{"id":425048,"date":"2025-12-04T22:23:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T22:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/425048\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T22:23:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T22:23:22","slug":"dallas-braemont-capital-invests-in-129-year-old-royal-cup-coffee-tea-dallas-innovates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/425048\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas&#8217; Braemont Capital Invests in 129-Year-Old Royal\u00a0Cup Coffee &#038;\u00a0Tea \u00bb Dallas Innovates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            <img width=\"970\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Photo-Royal-Cup-Coffee-and-Tea_970.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"featured-caption\">Photo: Royal Cup Coffee &amp; Tea<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dallas-based Braemont Capital has made an investment in Royal Cup Coffee &amp; Tea, a family-owned business based in Birmingham, Alabama, that has spent nearly 130 years roasting and distributing specialty and premium coffees, teas and beverage solutions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While terms of the investment were not disclosed, Braemont aims to provide capital and operational support to help position the company for accelerated innovation, expansion and service, Royal Cup said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to partner with Royal Cup, a brand whose reputation for quality, community, and leadership speaks for itself,\u201d Wali Bacdayan, partner at Braemont Capital, said in a statement. \u201cBraemont invests to build alongside our partners. We look forward to supporting the Royal Cup team\u2019s operational initiatives as they continue to grow, and for the opportunities ahead to leverage our team\u2019s route-based distribution experience and Entrepreneur and Family Office Network for the benefit of Royal Cup\u2019s customers, employees, suppliers and our investors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chip Wann, CEO of Royal Cup Coffee &amp; Tea, said his company\u2019s mission has been the same for nearly 130 years:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoyal Cup has been dedicated to serving our customers, our communities, and our people with excellence,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cThis partnership with Braemont allows us to build upon that legacy\u2014bringing fresh perspectives, new resources and shared expertise to help us reach even greater heights, while keeping our values, legacy and traditions at the heart of everything we do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Plans for expansion nationwide across sectors<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1896, Royal Cup\u2019s reach extends throughout the U.S., Mexico, and the Caribbean, serving customers in the food service, hospitality, office and specialty coffee markets.<\/p>\n<p>Royal Cup said it plans to use the additional capital to expand its roasting and distribution capabilities, strengthen partnerships across the hospitality, foodservice, healthcare, and convenience sectors and continue delivering exceptional coffee, tea, and beverage solution experiences nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Stephens Inc. acted as exclusive financial advisor to Royal Cup, Inc. Cascadia Capital acted as exclusive financial advisor to Braemont Capital.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss what\u2019s next. 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Its second launch, Databolt, uses tokenization to secure sensitive data and help companies adopt AI with confidence.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"rp4wp-col rp4wp-col-first rp4wp-col-last\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dallasinnovates.com\/dallas-based-highway-raises-strategic-growth-investment-to-accelerate-growth-fight-freight-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"970\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Highway_JordanGraft_970.jpg\" class=\"attachment-rp4wp-thumbnail-post size-rp4wp-thumbnail-post wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>FTV Capital leads the round, with participation from Lead Edge Capital, to help the logistics tech company expand its carrier identity platform and combat growing fraud in freight brokerage.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"rp4wp-col rp4wp-col-first rp4wp-col-last\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dallasinnovates.com\/dallas-venture-capital-invests-in-palo-alto-based-fiddler-ais-50m-series-b-round\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"970\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DallasVentureCapita_FiddlerAI_2up-970.jpg\" class=\"attachment-rp4wp-thumbnail-post size-rp4wp-thumbnail-post wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Palo Alto, California-based Fiddler AI said its $18.6 million Series B extension brings the round&#8217;s total funding to $50 million. The company said the funds will help it &#8220;continue to build momentum in AI observability and AI safety.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"rp4wp-col rp4wp-col-first rp4wp-col-last\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dallasinnovates.com\/dallas-rising-phoenix-capital-appoints-director-of-capital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"970\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/RisingPhoenixCapital_BenFujihara-970.jpg\" class=\"attachment-rp4wp-thumbnail-post size-rp4wp-thumbnail-post wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben Fujihara will be responsible for overseeing capital strategy, investor relations, and business development at Rising Phoenix, the investment firm said.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Royal Cup Coffee &amp; Tea Dallas-based Braemont Capital has made an investment in Royal Cup Coffee &amp;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":425049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,198039,1596,198040,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-425048","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-braemont-capital","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-royal-cup-coffee-tea","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-tx","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115663642373310290","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}