Congo Coffee lands C$7m pre-seed of funding from angel group

• The capital infusion will be used for team building, operations, supply chain infrastructure and market share acquisition
• Congo Coffee was founded by Nia Bangala
• The shop plans on opening new retail locations in 2023

Toronto-based specialty coffee shop Congo Coffee has secured C$7 million in pre-seeding financing. The backer was Pittsford, New York Angel investors group.

The capital infusion will be used for team-building, operations, supply chain infrastructure and market share acquisition.

Congo Coffee founder Nia Bangala plans on opening new retail locations for 2023.

“I took my time to perfect our unique offerings which gives Congo Coffee its competitive advantage, to really understand and obsess over our core customers base satisfaction and needs” sand Bangala in a statement. “I’m extremely proud of the solid foundations I’ve laid as I bootstrapped this business for the past 3 summers.”