Zest Tea

Healthy tea-based energy beverages

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Food and Beverage
  • Location Baltimore, MD, US
  • Currency USD
  • Founded February 2014
  • Employees 6
  • Incorporation Type LLC
  • Website zesttea.com

Company Summary

Winner of Best New Product at the World Tea Expo, Zest energy teas offer the energizing kick of coffee without the negative side effects. Despite our teas having comparable caffeine levels to coffee, the amino acids in Zest produce a steady and prolonged alertness.

We launched a bagged tea product online in 2014 and have since scaled to over 2,000 retail locations and expanded our line to include a Ready-to-Drink
(RTD) bottled energy tea.

Team

  • James Fayal
    Founder / CEO

    James Fayal is a fellow with Venture for America and a 2012 graduate of the University of Maryland, where he graduated magna cum laude. His background is in venture capital (seed and series A) and entrepreneurial incubation. James started and ran a small manufacturing company in high school and returned to entrepreneurship to run Zest Tea in 2013.

  • Karyn Vilbig
    Chief Marketing Officer

  • Evan Fried
    Business Development

  • Elias Meyer-Grimberg
    Business Development

Advisors

  • Cameron Breitner
    Senior Managing Director at CVC Capital
    Unconfirmed
    Michael Magerman
    Senior Advisor to the private equity firm Bregal Partners
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • Venture for America
    Unconfirmed

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