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Chamberlain Coffee: Beverage company offering specialty coffee beans, matcha, and ready-to-drink canned coffee through e-commerce and retail distribution.
Chamberlain Coffee is a specialty beverage company that produces and sells roasted coffee beans, drink accessories, flavored matcha, and ready-to-drink canned beverages. The organization operates through both a direct-to-consumer e-commerce platform and physical retail distribution channels, generating $22 million in annual revenue and reaching a $50 million corporate valuation in 2024. To expand its market presence beyond its initial online model, the enterprise has established strategic retail partnerships with major national distributors, including Amazon, Walmart, and Whole Foods. The brand recently participated in a promotional pop-up event with the travel accessories company Béis, distributing over 1,000 beverage cans to consumers while simultaneously achieving cash flow positivity. The executive leadership team managing this retail expansion includes Chief Executive Officer Chris Gallant and interim Chief Marketing Officer Jeumana Jaber. Chamberlain Coffee was founded in 2019 by Emma Chamberlain.
Chamberlain Coffee has raised $7.0M across 1 funding round.
Chamberlain Coffee has raised $7.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Chamberlain Coffee is a consumer goods company specializing in premium coffee and matcha products, founded by influencer Emma Chamberlain—not a technology company. It offers whole bean coffee, cold brew packets, instant coffee, flavored matcha blends (like lavender and strawberry), ready-to-drink (RTD) canned lattes in flavors such as Mocha, Cinnamon Bun, Vanilla, and Cold Brew, plus accessories like mugs and frothers.[1][2][3][6] Targeting Gen Z with accessible, sustainable options like compostable pods and low-sugar dairy-free lattes, it serves young coffee drinkers seeking convenient, bold-flavored beverages while expanding to broader demographics through retail at Walmart, Target, Whole Foods, Sprouts, and Amazon.[1][3][4][5] The brand solves the hassle of brewing coffee by providing easy formats like single-serve pouches and RTD cans, backed by a $7 million funding round in 2024 to fuel RTD growth, with strong momentum from 363 million TikTok views and omnichannel expansion.[1][2][3]
Chamberlain Coffee was founded in 2019 or 2020 by Emma Chamberlain, a popular YouTuber and influencer known for vlogs featuring her cold brew habit, making the brand a natural extension of her personal lifestyle.[2][3][4][8] Starting as an e-commerce-only DTC brand with whole bean coffee bags, it quickly expanded to matcha, chai, cold brew, instant options, and merch amid rapid growth in the competitive coffee market.[1][3][5] Early traction came from Chamberlain's audience, aligning with Gen Z's preference for iced coffee, and pivotal moments include a $7 million funding round for RTD lattes launched exclusively at Walmart in April 2024, plus retail partnerships and a permanent pop-up store.[1][5] Leadership includes CEO Chris Gallant and marketing head Ahern or Jaber, who emphasize fan-requested innovations and sustainability.[1][4]
While not a tech company, Chamberlain Coffee leverages creator economy trends and DTC tech infrastructure to disrupt traditional coffee retail.[3] It rides the wave of influencer-founded brands using social media for organic growth, omnichannel strategies, and data-driven fulfillment (e.g., ShipBob's analytics for demand forecasting), enabling rapid scaling in a $100B+ coffee market favoring RTD and iced options among Gen Z.[1][2][3][4] Timing aligns with post-pandemic e-commerce maturity and Gen Z's shift to sustainable, convenient beverages, amplified by TikTok virality over traditional ads.[1][3] It influences the ecosystem by proving creator brands can transition to retail giants like Walmart, blending content marketing with logistics tech for broader CPG impact.[2][4][5]
Chamberlain Coffee's trajectory points to accelerated RTD dominance, with revenue heavily from canned lattes and priorities on sampling, pop-ups, and new flavors informed by UGC.[1][4] Trends like Gen Z/millennial demand for low-sugar, sustainable RTDs and AI-enhanced fulfillment will propel growth, potentially via more retail exclusives or beauty crossovers (e.g., matcha shampoo).[2][3][4] Its influence may evolve from niche influencer play to mainstream CPG contender, "growing up" beyond Chamberlain's 30M followers through broad appeal and operational scale—watch for international expansion via ShipBob's global network.[2][4] This positions it as a model for talent-led consumer brands in a social-first world, far from pure tech but powered by its tools.
Chamberlain Coffee has raised $7.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Chamberlain Coffee's investors include Brandon Brown, Emma Chamberlain, Ken Sadowsky, Nik Sharma, Ole Kristoffersen, Blazar Capital, Adverb Ventures, Ascension Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, BlueRun Ventures, Flucas Ventures, Grotech Ventures.
Chamberlain Coffee has raised $7.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $7.0M Series A in August 2022.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2022 | $7.0M Series A | Brandon Brown, Emma Chamberlain, Ken Sadowsky, Nik Sharma, Ole Kristoffersen, Blazar Capital | Adverb Ventures, Ascension Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, BlueRun Ventures, Flucas Ventures, Grotech Ventures, H.I.G. Capital, Jetstream, Trust Fund, Weekend Fund, Gautam Gupta, Jeremy Cai, Sahin Boydas, Danny Duncan, Noah Bremen, Steen Skallebaek |