Engineers are nature's way of turning coffee into code. So it's no wonder the best Internet investors are investing in... COFFEE.
Referring to: Welcoming Blue Bottle Coffee | True Ventures
Look at this list of all-star investors joining True Ventures in funding a coffee business:
We’re thrilled to be joined by Index Ventures (Mike Volpi), Google Ventures (Kevin Rose), Bryan Meehan (Executive Chairman), Obvious (Evan Williams and Biz Stone), Matt Mullenweg (Automattic), Kevin Systrom (Instagram), Caterina Fake (Flickr), Dave Morin (Path), Philip Rosedale (SecondLife), Garrett Camp (Uber), Craig Shapiro (Quarterly.CO), Ryan Freitas (about.me), Steve Jang (Soundtracking), Hass Hassan (Whole Foods), Richard Reed and Adam Balon (Innocent Juices) and James Higa (Apple), as well as angel investors Chris Sacca, Tim Ferriss, Tony Hawk, Brad Feld, Seth Levine, Ryan McIntyre, Jason Mendelson, Brooke Hammerling and Jim Pallotta.
Google Ventures?
Google Ventures is investing in a coffee business?!?!?!?
Where have all the Internet Investors gone? Out for coffee.
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As far as I know, Philz Coffee still has not raised any investment.