Bean Box
Facts
- HQ
- Seattle
- Sectors
- Food & Beverage, E-commerce, Subscription services
- Founded
- 2014 Seattle business license
- Type
- Corporation Seattle business license
- Registered name
- Bean Box Inc Seattle business license
- Total raised
- $7.6M SEC Form D filings Total of this company's SEC Form D filings
- Last round
- $3.1M · Mar 2023 SEC Form D
- Founders
- Matthew, Ryan
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