Bellwether
Berkeley, US · Founded 2013 · Delaware corporation · 67 employees on LinkedIn · 8 known investors
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Bellwether Coffee makes an all-electric, ventless countertop coffee roaster along with a curated green coffee marketplace, roast profiles, and retail packaging for cafés and businesses to roast and sell coffee in-house. Its platform covers sourcing, menu and roast support, and retail program scaling for coffee shops.
Founders & leadership
Bellwether was founded in 2013 by Ricardo Lopez.
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Ricardo LopezChief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary
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Nathan GillilandinPresident and Chief Executive OfficerNathan Gilliland leads Bellwether Coffee, an electric countertop coffee roasting platform for cafés and businesses. He previously served as CEO of Mosaic Materials and General Fusion, and spent nine years as an Executive Vice President at Bain Capital managing a large investment portfolio; he also worked as a management consultant at Bain and Company and holds a B.A. from University of California-Berkeley.
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Mathieu BrowninCo-Founder2013–2017Mathieu Brown has spent two decades building companies and products across manufacturing, hardware, machine learning, advanced materials, and energy sectors, with a focus on identifying technical and commercial feasibility in new domains. He is now an executive officer and director at Bellwether Coffee, which produces electric countertop coffee roasters and operates a green coffee marketplace for in-house roasting.
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Rolph DeckerNamed on SEC filing
Board
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Investors · 8
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$85.8M disclosed across 7 rounds · 2014–2021
▶$30MraisedOct 2021 · 17 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
▶$30MraisedOct 2021 · 17 investors · Other
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Nathan GillilandDirector
- Lyndon RiveDirector
- Ricardo LopezExecutive Officer, Director
- Peter RiveDirector
- Joshua PosamentierDirector
- Nancy PfundDirector
- Kristen JohansenExecutive Officer
- Paul YeeExecutive Officer
- Michelle StacyDirector
- Katie BooserExecutive Officer
- Jasvir SandhuExecutive Officer
- Offering amount
- $30M
- Amount sold
- $30M
- First sale
- Jun 2021
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$33.5MraisedSep 2019 · 19 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
▶$33.5MraisedSep 2019 · 19 investors · Other
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Nathan GillilandExecutive Officer, Director
- Ricardo LopezExecutive Officer, Director
- Peter RiveDirector
- Joshua PosamentierDirector
- Kenneth HoodDirector
- Nancy PfundDirector
- Mary GoingExecutive Officer
- Jasvir SandhuExecutive Officer
- Katie BooserExecutive Officer
- Court ReynoldsExecutive Officer
- Offering amount
- $38.8M
- Amount sold
- $33.5M
- First sale
- Aug 2019
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$5MraisedJun 2019 · 6 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
▶$5MraisedJun 2019 · 6 investors · Other
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Decker RolphDirector
- Kenneth HoodDirector
- Joshua PosamentierDirector
- Mary GoingExecutive Officer
- Ricardo LopezExecutive Officer, Director
- Nathan GillilandExecutive Officer, Director
- Peter RiveDirector
- Offering amount
- $5M
- Amount sold
- $5M
- First sale
- Jun 2019
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$10.1MraisedAug 2018 · 23 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
▶$10.1MraisedAug 2018 · 23 investors · Other
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Nathan GillilandExecutive Officer, Director
- Joshua PosamentierDirector
- Kenneth HoodDirector
- Peter RiveDirector
- Rolph DeckerDirector
- Ricardo LopezExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $10.6M
- Amount sold
- $10.1M
- First sale
- Aug 2018
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2013
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$2.2MraisedMar 2018 · 6 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
▶$2.2MraisedMar 2018 · 6 investors · Other
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Kenneth HoodDirector
- Ricardo LopezExecutive Officer, Director
- Peter RiveDirector
- Nathan GillilandExecutive Officer, Director
- Rolph DeckerDirector
- Offering amount
- $3M
- Amount sold
- $2.2M
- First sale
- Mar 2018
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2013
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$5MraisedAug 2017 · 14 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
▶$5MraisedAug 2017 · 14 investors · Other
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Kenneth HoodDirector
- Rolph DeckerDirector
- Nathan GillilandExecutive Officer, Director
- Ricardo LopezExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $6.1M
- Amount sold
- $5M
- First sale
- Aug 2017
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2013
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$10KraisedDec 2014 · 1 investors · ManufacturingRule 506(b)
▶$10KraisedDec 2014 · 1 investors · Manufacturing
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Ricardo LopezExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Mathieu BrownExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $1.2M
- Amount sold
- $10K
- First sale
- Nov 2014
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2013
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Founder mafia
2 people who came through Bellwether went on to found or lead other companies.
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homebase176 shared keywordsHomebase is a management platform for small businesses that includes team messaging, scheduling, shift tracking, onboarding, and payroll features. It serves restaurants, retail, and other hourly-wage businesses with tools for employee communication, scheduling, and performance tracking.
Lightspeed169 shared keywordsLightspeed provides a point-of-sale and payments platform that lets retail and hospitality businesses sell in person, online, and on social channels from one connected system. It offers inventory management, integrations, embedded funding, and B2B wholesale ordering for merchants across more than 100 countries.
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In the news
Bellwether Coffee, ‘the fastest-growing company in coffee,’ raises $40M Series Btechcrunch.com · Sep 2019Frequently asked questions
- What does Bellwether do?
- Bellwether Coffee makes an all-electric, ventless countertop coffee roaster along with a curated green coffee marketplace, roast profiles, and retail packaging for cafés and businesses to roast and sell coffee in-house. Its platform covers sourcing, menu and roast support, and retail program scaling for coffee shops.
- Who founded Bellwether?
- Bellwether was founded by Ricardo Lopez in 2013.
- Who are Bellwether's investors?
- Bellwether's investors include Congruent Ventures, DBL Partners, FusionX Ventures, HCVC, RSE Ventures, Tandem Capital, Trousdale Ventures, Valor Equity Partners.
- How much funding has Bellwether raised?
- Bellwether has disclosed $85.8M raised across 7 rounds.
- Where is Bellwether headquartered?
- Bellwether is headquartered in Berkeley, US.