Babu Rajesh

The Yucaipa Cos. LLC is a private equity firm founded in 1986 by Ronald Wayne Burkle. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Oak Hill Advisors LP (OHA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and alternative investment firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Glenn August in 1991 and was acquired by T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW) from Oak Hill Advisors GenPar LP in 2021. OHA provides investment advisory services to various pooled funds, CLOs and single investor mandates and a publicly traded business development company (BDC).

Bear Naked, Inc. provides fruit and nut granola products. It offers banana nut, peak protein, and apple cinnamon, low-sugar cereals, and oatmeal granola snacks. The company was founded by Kelly Flatley and Brendan Synnott in 2002 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, CA.

Quinn Foods LLC operates online snacks food stores. Its snacks include microwave and popped popcorn, pretzels, real butter tastes better and popping kernels. The company was founded by Kristy Lewis and Coulter Lewis and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Kick Foods LLC manufactures adult supplements. It offers sleep, energy, calm, probiotic, and turmeric supplements. The company was founded by Andrew Goldman and Simeon Margolis and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Barnana PBC engages in the provision of banana-based snacks. Its products include banana bites, cookie brittle, plantain chips and plantain tortilla chips. The company was founded by Caue Suplicy, Nik Ingersoll and Matthew Clifford in 2012 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

UBS Investment Bank provides investment banking and securities brokerage services. Its clients include institutional and corporate clients, intermediaries, governments, and hedge funds. The firm also provides merger and acquisition advisory, private placement, investment research, foreign exchange, equity, and leverage finance advisory services. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

KIND LLC manufactures and sells nutritional bars. It offers grains bars, grains clusters, and breakfast bars. The company was founded by Daniel Lubetzky in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Revelry Brands LLC (Revelry Brands) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Brendan Synnott and Megan Bent. The firm is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.

The HBSA/NC is one of the largest alumni clubs in the world, serving over 8,000 alumni across the globe. The non-profit company is based in San Rafael, CA. For over 40 years, the organization has been helping alumni stay connected, get inspired, and create impact in their communities through a diverse set of educational, career-focused, and socially-conscious initiatives. The organization organizes over 100 events annually, enabling alumni to learn and network with thought-leading HBS professors, respected CEOs, and noteworthy HBS alumni. Key initiatives such as community partners, start-up partners, and alumni angels add to the entrepreneurial verve of Silicon Valley while contributing to the mission of Harvard Business School in educating leaders that make a difference in the world.

Chameleon Cold Brew LLC sells and distributes bottled cold-brew coffee. It offers ready to drink and concentrated coffee. The company was founded by Chris Campbell and Steve J. Williams in 2010 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Tava Organics Ltd. produces and sells flavored ghee. The firm offers ghee butter, such as original ghee, white truffle salt, Madagascar vanilla bean, California garlic, and Himalayan pink salt; ghee oil, such as ghee oil spray and pour; and ghee on the go, such as original ghee, and California garlic. The company was founded by Raquel Tavares Gunsagar and Lillian Wunsch in 2014 and is headquartered in Los Venice, CA.

Sovos Brands Intermediate, Inc. operates as a food company. Its brands include Michael Angelo’s, Rao’s Homemade, and noosa yoghurt. The company was founded by Todd R. Lachman in 2016 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Simply Delicious, Inc. engages in the manufacture of oat bars. Its oat bar flavors include coconut, cranberry orange, banana chocolate chip, chocolate chip, cinnamon raisin, peanut butter, almond butter, peach, maple pecan, coconut almond chocolate chip, and lemon poppyseed. The company was founded by Beryl Stafford in 2016 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Dawn Anderson LLC retails home furnishings. It specializes in consumer packaged goods, whole food superfood bars, certified vegan, certified gluten free, nongmo, organic and natural healthy food production. The company was founded by Dawn Anderson in 2013 and is headquartered in Kihei, HI.

Caulipower LLC engages in the provision of cauliflower-based products. Its products include cauliflower crust pizzas, tortillas, and rice; chicken tenders and sweet potaTOASTS. The company was founded by Gail Becker in 2017 and is headquartered in Encino, CA.

Herbivore Botanicals LLC provides cosmetics products. Its products include natural skin-care, body-care, and grooming. The company was founded by Julia Wills and Alexander Kummerow in 2011 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

ZitSticka, Inc. operates as an evidence-based skincare brand that focuses on acne treatment. It offers KILLA patch that provides acne-fighting ingredients. The company was founded by Robbie Miller and Robbie Miller and Daniel Kaplan on February 19, 2019 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cartograph Group LLC operates as an Amazon-focused agency and brokerage, offering outsourced eCommerce services. It provides eCommerce solutions, which specializes in organic and natural foods. The firm offers pricing strategies and full product profitability, optimization and SEO, advertising on Amazon and logistics strategy services. The company was founded by Jonathan Willbanks and Chris Moe in 2017 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Malk Organics LLC provides food and beverage services. Its products include maple pecan and unsweetened vanilla almond malk. The company was founded by August Vega in 2014 is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Fat Snax provides high-fat, low carb and sugar-free snacks. It offers cookies, brownies and blondies. The company was founded by Jeff Frese in 2017 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

Part of Helen of Troy Ltd., Recipe Products Ltd. is a haircare brand that offers complete regimes for all hair types, with a focus on textured and curly hair care. The company is based in London, UK. The brand began as an online community in 2018, offering haircare content on YouTube and Instagram, and has since grown to become synonymous with clean, curly haircare. The brand's premium product lines include moisture, scalp care, strength, and hair makeup recipes, with vegan and cruelty-free products. The essential moisture shampoo and conditioner are the latest addition to the Curlsmith family, with benefits such as increasing moisture by 87% and providing long-lasting frizz control. The products include food-inspired staple ingredients such as betaine, avocado, coconut, sunflower oil, and andiroba, shea butter, resurrection flower, and a blend of aloe, sage, rosemary, pepper, and basil extracts. The British company was founded in 2015 by Michal Mariusz Berski, who has been the CEO since then. Recipe Products was acquired by Helen of Troy Ltd. on April 25, 2022 for $192.64 million.

Mid-Day Squares, Inc. is a Canadian company that produces functional chocolate bars that can kill hunger for up to 4 hours. The company is based in Lachine, Canada. The company's chocolate bars are made with clean plant protein, real chocolate, and superfoods. The company also offers raw superfood squares in classic choc-chip cookie dough flavor. Mid-Day Squares was founded by Jake Karls, Nick Saltarelli, and Lezlie Karls, with Lezlie Karls serving as the CEO since incorporation.

Green Spoon LLC is a natural food and beverage sales agency that represents disruptive and exciting packaged goods in the industry. The company is based in Boulder, CO. The company works with like-minded brands and people who share the common desire to bring the most exciting and highest quality products to the shelf and offer retail partners products that their customers are proud to purchase. Green Spoon was founded by Kari Pedriana and Matt Bauman, and Kari Pedriana has been the CEO since incorporation.