Red Bay Coffee

Soft Drinks
$12.7Mtotal raised · 5 rounds on record
1hiring now · open roles
$1.7Mlatest round · Venture round · Jun 2026 · 4 mo ago
1backers · Cleveland Avenue

Overview

Red Bay Coffee is an Oakland-based, Black-owned specialty roaster founded in 2014 by Keba Konte. Direct trade beans, five Bay Area cafes across Oakland, Berkeley, and San Francisco, beautiful coffee to the people.

Funding and backers

Total raised
$12.7M
5 rounds on record
Latest round
$1.7M
Venture round · Jun 2026 · 4 mo ago
Team
53
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · -12% in a year
Hiring now
1
open roles
Backers
1
Cleveland Avenue
The money's age
Fresh money
4 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
20/100
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
Jun 18 Raised a round Venture round $1.7M · SEC Form D Apr 5, 2025 Raised a round Venture round $650k · SEC Form D Apr 11, 2022 Raised a round Venture round $5.2M · SEC Form D Jan 2, 2020 Raised a round Venture round $1.2M · SEC Form D Jan 28, 2019 Raised a round Venture round $4M · SEC Form D 2018 Founded
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round Jun 2026 $1.7M — SEC Form D
Venture round Apr 2025 $650k — SEC Form D
Venture round Apr 2022 $5.2M — SEC Form D
Venture round Jan 2020 $1.2M — SEC Form D
Venture round Jan 2019 $4M — SEC Form D
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity Red Bay Coffee Company, Inc. SEC Form D
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Keba KonteExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Cleveland Avenue fund
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
28/100
Slowing
Open positions
1
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
70 days
faster than 17% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
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.
Hospitality
100% ▼
Activity Timeline
New location: San Francisco Oct 2026

Financials

Total raised
$12.7M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
5
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2026 $1.7M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2025 $650k Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2022 $5.2M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2020 $1.2M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2019 $4M Details

People

Keba Konte
Executive Officer
SEC Form D
Suzy Jones
Director
SEC Form D
David Drummond
Director
SEC Form D
Rolando Brown
Director
SEC Form D
Booker Whitt
Director
SEC Form D
Joseph McCoy
Director
SEC Form D
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Shared investors1
Cleveland AvenueVia a fund
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
San Francisco
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Oakland United States
HQ
Address: 3098 East 10th Street, Oakland, CA 94601
10-50 est. staff
Address: 3098 East 10th Street, Oakland, CA 94601
seen since Jul 2026 company site
San Francisco United States
Regional office
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1 open roles 10-50 est. staff
hires for Hospitality
1 Ferry Building, Shop 46, San Francisco, CA 94111
seen since Sep 2025 company site