RocketCup Coffee was founded by Tom Cullen at the beginning of 2023. Tom is a passionate entrepreneur in Buffalo and Cattaraugus County. He is a professor at St. Bonaventure University and director of the Innovation Center at SBU. at SBU, he and his two partners, MacKenzie Bush, and Steve McClain, Co-Founded an Accelerator Program, The Laine business accelerator in Olean. This is where their spark for helping communities around them began.

RocketCup Coffee came to life when they realized that they all had a burning passion for revitalizing communities and a love for the history of Coffee. While helping start-up businesses all around Cattaraugus County, they had the fantastic idea of starting a coffee company, RocketCup Coffee, that revitalizes communities all over. While supporting projects through $1,000 grants, they also crafter a fantastic specialty coffee blend from Brazil, Colombia, and Honduras. Each bean is roasted individually to create the most delicious blend.