# BrewBird

> BrewBird is a San Carlos, California hardware and coffee company that reinvents office coffee. Its countertop machine brews specialty, whole-bean, pour-over-quality coffee in about 60 seconds using fully compostable pods filled with beans from local roasters like Sightglass, Verve and Equator. Each pod carries a QR code that tells the machine the exact water temperature and brew time for the beans inside. Founded in 2019 by CEO Mickey Du, BrewBird sells to offices and hospitality spaces - customers include Meta, LinkedIn and Salesforce - and has raised a $32M Series A led by investors including Sequoia Capital.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** San Carlos, California, United States
- **Founders:** Mickey Du (Co-Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** ~51 employees
- **Products:** BrewBird Machine, Compostable Whole-Bean Pods, BrewBird Coffee Platform / Service
- **Notable:** Raised a $32M Series A with backing from Sequoia Capital and the former CEO of Peet's Coffee., Deployed machines at major tech and corporate customers including Meta, LinkedIn and Salesforce., Engineered a machine that brews specialty pour-over coffee in ~60 seconds after 12-20 hardware iterations.

## Products & services

- **BrewBird Machine** — A countertop single-serve brewer that makes pour-over-quality coffee from whole beans in about 60 seconds. Sells for roughly $10,000 with lease and subsidized options for early customers.
- **Compostable Whole-Bean Pods** — Fully backyard-compostable pods filled with whole beans from partner roasters. Each pod carries a QR code specifying the ideal water temperature and brew time. Priced at around $2 per pod.
- **BrewBird Coffee Platform / Service** — A B2B subscription and service model for offices and hospitality, including a rotating roster of local roasters and 24-hour service SLAs with trained technicians.

## Achievements

- Raised a $32M Series A with backing from Sequoia Capital and the former CEO of Peet's Coffee.
- Deployed machines at major tech and corporate customers including Meta, LinkedIn and Salesforce.
- Engineered a machine that brews specialty pour-over coffee in ~60 seconds after 12-20 hardware iterations.
- Built a fully backyard-compostable whole-bean pod, avoiding the plastic waste of conventional single-serve pods.
- Assembled a roster of top-tier local roasters across California and beyond.

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — SF Standard profiled BrewBird as 'the Bay Area startup banishing bad office coffee for good,' reporting ~30 corporate deployments and $10,000 machines pouring ~$2 cups.
- **2025-07** — Released a design collaboration video (Mucho x BrewBird x Craig Black) showcasing brand and product design.
- **2024-10** — Published a BrewBird coffee advertisement short highlighting the 60-second pour-over experience.
- **2023** — Launched its first machine deployment at Meta and began scaling into other corporate offices.

## Links

- Website: https://brewbird.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/brewbirdinc
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/brewbirdinc
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0G_a2KvtD4
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brewbirdbrew/

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