Blue Dove Coffee
Veteran-owned coffee shop · 3+ locations · NYC: Union Square, SoHo, Tribeca
A Union Square coffee cart that went viral and grew into two Manhattan cafés, still wholly owned by the Army veteran who started it. Its outside money is borrowed, including bonds paying retail investors 11.5 percent, rather than raised by selling anyone a stake.
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Blue Dove Coffee, started in September 2023, is wholly owned and run by its founder, Amadeo Falce. Its outside money is borrowed, through bonds sold to retail investors and a private loan, so lenders are owed repayment but have no say. It names the farms behind its coffee, though none of its sourcing can be independently confirmed.
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