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Flash Coffee Extends Series B Round to US$50 Million

SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 11 May 2023 - Singapore-based tech-enabled coffee chain Flash Coffee has announced the successful completion of its Series B financing round led by White Star Capital, raising a total of US$50 million following its latest closing.

Existing investors including White Star Capital, Delivery Hero, Geschwister Oetker, and Conny & Co, participated in the financing round - with several of them further increasing their stake in the company.

Flash Coffee Co-founders Sebastian Hannecker and David Brunier
Flash Coffee Co-founders Sebastian Hannecker and David Brunier

The new funds will be channelled towards accelerating the company's mission to achieve group-level profitability. This includes sustainably growing its footprint across the Asia Pacific region to serve high-quality specialty coffee to customers in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong and South Korea, doubling down on technology and product innovation and further developing the sales performance of existing stores.

Flash Coffee has experienced exponential growth over the past two years, with a 23-fold increase in year-on-year revenue in 2021, followed by another four-fold year-on-year increase in 2022 while achieving more than 100 percentage points year-on-year EBITDA improvement on a group level in the same year. With stores being solidly profitable across the region, the company is on track to reach group level profitability in 2024, with the first markets set to become EBITDA positive in the coming months.

Flash Coffee will continue expanding deeper into its most mature market, Indonesia, where the fast-growing middle class is rapidly driving coffee consumption in Southeast Asia's most populous country. Following the company's successful entry into Bandung - its first expansion outside of a capital city - with 11 outlets across the metropolitan area of over 8.8 million inhabitants, Flash Coffee will be officially launching in the vibrant city of Surabaya in July 2023.

"We are grateful to have the continued backing of our shareholders in this financing round. With 100% of our 92 stores in Indonesia being profitable, we have found a solid product market fit and are eager to expand our presence into additional cities in Indonesia to further drive sustainable growth. Offering a product that people love and following our ongoing trajectory of topline and profitability improvements, we are confident that we will reach our overarching goal of being profitable on a group level next year," said David Brunier, Founder & CEO of Flash Coffee.

"We are proud to further strengthen our investment in Flash Coffee, which has demonstrated impressive growth in a very short period of time. We stand by the company's mission to broaden access to premium coffee for consumers across Asia using the power of technology, and believe that the brand has resonated strongly with its audience. Flash Coffee is well-positioned to become a leading coffee chain in the region, and we look forward to continuing working closely with the team to support their continued growth and progress towards profitability," said Joe Wei, General Partner of White Star Capital.
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Flash Coffee

is a tech-enabled coffee chain that serves a menu of high-quality drinks curated by award-winning World Barista Champions across Asia. Customers can use the Flash Coffee app (download ) to order and pay online, choose to pick up orders from one of the brand’s iconic yellow storefronts, or order for delivery through the app or major delivery platforms in each market.

Launched in 2020, Flash Coffee now operates over 200 stores in five markets across Asia Pacific - Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong, and South Korea. Flash Coffee is backed by some of the most reputable global tech investors such as White Star Capital, Rocket Internet, Global Founders Capital, Conny & Co as well as strong strategic investors such as Delivery Hero and Geschwister Oetker Beteiligungen.

White Star Capital

White Star Capital is a global multi-stage technology investment platform that invests in exceptional entrepreneurs building ambitious, international businesses. Operating out of London, New York, Paris, Montreal, Toronto, Tokyo, and Singapore. Our global presence, perspective, and people enable us to partner closely with our founders to help them scale internationally.


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