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THC IV takes 80% of Polish coffee roaster Blue Orca Coffee

What's the deal? Polish private equity fund THCDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → IV has acquired an 80% stake in Blue Orca CoffeeDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a coffee roaster based in Belzyce near Lublin. The deal value was not disclosed.

What does the target do? Blue Orca Coffee roasts around 1,000 tonnes of coffee a year. More than 90% of its sales come from e-commerce, spanning several hundred thousand transactions with individual customers annually.

The numbers: Revenue reached nearly US$17.5M (around $17.9 million) in 2025, after growing roughly 35% a year over the past two years.

What's the endgame? Blue Orca Coffee plans to expand into channels where it has had limited presence: the HoReCa segment and cooperation with retail chains.

The signal: The deal marks another move by THC in Polish industry, following its recent sale of Radpol PipesDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → to France's ElydanDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → group. For a roaster built on direct online sales, private equity backing points to a push beyond e-commerce into wholesale and retail distribution.

Read more: biznes.pap.pl

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