Ingredient Focused Snacks
• steady rising since 2020 •
May we have a word?
In Croatia, the word “kudo” means “miracle.” And that’s the word we want you to think of when you try our natural popcorn & gummies that help you stay on top of your health goals each and every day.
kudo is not just a great tasting snack company …
Kudo creates healthy snacks, that also taste great, with only the best quality all-natural ingredients available to be consumed by mankind. We don’t skimp on ingredients and we seek out the proven good stuff.
Each snack recipe is created with science-backed research, food safety protocols and plenty of peer group sampling tests (taste bud approved) before it loads into a Kudo bag or pouch.
Let’s breaks it down
KETTLE POP PROTEIN POPCORN
ZERO- SUGAR NUTRITIONAL GUMMIES
NUTRITIONAL FACTS
Sleep Support
How we started
How did we get here? When immune health became a global concern in 2020, Kudo saw a glaring hole in the discussions taking place on the news and in social media.
Our mission
To bring you the tastiest, no-remorse, snacks on the planet each day and every day.
Our Team
Ryan Lewis
Founder & CEO
Involved in the Health & Wellness space for over 20 years, Ryan has Co- Founded and developed numerous Nutraceutical companies to reach over nine- digit revenue figures with combined sales over $350M USD. Past experience Co- Founding nutraceutical company from idea, formation and business plan while being recognized as a Top 100 Direct Sales Company in four consecutive years (2015 – 2018), Business For Home Magazine.
Ryan holds an MBA and is a proven business leader and entrepreneur with expertise in general management, marketing strategy, sales development, operations and finance. Seasoned International Business Executive responsible for launching over 25 global markets including opening offices in Tokyo, Japan, Seoul S. Korea, Honk Kong, New Delhi, India, Monetery. Headed multiple Scientific Advisory Boards including creating innovative product concepts and overseeing product development. Former college basketball athlete at Utah Valley University / Wagner College, New York City.
Brydon Cotter
President & Founder
An entrepreneur from a young age, Brydon began his career developing the first peer to peer tutoring app in Canada while on a football scholarship to the University of British Columbia. After exiting that company, he moved to sell side finance, developing relationships and raising over
$35m of equity in financings for SME companies
generating over $250m in market capitalization. With this experience, he ventured into buy side finance consulting for Cypress Hills Partners, a niche credit fund with exceptional performance. Brydon left that opportunity, founding an accelerator/ venture capital fund called Blue Water Capital Corp, which provides infrastructure, advisory, and investment to rapidly scale companies from ideation to growth stages.
Darcy Cavanaugh
Founder & Board Member
Darcy brings over 30 years of experience in large volume production, business planning, financial management, growth profit margins, gaining market share, customer service, personnel supervision, and staff development.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills supporting a high level of professionalism, integrity, and enthusiasm. Adept at assessing people and responding to their unspoken concerns and personal needs.
Blakely Gull
Marketing Manager
Strategy and results-driven digital marketer with several years of experience developing captivating brand experiences across multiple industries. Passionate about spearheading companies into building relationships with their customer base and pushing SEO clients to the top of search engine leaderboards.
Driven by optimizing brand value, clearly defining product marketing strategies, improving consumer-facing assets across digital platforms and beyond, and leading high-performing teams.
Deborah Cotter
Corporate Secretary & Governance Professional
Over 30 years experience in the public markets for both Canadian and US listed companies, she currently holds the position of Corporate Secretary/ Governance
Professional with various CSE, TSXV and OTCQX listed companies. Deborah has held the position of Corporate Secretary/Compliance with Terrace Energy Corp., CRH
Medical Corp. and of ID Biomedical Corp. until the time of its takeover offer by Glaxo Smith Kline plc. in December of 2005 where it grew from an initial $3 million market capitalization to $1.7 billion at the time of its eventual takeover offer 2005.
Knox Henderson
IR & Communications
Senior level communications professional with a broad range of experience in investor, public, media and analyst relations and marketing communications in both agency and corporate environments.
The past decade focused on marketing, investor communications and raising capital for TSX Venture and Canadian Securities Exchange – listed resource, technology and health sciences companies. Co – led with CEOs financings of more than $150 million in capital.
Alvine Alston
Advisor
New York native, a graduate of the New York Institute of Technology with a BFA in Communications. She worked for some of the largest broadcasting networks in the nation.
Continuously recognized as a leader in the Field of Communications, the award-winning Journalist, Publicist and Brand Manager has a proven track record delivering unmatched results. With over two decades of experience in publicity, video production and broadcasting for dozens of TV networks, our team of industry leaders led by Alvina is equipped with the know-how and connections necessary to take media exposure to the next level.
Fred Brown
Advisor
Fred retired from the Bank of America (formerly Seafirst Bank) after 15 years of service. As a Senior Vice President with the bank, Fred managed a team in the Northwest Small Business Banking Group. This group was comprised of loan officers based in Washington, Oregon and Northern Idaho who worked with small businesses with sales from $1-$10 million, to assist them with all their banking needs.
Fred joined Bank of America in 1991 in the Private Banking Group. He served as a member of the Banks Leadership Team in Washington, as well as the bank’s national committee for diversity. Prior to joining Bank of America, Fred was Vice President of Marketing for the 1990 Goodwill Games. He preceded this position, as a color commentator for Channel 13 in Seattle for Pac-10 basketball.
From 1971-1984 Fred played with the Seattle Supersonics of the National Basketball Association. Fred was the first player taken by the Sonics in the 1971 NBA draft and was the sixth player taken overall.