal technology.
Founder(s): Roderick de Rode, Serge de Warrimont
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Food Processing, Hardware, Internet of Things, Sustainability
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Fellow
Fellow specializes in product design and brings ideas from sketchbook to a kitchen table.
Founder(s): Jake Miller
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Consumer Goods, Lifestyle
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Minus
Minus is a beanless coffee company. Coffee addict. Planet activist. Be both.
We create delicious products through fermentation.
Our 🥇 product: Beanless coffee, crafted to conserve.
As 👀 in: Forbes, Fast Company, NYT, Wired, TechCrunch, Food Entreprenuer
Minus produces coffee using 94% less water than traditional coffee, 91% less GHG emissions, and shorter supply chains.
Minus was developed by a team of coffee-obsessed, planet-loving scientists. How did they do this exactly? They subtracted the beans, kept the caffeine, and dialed up the flavor through a precise fermentation process. Minus is dangerously smooth and consciously created; even the most discerning coffee snobs won’t believe it’s beanless.
Founder(s): Maricel Saenz
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Food and Beverage
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Sudden Coffee
Sudden Coffee is an online site that sells vials of custom instant coffee for their many customers.
Founder(s): Joshua Zloof, Kal Freese
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage
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Philz Coffee
Philz is a third wave coffee shop chain with locations primarily in the Bay Area.
Founder(s): Jacob Jaber, Phil Jaber
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Food and Beverage, Restaurants
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Voga Coffee
Voga Coffee develops a coffee brewing machine to provide an efficient way to batch brew specialty coffee.
Founder(s): Eli Salomon, Joshua Avins
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Brewing, Coffee, Food and Beverage, Manufacturing
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Crema.co
Crema is a online retailer of specialty coffees.
Founder(s): Emily McIntyre, Tyler Tate
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Consumer, Marketplace, Subscription Service
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Seva Coffee
Seva Coffee offers a coffee machine that roasts, grinds, and brews coffee to individual taste.
Founder(s): Deepak Boggavarapu
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Brewing, Coffee, Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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Kuju Coffee
Founded by two Eagle Scout brothers who grew tired, Kuju is on a mission to make quality coffee possible everywhere you go.
Founder(s): Jeff Wiguna, Justin Wiguna
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage
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Workshop Cafe
Workshop Cafe is both a coffee shop and workplace designed with comfort, ergonomics, and amenities for work and pleasure.
Founder(s): Rich Menendez
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Events, Local Shopping
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Somatik inc.
Premium low-dose cannabis infused beverages and artisanal edibles.
Founder(s): Christopher Schroeder
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Cannabis, Coffee, Consumer, Food and Beverage
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Mere Coffee
Mere Coffee provides 100% biodegradable single serve coffee from locally roasted brew houses delivered to you.
Founder(s): Gregory Kress, Scott Steber
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Food and Beverage
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Bottleshake
Coffee with nearby professionals
Founder(s): Winston Tam
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Mobile Apps, Professional Networking
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Smart Coffee Technology
They build technology to make it easy and affordable for everyone to have a champion barista where they live and work.
Founder(s): Adam Eller, Erik Pfleiderer, Kevin Perko
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Software
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Blossom Coffee
Blossom Coffee is a company engaged in making brewed coffee with new technology.
Founder(s): Jeremy Kuempel, Matt Walliser
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Hardware, Hospitality, Software
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Chile Lindo
Chile Lindo offers traditional chilean empanadas baked to perfection with niman ranch meat, chilean sweets, alfajores, and cakes.
Founder(s): Paula Tejeda
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Food and Beverage, Food Delivery, Food Processing
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Acaia
Acaia designs smart coffee products to improve the coffee experience.
Founder(s): Johnny Hou, Rex Tseng
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Brewing, Coffee, Internet of Things
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GoGoGuest, Inc.
An intuitive guest intelligence platform that empowers restaurants to effortlessly strengthen guest relationships.
Founder(s): Chris O’Connor, Jessica Valenzuela
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Business Intelligence, Coffee, Craft Beer, Marketing, Restaurants, Software
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Whisha
Whisha is a coffee distribution firm that offers wholesale coffee products.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Food and Beverage, Wholesale
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DI Systems
DI Systems develops and provides a data-driven coffee subscription service.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Software, Subscription Service
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TBDx Design / Xbloom Coffee
Smart tech, food & beverage, coffee, consumer, retail
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Consumer, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Retail, Smart Home
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NewCrop
Putting value back in green coffee pricing.
Founder(s): Gabe Boscana, Jesse Seaver, Natalie Van Dusen, Patrick Chaffey
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Big Data, Coffee, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Online Auctions
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[coffee][talk]
[coffee][talk] is a digital platform that connects individuals with common interests.
Founder(s): Jason Corwin
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Location Based Services, Messaging, Mobile
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The Creamery
The Creamery is a SOMA bistro and coffee shop, which is open all day, all week from the commute in the morning to a drink after work.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Coffee
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ZPM Espresso
ZPM Espresso builds and markets home espresso machines, grinders, and accessories.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Food and Beverage, Manufacturing
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Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters
Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters is a coffee roasting company located in San Francisco.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Food and Beverage, Restaurants
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Highland Farmers
Highland Farmers is a trading company that sells a wide variety of specialty coffees and cascara worldwide.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Food and Beverage, Wholesale
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Manny’s
Manny’s is to create a central place in San Francisco for people to go to become better informed and more involved citizens.
Founder(s): Emanuel Yekutiel
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Coffee
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Bakeworks SF
Bakeworks SF is an operates the cafe as a non-profit social enterprise.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Non Profit, Restaurants
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