Blue Dog Mead
Bringing Mead to the Masses.
- Stage $500K in TTM Revenue
- Industry Food and Beverage
- Location Eugene, OR, USA
- Currency USD
- Founded August 2011
- Employees 3
- Website bluedogmead.com
Company Summary
Blue Dog Mead produces, sells and markets mead across the US. Mead is the next alcoholic beverage trend after cider, which is experiencing 60%+ growth per year creating a $110M Market. Creating and sticking an alcohol brand nationally has a high acquisition possibility. For example, Woodchuck, Hornsby's, and Crispin ciders have been acquired. Our customers are craft millennial drinkers.
Team
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Simon BlatzCEO
Founder and Entrepreneur, Simon currently owns and operates three companies. He has lead the Blue Dog Mead team to be where it is today. A $250K annual revenue profitable 9 state distributed early growth stage company.
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Ray WalshMead Maker
Ray Walsh made King Estate Winery the winery they are today as their head wine maker for 10 years. He has 30+ years of wine making experience with a bachelors and masters in Food Science and Fermentation.
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Mike GrudzienNational Sales Director
Mike is a sales professional. With 30 years of sales and marketing experience Mike joined Blue Dog Mead and within the first six months added 4 states to distribution. He has a masters in Advertising and Marketing. He is a retired marine that does 1,000 crunches everyday before 7 am. Mike is a hunter, killer and elite.
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Huy TranMarketing Director
Huy Tran is the quiet force behind Marketing. He actively generates content, manages social relationships and creates graphic material for two companies. He has a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration from the University of Oregon.
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Steve McKeonAdviser
Steve is an Asst. Professor of Finance at University of Oregon. He was the CFO for Greenfield Wine Company for 6 years.
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Nikos RidgeAdviser
CEO of Ninkasi Brewery, one of the fastest growing breweries nationwide. Ninkasi Holding Company has backed Blue Dog Mead.
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Don DeZarnAdviser
Don owns and operates Pacific Head Wear an international hat manufacturing company.
Advisors
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David Barbender, Endeavor LawLawyerUnconfirmed
Previous Investors
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Don DeZarnUnconfirmedRay WalshUnconfirmedNikos RidgeUnconfirmed
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