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Open Coffee
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opencoffee.org
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Private
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Open Coffee is described in source data as an informal community meetup group rather than a formal revenue-generating company. The firmographic record lists São Paulo, Brazil as the registered city with ~8 employees and the opencoffee.org domain, but the entire body of operational evidence concerns a single Austin, Texas instantiation called "Austin Open Coffee." No legal entity name, incorporation jurisdiction, founding date, ownership structure, or subsidiaries are disclosed; products_and_services, certifications, and management_team fields are empty. There are no patents, trademarks, awards, regulatory actions, or funding rounds on record.

The documented product surface is minimal: a recurring coffee meetup aimed at the Austin startup ecosystem, targeted at entrepreneurs, startup founders, tech professionals, and investors seeking informal networking opportunities (a horizontal persona-based segment). Core technology is explicitly tagged "Not applicable — community event/meetup platform," with no proprietary features, APIs, SDKs, MCPs, or applications. Distribution runs through Eventbrite's ticketing marketplace under the organiser profile of Capital Factory, the Austin-based startup accelerator. Promoted benefits are networking, peer learning, and knowledge sharing in a low-pressure format.

The business model is non-commercial by explicit statement ("not a revenue-generating company"). There is no pricing model, no listed customers, no select-customer logos, and the only available distribution channel is the Eventbrite listing. The sole documented event has the status "Sales ended," and there is no data on cadence or attendance. Geographic footprint is restricted to Austin, Texas, USA, contradicting the São Paulo HQ record. In summary, Open Coffee appears operationally as a locally-organised community meetup with no scalable technology, monetisation, or corporate structure visible in the supplied data.

Short descriptiontext

Open Coffee is an informal community meetup group for entrepreneurs, startup founders, tech professionals, and investors. Its only documented footprint is the Austin, Texas chapter ("Austin Open Coffee"), organized by Capital Factory and distributed via Eventbrite, with no revenue model.

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Operating
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1–10
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HeadquartersAustin, United States
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Austin
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United States
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North America
Markets served

Serves global market

Offices1 record

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City, Country, Type, Description, Source

Keyword5 values
community meetups, startup networking, entrepreneur events, tech community meetups, informal networking
Industry2 codes
1Beverage Service (Coffee/Tea/Juice) & Refreshment Stations
CodeHSACAGAJPrimaryYes
2Independent Neighborhood Cafes
CodeTHAFADACPrimaryNo
NAICS code1 code
  • Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars722515
SIC code1 code
  • Retail-Eating & Drinking Places5810
Product category
Community Networking Events
Social media profiles1 record
Marketing channels1 record

Each record includes

Title, Type, Stage, Description, Source

Distribution channels1 record

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Title, Type, Scope, Target buyer, Description, Source

Cost components2 values
Operations, Marketing or Sales
GTM typeB2C
B2C
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Services
Core offering1 text field

Open Coffee (operating as Austin Open Coffee) is an informal, recurring community meetup organized by Capital Factory in Austin, Texas. It brings together entrepreneurs, startup founders, tech professionals, and investors for casual networking, peer learning, and knowledge sharing over coffee. Events are listed and ticketed through Eventbrite with no formal paid offering, company structure, or proprietary technology.

Differentiator
Functional benefit
Problem solved
Product and service1 record
1Austin Open Coffee (community meetup)
CategoryCommunity Networking Events
Description

Recurring informal coffee meetups held in Austin, TX, organized by Capital Factory for entrepreneurs, startup founders, tech professionals, and investors to network, share ideas, and build relationships over coffee. Events are ticketed and discovered via Eventbrite.

Partnership1 partner
1Capital Factory
Strategic tierCoreTypeStrategic or Co-development Partner
Recent move2 records

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Date, Type, Title, Description, Source

Peers8 records
1Startup Grind
TypeDirect peer
Description

Global entrepreneur community running recurring local meetups in hundreds of cities. Most directly comparable as a chapter-based networking format for founders, with coffee/social time as a core ritual.

2Indie Hackers
TypeEmerging player
Description

Online community for indie/founder networking and content. Adjacent peer serving a similar entrepreneur segment but through a digital-first format rather than recurring in-person coffee meetups.

3Founders Network
TypeDirect peer
Description

Peer community for vetted tech founders running regular local meetups and online forums. Comparable target customer (funded founders) and recurring-meetup distribution model.

4Capital Factory
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Austin accelerator and community organization that organizes Austin Open Coffee. Comparable as a broader entrepreneur-community host in Austin, of which Open Coffee is one recurring program.

5Techstars Startup Weekend
TypeDirect peer
Description

Recurring community-driven entrepreneur events. Comparable as a grassroots founder-engagement format, though higher intensity (weekend sprints) versus Open Coffee's casual coffee meetup cadence.

6WeWork
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Coworking operator that runs recurring founder/community events at its locations. Comparable as an event-hosting venue and community aggregator, though at much broader scale and with a different core business.

71 Million Cups
TypeDirect peer
Description

Kauffman Foundation program hosting free, recurring entrepreneur meetups in U.S. cities. Comparable as a structured, recurring community-format event targeting early-stage founders.

8Open Coffee Club (London)
TypeDirect peer
Description

The original Open Coffee Club founded by Saul Klein, from which Austin Open Coffee derives its format. Direct peer sharing the same brand, meetup structure, and entrepreneur-networking thesis.

Market position
Strengths4 records

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Headline, Details, Source

Weaknesses4 records

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Competitive moat2 records

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Type, Details

Key risks6 records

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Headline, Details, Source

Key highlights4 records

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Headline, Details, Source

Customer concentration

Classification, Details

Segment1 record

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Title, Type, Primary, Description, Pain point addressed, Use case, Source

Ideal customer profile1 record

Each record includes

Profile, Firmographic size, Sales motion, Sales cycle length, Buying structure, Purchase trigger, Buyer persona, Geography, Industry vertical, Primary use case, Description, Pain points, Evidence proof points, Target buyer

Technology focused
No
API detail
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No

Docs URL, Description

AI maturity
App detail

Has app

Core technology
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Number of profiles
No data
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Funding overview

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Investors

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Name, Type, Date of entry, Rounds participated, Website

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M&A

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Name, Acquisition type, Announced date, Completed date, Status, Website, News

Investment

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Name, Round, Announced date, Lead investor, Website, News

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Open Coffee

Community Networking Eventsopencoffee.org

Open Coffee is an informal community meetup group for entrepreneurs, startup founders, tech professionals, and investors. Its only documented footprint is the Austin, Texas chapter ("Austin Open Coffee"), organized by Capital Factory and distributed via Eventbrite, with no revenue model.

What Open Coffee does

Open Coffee is described in source data as an informal community meetup group rather than a formal revenue-generating company. The firmographic record lists São Paulo, Brazil as the registered city with ~8 employees and the opencoffee.org domain, but the entire body of operational evidence concerns a single Austin, Texas instantiation called "Austin Open Coffee." No legal entity name, incorporation jurisdiction, founding date, ownership structure, or subsidiaries are disclosed; products_and_services, certifications, and management_team fields are empty. There are no patents, trademarks, awards, regulatory actions, or funding rounds on record.

The documented product surface is minimal: a recurring coffee meetup aimed at the Austin startup ecosystem, targeted at entrepreneurs, startup founders, tech professionals, and investors seeking informal networking opportunities (a horizontal persona-based segment). Core technology is explicitly tagged "Not applicable — community event/meetup platform," with no proprietary features, APIs, SDKs, MCPs, or applications. Distribution runs through Eventbrite's ticketing marketplace under the organiser profile of Capital Factory, the Austin-based startup accelerator. Promoted benefits are networking, peer learning, and knowledge sharing in a low-pressure format.

The business model is non-commercial by explicit statement ("not a revenue-generating company"). There is no pricing model, no listed customers, no select-customer logos, and the only available distribution channel is the Eventbrite listing. The sole documented event has the status "Sales ended," and there is no data on cadence or attendance. Geographic footprint is restricted to Austin, Texas, USA, contradicting the São Paulo HQ record. In summary, Open Coffee appears operationally as a locally-organised community meetup with no scalable technology, monetisation, or corporate structure visible in the supplied data.

Open Coffee firmographics

Firmographics
Name
Open Coffee
Website
https://opencoffee.org
Company type
Private
Operating status
Operating
Headcount range
1–10 employees
Short description
Open Coffee is an informal community meetup group for entrepreneurs, startup founders, tech professionals, and investors. Its only documented footprint is the Austin, Texas chapter ("Austin Open Coffee"), organized by Capital Factory and distributed via Eventbrite, with no revenue model.
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

Open Coffee industry classification

Industry
Product category
Community Networking Events
NAICS
Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars (722515)
SIC
Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)
akta.pro primary industry
Beverage Service (Coffee/Tea/Juice) & Refreshment Stations (HSACAGAJ)
akta.pro secondary industry
Independent Neighborhood Cafes (THAFADAC)

Keywords

  • Community meetups
  • Startup networking
  • Entrepreneur events
  • Tech community meetups
  • Informal networking

Where Open Coffee is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city
Austin
HQ country
United States
HQ region
North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

Open Coffee business model

Business model
GTM type
B2C
Offering type
Services
Cost components
Operations, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Open Coffee product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Open Coffee (operating as Austin Open Coffee) is an informal, recurring community meetup organized by Capital Factory in Austin, Texas. It brings together entrepreneurs, startup founders, tech professionals, and investors for casual networking, peer learning, and knowledge sharing over coffee. Events are listed and ticketed through Eventbrite with no formal paid offering, company structure, or proprietary technology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

  • Austin Open Coffee (community meetup) Recurring informal coffee meetups held in Austin, TX, organized by Capital Factory for entrepreneurs, startup founders, tech professionals, and investors to network, share ideas, and build relationships over coffee. Events are ticketed and discovered via Eventbrite.

Companies that use Open Coffee

Customer profile

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Open Coffee technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API
No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Open Coffee partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

Recent moves2 records

Open Coffee competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

  • Startup Grind: Global entrepreneur community running recurring local meetups in hundreds of cities. Most directly comparable as a chapter-based networking format for founders, with coffee/social time as a core ritual.
  • Founders Network: Peer community for vetted tech founders running regular local meetups and online forums. Comparable target customer (funded founders) and recurring-meetup distribution model.
  • Techstars Startup Weekend: Recurring community-driven entrepreneur events. Comparable as a grassroots founder-engagement format, though higher intensity (weekend sprints) versus Open Coffee's casual coffee meetup cadence.
  • 1 Million Cups: Kauffman Foundation program hosting free, recurring entrepreneur meetups in U.S. cities. Comparable as a structured, recurring community-format event targeting early-stage founders.
  • Open Coffee Club (London): The original Open Coffee Club founded by Saul Klein, from which Austin Open Coffee derives its format. Direct peer sharing the same brand, meetup structure, and entrepreneur-networking thesis.

Emerging players

  • Indie Hackers: Online community for indie/founder networking and content. Adjacent peer serving a similar entrepreneur segment but through a digital-first format rather than recurring in-person coffee meetups.

Broad incumbents

  • Capital Factory: Austin accelerator and community organization that organizes Austin Open Coffee. Comparable as a broader entrepreneur-community host in Austin, of which Open Coffee is one recurring program.
  • WeWork: Coworking operator that runs recurring founder/community events at its locations. Comparable as an event-hosting venue and community aggregator, though at much broader scale and with a different core business.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

Open Coffee social profiles

Digital presence

Open Coffee financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Open Coffee leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Open Coffee funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Open Coffee M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Open Coffee

What does Open Coffee do?

Open Coffee (operating as Austin Open Coffee) is an informal, recurring community meetup organized by Capital Factory in Austin, Texas. It brings together entrepreneurs, startup founders, tech professionals, and investors for casual networking, peer learning, and knowledge sharing over coffee. Events are listed and ticketed through Eventbrite with no formal paid offering, company structure, or proprietary technology.

Is Open Coffee a public or private company?

Open Coffee is a private company. It is classified as unknown and is currently operating.

When was Open Coffee founded?

Open Coffee was founded in -1. It employs 1 to 10 people.

Where is Open Coffee based?

Open Coffee is headquartered in Austin, United States, in the North America region.

Who are Open Coffee's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Startup Grind, Founders Network, Techstars Startup Weekend, 1 Million Cups and Open Coffee Club (London). Indie Hackers is listed as an emerging player. Broad incumbents are Capital Factory and WeWork.

Does Open Coffee have an API?

No public API is recorded for Open Coffee.

What industry is Open Coffee in?

Open Coffee's product category is Community Networking Events. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HSACAGAJ, Beverage Service (Coffee/Tea/Juice) & Refreshment Stations, with a secondary code of THAFADAC, Independent Neighborhood Cafes. Its NAICS code is 722515 and its SIC code is 5810.

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