# Stephan Erkelens

> Stephan Erkelens is the co-founder, president and CEO of RevHub, an Orange County social enterprise organisation founded in 2019. His career spans coffee production and trading, banking, capital markets and nonprofit leadership. Through RevHub, he works with entrepreneurs, advisors, university partners and impact investors to support businesses addressing social and environmental challenges.

- **Role:** Co-founder, President and CEO at RevHub
- **Organizations:** RevHub, RevFund I, Axiom Coffee Ventures, Growers First Coffee
- **Education:** Technische Universität Graz
- **Known for:** Co-founded RevHub in 2019., Helped build a partnership-based social enterprise incubation program with UCI Beall Applied Innovation., Led RevHub during the launch of RevFund I in 2022.

## Career timeline

- **1996** — Relocated from Guatemala to California with his wife and three children.
- **2010** — Growers First Coffee, whose public startup profile lists him as CEO, was founded in December.
- **2013** — Worked with Crimson Cup through Axiom Coffee Ventures to connect the roaster with coffee farmers for its Friend2Farmer program.
- **2019** — Co-founded RevHub in Orange County and became its president and CEO.
- **2021** — RevHub launched its first social enterprise cohort with UCI Beall Applied Innovation in March.
- **2022** — RevHub announced RevFund I in June and its first $1 million fundraising milestone in December.
- **2023** — RevHub expanded climate-action work through CABI with Sustain SoCal and UCI.
- **2024** — Attended the Sorenson Impact Summit with RevHub co-founder Tim Shaw.
- **2025** — Published a guest essay advocating coordinated support for social innovation in California.

## Achievements

- Co-founded RevHub in 2019.
- Helped build a partnership-based social enterprise incubation program with UCI Beall Applied Innovation.
- Led RevHub during the launch of RevFund I in 2022.
- Helped connect coffee farmers with Crimson Cup through Axiom Coffee Ventures.

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — The OC Startup Council published his guest essay calling for coordinated capital, mentorship and infrastructure to advance social innovation in California.

## Links

- Website: https://revhuboc.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erkelensstewart

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Last updated: 2026-10-26