Kainos Capital
Kainos Capital is a middle market private equity firm with a dedicated focus on the North American food and consumer sector. For more than 20 years, our team has worked with manufacturers and marketers to execute initiatives that help accelerate growth and drive financial results. Our goal is to bring our experience, relationships and Change Capital to the table to help companies accelerate their plans and amplify their growth potential. The Kainos team has extensive investment and operating experience in the industry, having invested more than $2 billion of equity in more than 70 transactions with a total transaction value of over $10 billion. The firm's strategy is to build a diversified portfolio of growing and strategically relevant food and consumer businesses that trade buyers would like to acquire. We are a collection of passionate and experienced leaders that love building businesses. Our team is comprised of a diverse array of talent with experience in marketing, operations, merchandising, consulting, research and finance. We come to work each day focused on unlocking the potential of our partner companies.
Muenster Milling Company is a manufacturer of quality animal feeds. They pack the foods with local, Non-GMO grains, gluten-free ingredients, & low carbohydrates to give the dog the best diet possible.
Nutrisystem is a provider of health and wellness and weight management products. It has helped millions of people lose weight for nearly 50 years. Nutrisystem’s new personal approach to weight loss includes plans designed to address everyone’s unique metabolism. Nutrisystem’s Food and Nutrition Mission, which bans artificial flavors and sweeteners, colors from synthetic sources, high fructose corn syrup, and artificial trans fats, reflects its commitment to fresher foods, cleaner labels, and increased transparency in its approach to ingredients. Nutrisystem plans feature a menu of more than 150 delicious, nutritious, and on-trend meals and snacks.
Private Equity Round in 2018
Good2Grow is a beverage company which sells 100% fruits and vegetable juice.
Founded in Green Bay, Wisconsin in 1998, Bonewerks provides the highest-quality chef-inspired sauce products for center-of-the-plate entrées, including ranges of premium glace and demi-glace, as well as fully prepared, oven-seared sous vide entrées. Bonewerks glace and demi-glace products provide an intense neutral flavor foundation for chefs that can be used to prepare signature sauces or serve as is. The sous vide products include beef, pork, lamb, duckling, chicken and veal center-of-the-plate entrées that are oven-seared braised, fully cooked, delivered frozen, and easily reheated. The sous vide method of preparation maximizes the tenderness and flavor profile of the meat. By outsourcing sous vide preparation, chefs can eliminate labor, as well as the time consuming food safety paperwork required to cook sous vide in house. Bonewerks products enable chefs to prepare high-quality dishes for large groups and are used by discerning chefs in a variety of settings, including white table cloth restaurants, catered events, sporting venues and hotels.
Country Fresh is a provider of fresh-cut fruit, apple slices, vegetables and snacking solutions in a variety of blends, sizes, and packaging options.
Kettle Cuisine is a manufacturer of small-batch, all-natural soups, sauces, and side dishes, serving the up-and-down-the-street foodservice, national restaurant chains, and retail channels.
Private Equity Round in 2015
Kettle Cuisine is a manufacturer of small-batch, all-natural soups, sauces, and side dishes, serving the up-and-down-the-street foodservice, national restaurant chains, and retail channels.
Frequentz is a technology company that provides data warehousing, traceability, and information management solutions to help improve productivity, product quality, and profitability. Its solutions help target markets collect, store, and analyze serialized life histories of events and objects which bring insight to end-to-end supply chains and business processes. Frequentz product portfolio includes solutions for information repository and intelligence server, mobile, track and trace, serialization, verification, applications, and insights. The company is focused on vertical markets such as agriculture, pharmaceutical, retail, aerospace, chemical, electronics, maritime, and automotive. Frequentz was founded in 2008 and is based in Palo Alto, California.
InterHealth Nutraceuticals specializes in researching, developing, marketing and distributing proprietary branded nutraceutical ingredients. InterHealth ingredients are sold worldwide to manufacturers of dietary supplements and functional foods & beverages. The company's success is earmarked by high-quality ingredients, thorough research program, outstanding customer service and powerful co-branding marketing strategy. InterHealth has had a number of milestones along the way. Our first product, ChromeMate®, was introduced in 1987 and was just the start of our proven history. We’ve since grown into a global company, providing branded nutraceutical ingredients for some of the world’s most popular dietary supplements and food & beverage products. InterHealth continues to search for new value-added ingredients. If you would like to explore your options for high-quality ingredients for your supplemental products, please contact us at 707-751-2800. We work with our customers to create proprietary blends for their health supplements and would be happy to discuss your options.
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