Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Coffee · 10+ locations · Portland, NYC, LA, Kyoto
Stumptown helped invent direct-trade specialty coffee in Portland. It's now three owners removed from its founder: private equity, then Peet's, then Keurig Dr Pepper. Its second-oldest café closed in February 2026 after 25 years.
The Big Picture
Stumptown helped invent direct-trade specialty coffee, but it is now three owners removed from its founder: private equity in 2011, Peet's in 2015, and Keurig Dr Pepper since April 2026. Founder Duane Sorenson has started a new Portland coffee company. Stumptown answers to Keurig Dr Pepper, a large publicly traded drinks company.
The Dirty Details
Ownership
TSG Consumer PartnersPrivate Equity
TSG Consumer Partners is a San Francisco PE firm founded in 1986 (among the first to invest exclusively in consumer brands), with roughly $14 billion under management and past investments including BrewDog and Scopely. On Ferret it owns CorePower Yoga today and owned Stumptown from 2011 until its 2015 sale to Peet's.
Assets under management: ~$14B (2025)
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Company data last updated September 2026
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