Blank Street
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$231.5M
7 rounds on record
Latest round
$105M
Venture round · Aug 2026 · 2 mo ago
Team
501-1000
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
92
+20 posted in 30 days
Backers
5
Base10 Partners, FJ Labs
The money's age
Fresh money
2 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
54/100
hiring for its size, a new city, in the news, fresh money
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Sep 10
First sales or marketing role Marketing Intern | NYC
Aug 24
Board appointment Harley Miller, Director · SEC Form D
Aug 7
Raised a round Venture round $105M · SEC Form D
Jul 6
First executive search General Manager | Washington DC
Apr 24
First role in United States Senior Product Designer
May 2, 2025
Raised a round Venture round $21M · SEC Form D
Mar 1, 2023
Raised a round Venture round $38.7M · SEC Form D
Jul 11, 2022
Took on debt financing $6M · SEC Form D
Sep 10, 2021
Raised a round Venture round $66.8M · SEC Form D
Mar 23, 2021
Took on debt financing $3M · SEC Form D
Jul 9, 2020
Took on debt financing $2M · SEC Form D
2020
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 5%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Aug 2026 | $105M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | May 2025 | $21M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Mar 2023 | $38.7M | — | SEC Form D |
| Debt Financing | Jul 2022 | $6M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Sep 2021 | $66.8M | — | SEC Form D |
| Debt Financing | Mar 2021 | $3M | — | SEC Form D |
| Debt Financing | Jul 2020 | $2M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Blank Street Inc. | its site |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Berk IldizExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Issam FreihaExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Vinay MendaExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Ignacio Llado Alvarez-SalasExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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How Blank Street hires
Truth index
B 75/100
Median time to fill
7 days
Ghost roles
51%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
Blank Street scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 89 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 51% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 7 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Visa sponsorship
2 ▲ 100%
H-1B filings in 12 months
1
Green card filings
$169k
Median offered salary
Who they sponsor
Other computer occupations
1
General and operations managers
1
In the register as BLANK STREET INC., Brooklyn, NY (+1 more)
Other sponsors in the same field
McDonald's 
Compass Group USA 
Wonder 
OpenTable
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US Department of Labor · latest filing May 19, 2026 · Visa details by country
A-rated
Sponsor licence
Skilled Worker
Visa route
58
Open roles in United Kingdom
In the register as Blank Street UK Limited, London
Other sponsors in the same field
Greene King 
Aramark 
Hana Group 
Nando's
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UK Home Office · checked Oct 30, 2026 · Visa details by country
Overview
Blank Street is a New York coffee and matcha chain that began in August 2020 with a coffee cart in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and now runs small-format shops and an order-ahead app with a rewards program in the US and UK. It reports more than 100 shops, with US markets including New York, Boston, Washington, Philadelphia and Los Angeles and UK stores in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle and Edinburgh. It hires general managers, assistant general managers, shift leads and training associates for its stores, plus operations managers and corporate staff in accounting, tax, payroll, legal and brand design.
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Shared investors
Base10 PartnersVia a fund
Shrug CapitalVia a fund
Left Lane CapitalVia a fund
FJ LabsVia a fund
General CatalystVia a fund
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News
Blank Street Coffee makes its West Coast debut in Los Angeles
The first of two LA-area units opened in Studio City, with a second to come in Beverly Hills. This one will offer something new: ice cream.
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Report
Blank Street Coffee Is Popping Up Everywhere. Workers Hope A Union Will Follow.
The New York-based chain's aggressive expansion has employees looking for a seat at the bargaining table.
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How Blank Street Coffee Became a Blank Canvas for Internet Girlies
Blank Street Coffee looks sparse and boring. But internet girlies are lining up for its Chamberlain Coffee and 818 Tequila pop-ups anyway.
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Blank Street Coffee Relocating NY HQ to 16K SF at 10 Grand Street
Blank Street decided to stop and smell the coffee in Brooklyn.
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Inside the V.C.-Funded Coffee Chain Taking Over NYC
The fast-growing, tech-bro-funded Blank Street aims to be the millennial and Gen Z answer to Starbucks and Dunkin'. It may have misjudged its customers.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Blank Street over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
5
Postings analysed
3
Stack modernity
68/100
Cloud & platforms
Figma
Developer tools
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premiere Pro
Microsoft Excel
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$90k
Typical range
$36k – $250k
Open positions
34
33
Jobs
Junior
33.3%
Middle
27.3%
Senior
36.4%
Architect
3%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 11 | $36k | $36k – $85k |
| Middle | 9 | $85k | $75k – $110k |
| Senior | 12 | $120k | $100k – $160k |
| Architect | 1 | $250k | $250k |
Highest paying role
Global Head of Legal
$250k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Blank Street
By role, level and city, against the market · 34 jobs with pay
People
Berk Ildiz
Executive Officer
Issam Freiha
Executive Officer, Director
Vinay Menda
Executive Officer, Director
Ignacio Llado Alvarez-Salas
Executive Officer, Director
Joel Cutler
Director
Youngme Moon
Director
Jason Fiedler
Director
Hisham Elhaddad
Director
Harrison DiGia
Director
Harley Miller
Director
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
87/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
92
27 opened / 19 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
7 days
faster than 80% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Management
46% ▼
Hospitality
29% ▲
HR
12% ▼
Finance
4% ▼
Field & Service
3% ▼
Marketing
2%
Actively hiring for Hospitality (+24 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Providence
Oct 2026
+6 jobs in a week
Oct 2026
New location: Brooklyn
Oct 2026
New location: Wellesley
Oct 2026
New location: Glasgow
Oct 2026
New location: Chicago
Oct 2026
+7 jobs in a week
Sep 2026
New location: Durham
Sep 2026
New location: United Kingdom
Sep 2026
Added Slack to stack
Sep 2026
New location: Newcastle
Sep 2026
New location: Manchester
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
18
Hiring now
18
Countries
2
Busiest office
New York
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New York
United States
HQ
New York
12 open roles 20 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $123k Avg Salary
hires for Management, Finance, Design
London
United Kingdom
Plant / site
UK
33 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Hospitality, Field & Service, Management
Boston
United States
Plant / site
Boston
7 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $85k Avg Salary
hires for HR, Management, Hospitality
Manchester
United Kingdom
Plant / site
UK
5 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Management, Hospitality, Field & Service
Washington
United States
Plant / site
D.C.
4 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $80k Avg Salary
hires for Management, HR, Hospitality
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Plant / site
UK
4 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Field & Service, Management, Hospitality
Los Angeles
United States
Plant / site
Los Angeles
3 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $76k Avg Salary
hires for HR, Management, Hospitality
Liverpool
United Kingdom
Plant / site
UK
3 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Management, Field & Service, Hospitality
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Plant / site
UK
3 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Management, Field & Service, Hospitality
Brooklyn
United States
Regional office
New York
2 open roles 14 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $36k Avg Salary
hires for Hospitality
Philadelphia
United States
Regional office
Philadelphia
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $81k Avg Salary
hires for Management, Hospitality
Cambridge
United Kingdom
UK
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Field & Service, Hospitality
Durham
United Kingdom
UK
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Management
Chicago
United States
Plant / site
Chicago
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $113k Avg Salary
hires for Management
Leeds
United Kingdom
UK
2 open roles 10-50 est. staff
hires for Field & Service, Hospitality
Wellesley
United States
Boston
1 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $36k Avg Salary
hires for Hospitality
Providence
United States
Regional office
Rhode Island
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $85k Avg Salary
hires for Management
Glasgow
United Kingdom
UK
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Hospitality
Earlier presence
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Newcastle, United Kingdom
Jobs
$100k – $110k per year · Equity · In office · 4+ years exp · New York
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Figma
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$140k – $160k per year · Equity · In office · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · New York
Figma
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Financials
Total raised
$242.4M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
7
Funding rounds