Starbucks

company

About

Starbucks is an international restaurant chain that retails handcrafted coffee, tea, and fresh food items.

Details

Last Funding Type
Post-IPO Equity
Last Funding Money Raised
$0.90B
Industries
Coffee,Food and Beverage,Restaurants,Tea
Founded date
Mar 31, 1971
Number Of Employee
10001 - max
Operating Status
Active
Stock Symbol
nasdaq:SBUX
Legal Name
Starbucks Corporation
Also Known As
Starbucks Coffee Company

Starbucks is an international chain of restaurants that retails handcrafted coffee, tea, and fresh food items. With 23,132 stores in 65 countries and territories, Starbucks locations serve hot and cold drinks, whole-bean coffee, microground instant coffee, espresso, caffe latte, full-leaf teas, evolution fresh juices, pastries, and snacks. Most stores also sell pre-packaged food items, hot and cold sandwiches, and items such as mugs and tumblers.

The stores also offer a variety of beers, wines, and appetizers, and markets books, music, and film. Some of the company’s products are seasonal or specific to the locality of the store. Starbucks-brand coffee, ice cream, and bottled cold coffee drinks are also sold at grocery stores.

Starbucks was founded by Orin Smith in October 1971 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
3
$0.90B
Starbucks has raised a total of $0.90B in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Oct 10, 2018 from a Post-IPO Equity round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Oct 10, 2018 Post-IPO Equity $0.90B 1 Pershing Square Capital Management Detail
Jul 2, 1992 IPO Detail
Feb 1, 1991 Series Unknown 1 Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
5
1
Starbucks has made 5 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jul 31, 2016, when Fotition raised $1.40M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Jul 31, 2016 Fotition
Seed $1.40M Mobile Apps
Jul 25, 2016 Formation
Series A $30M Business Intelligence
Sep 17, 2012 Square
Series D $200M FinTech
Jan 20, 2000 Living.com
Series Unknown Broadcasting
Dec 1, 1999 Cooking.com
Series D Cooking Yes

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
2
Starbucks is funded by 2 investors. Pershing Square Capital Management and Upfront Ventures are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Pershing Square Capital Management Yes Post-IPO Equity
Upfront Ventures Series Unknown

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
54
Starbucks has 54 current employee profiles, including Employee Shawn Harris
Employee
Employee
Employee
Board member
Executive

Exits

Starbucks has had 3 exits. Starbucks most notable exits include Formation ,   Square

Date Company Name Exit Type Industry
Aug 4, 2022 Formation M&A Business Intelligence Detail
Nov 19, 2015 Square IPO FinTech Detail
Mar 14, 2013 Cooking.com M&A Cooking Detail

Acquisition

Starbucks has acquired 3 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Evolution Fresh on Nov 10, 2011. They acquired Evolution Fresh for 0.

Date Company Name
Industry Acquisition Type Price
Nov 10, 2011 Evolution Fresh
acquisition Detail
Jun 4, 2012 La Boulange
Food and Beverage acquisition Detail
Dec 31, 2012 Teavana
Retail acquisition $ 620M Detail