When I am investing in Black Momma Tea & Cafe, am I also getting a stake in the existing online business of the BMTC company? If yes, could you please share the detailed financials of that company as well please.

Hello Mehesh Sethuraman, yes the existing online and channel portion will be part of BMTC Inc. The financial details of that privately held company isn't part of this offering, its a separate entity which is relinquishing its online and channel position to BMTC, Inc

"The Starbucks of the Tea Industry!" is quite the claim, since Starbucks sells tea, isn't Starbucks already Starbucks of tea? Do you plan to also sell food/coffee at the cafes? Are you sure that you are picking locations that will get the foot traffic and drive in/thru traffic...

Hello Andrew Bushnell, Starbuck is Starbucks Coffee not Starbucks of Tea... They sell some teas but their core is Coffee, that's why Its called Starbucks Coffee Company. Yes, we plan to sell food, pastries, desserts and 1 particular coffee that we partnered with a Co-op Farmer in South Africa. Majority of our products are organic, gluten-free, vegan, low glycemic and kosher. That is what differentiates BMTC from the rest. If you look at the profile you will view sample products from other ven...

"Black Momma Teas and Cafe will sell affiliated brands owned by B4MC Group like vodka, agave and tea at a discounted price. Vanessa Braxton is a principle shareholder in both entities and will benefit from the relationship." This seems like a pretty big conflict of interest si...

A conflict of interest, not at all! That’s your thinking. We don’t think like that at all Andrew. There’s a bigger picture here! And No we do not intend to funnel profits to B4MC Group, if that was the case why would we relinquish our website and online channel sales to BMTC. In the profile, you will see B4MC Group is only receiving cost plus which is well below Industry standards. We bring an existing loyal customer base of 27k+, an existing established website, government and channel sales ...

When do you expect to close this fundraise?

We have not established a close date. It's expected to be early 2018, but as soon as we hit the Max goal it will close.

what kind of return does this investment offer?

This is not a debt-equity investment, this is common stock equity investment and the minimum is 100 shares

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Two cafes in New York.

Existing Black Momma brand products currently have 33,000 customers and totaled $2.9 million in sales.

Our founder, Vanessa Braxton, is a retired structural engineer with experience managing an annual $350 million contracts and construction budget. With over 20 years of experience in engineering and construction, she became the first African American woman

Registered as a Federal Government Contractor in order to facilitate licensed locations on military bases.

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