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r.Cup: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

rCup is a pioneer and inventor in the reuse economy, offering event venues, enterprises, and other operations a straightforward, safe, and affordable reusable alternative to single-use disposables. The company has a 30-year history of being environmental health and climate change champions. In more than 90 cities, 30 states, and 12 countries since 2017, rCup has prevented millions of single-use cups or food ware from ending up in landfills and reduced two million tons of CO2. Reuse has received recognition as a leader in sustainability and has won awards such as The Reusies Most Innovative Company Honoree, Fast Company World Most Innovative Company (2020), and Fast Company World Changing Idea (2021). (2021) Visit rcup.com for additional details.

rcup.com LinkedIn Minneapolis, United States 11-50 employees
GreenTech Recycling Sustainability B2B Live events Reusable cup Music events And sporting events
Total raised
$3.6M
Rounds
1
Latest
Undisclosed round
Nov 2022

r.Cup has raised $3.6M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $3.6M announced in Nov 2022.

That round is above the $3.0M median round size for Sustainability companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

r.Cup Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$3.6M
across 1 round on record
Funding rounds on record
1
Latest funding round
Undisclosed round
$3.6M in Nov 2022
Employees
11-50
reported band
Headquarters
Minneapolis, United States

Latest funding round on record: Nov 2022.

r.Cup Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Undisclosed round
$3.6M

r.Cup Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Michael Martin
CEO

No contact details are on record for this team yet.

r.Cup Funding Compared to Other Sustainability Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
29,722
$7.5M

r.Cup's latest round of $3.6M is above the median round in Sustainability. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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r.Cup Funding FAQs

What does r.Cup do?

rCup is a pioneer and inventor in the reuse economy, offering event venues, enterprises, and other operations a straightforward, safe, and affordable reusable alternative to single-use disposables. The company has a 30-year history of being environmental health and climate change champions. In more than 90 cities, 30 states, and 12 countries since 2017, rCup has prevented millions of single-use cups or food ware from ending up in landfills and reduced two million tons of CO2. Reuse has received recognition as a leader in sustainability and has won awards such as The Reusies Most Innovative Company Honoree, Fast Company World Most Innovative Company (2020), and Fast Company World Changing Idea (2021). (2021) Visit rcup.com for additional details.

How much funding has r.Cup raised?

r.Cup has raised $3.6M across 1 round on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $3.6M announced in Nov 2022.

When did r.Cup last raise funding?

r.Cup's most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $3.6M, announced in Nov 2022.

Who is the CEO of r.Cup?

Michael Martin is listed as CEO at r.Cup.

Where is r.Cup headquartered?

r.Cup is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

How many employees does r.Cup have?

r.Cup is in the 11-50 employee band.

How does r.Cup's funding compare to other Sustainability startups?

r.Cup's latest round of $3.6M is above the $3.0M median round size for Sustainability companies on FundedIQ across 74 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's r.Cup Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for r.Cup is left off this page rather than filled in.

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