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Kainos Capital CFO Ryan Horstman {Photo: Kainos}
Food- and Consumer-Focused Kainos Capital Announces New CFO, Other Team Moves
by Lance Murray | Aug 7, 2025
The Dallas PE firm, which has deployed $3 billion across 40-plus deals, taps former Vortus and TPG executive Ryan Horstman as founding CFO David Knickel transitions to advisor.
![Kale Kolbe, left, joins Crux Capital as a senior associate and Christopher Herrod is an Analyst for the firm. [Photo: Crux Capital]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Crux-Capital-kale-kolbe-chirstopher-herrod-360x203.jpg)
Crux Capital Expands Investment Team After a ‘Killer Year,’ Boosting Consumer and Services Expertise
by Quincy Preston |
Oct 4, 2024
With the hires of Kale Kolbe as senior associate and Christopher Herrod as analyst, the Dallas-based private equity firm aims to boost its core focus on consumer and services sectors while driving accelerated growth in its portfolio companies.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 27, 2024
Former principals David Gassko and Jeff Moredock each have over a decade of investing and investment banking experience in the food and consumer sectors, the firm said.
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 19, 2024
The 92-year-old North Texas brand, propelled into the spotlight in 2020 with its 'viral' 30-day dog food diet challenge, is opening a cutting-edge facility to meet the demand in the freeze-dried pet food sector. As consumers eye health conscious options for their furry companions, it's blending tradition with innovation under new leadership to fuel future growth.
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Kainos Capital Grows Investment Team with New Talent, Welcomes Returning Leader as VP
by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray | Aug 25, 2023
The Dallas-based private equity firm has seen considerable activity in 2023, including the close of its third flagship fund at over $1 billion and the exit of BeautyBio. The personnel expansion follows the recent appointment of former SlimFast executive Doug Reader as a senior managing director.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 14, 2023
BeautyBio, known for merging skincare with unique beauty tools, transformed the at-home beauty scene and grew a devoted following. Now the "Truth in Beauty" brand, founded by model and entrepreneur Jamie O'Banion in 2011, is starting a new chapter.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 7, 2023
Reuniting with Dallas-based Kainos, Doug Reader's expertise in food, wellness, and nutrition adds to the firm's consumer-focused drive.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 10, 2023
The Dallas-based PE firm—whose Fund II portfolio includes North Texas pet food company Muenster Milling and Dallas' BeautyBio—says its newest fund is the largest investment vehicle in Kainos' history.
“Our bench of seasoned investors and operators within the food and consumer sectors helps drive financial and operational performance by working hand-in-glove with management teams,” added Andrew Rosen, managing partner of Kainos.
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DI People: JCPenney, 7-Eleven, Recode Therapeutics, Hawkeye, PCCI, and Others Make Moves
by Maddie Preston | Jan 14, 2022
In this week's roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you'll also find news from CrossFirst Bankshares, Johnson & Sekin, DataBank, Balfour Beatty, Caspr Group, Mohr Partners, One Network, Kainos Capital, The Dallas Foundation, Denton County Transportation Authority and Indio Management.
Plus, the incoming AIA Dallas President charts a way forward for 2022 and Gov. Abbott appoints a North Texas to the Broadband Development Council.
Plus, the incoming AIA Dallas President charts a way forward for 2022 and Gov. Abbott appoints a North Texas to the Broadband Development Council.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 12, 2021
Since 1932, the Felderhoff family has made pet food in the tiny North Texas town of Muenster. With custom ingredients like dried salmon, freeze-dried elk, beef bone broth, and bacon fat, their food tastes good. How good? One of the owners ate nothing but Muenster pet food for 30 days!
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![Erica Kosemund, Chief Brand Officer, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Gillian Breidenbach, Chief Partnership Officer, North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; Chief Gary Batton, Chief of Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Monica Paul, Executive Director of Dallas Sports Commission and President of North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; John Hobbs, Senior Executive Officer of Communications, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and Heidi Grant, Senior Executive Officer of Commerce Administration, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, celebrate Choctaw Casinos & Resorts becoming an Official Dallas World Cup 2026 Host City Supporter. [Photo: North Texas FWC Organizing Committee/Choctaw Casinos & Resorts]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FIFA-Choctaw-dec-2025.jpg)
