What Bravo CPG does

Bravo CPG is a US-based fractional operations and consulting firm serving growth-stage consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands across food & beverage, wellness, and beauty & personal care. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company delivers embedded operations teams of 1-3 operators (Operations Manager, Director of Operations, or fractional COO) that function as extensions of a client's in-house staff. Service offerings span nine operational domains — 3PL and FBA management, retail order management, procurement, production planning and co-packer management, shipping and freight, demand and supply planning, inventory management, fractional COO support, and IMS/ERP/EDI system integrations — packaged into custom monthly engagements starting at $1,720 per month.

The firm operates as a labor-based services business with no proprietary technology platform. Differentiation is grounded in seven years of accumulated playbooks, SOPs, forecasting templates, and retailer routing guides developed across 225+ brand engagements. Delivery is fully remote, with a distributed team including US-based operators (concentrated on the west coast) and South America-based team members that allow the firm to price below traditional boutique consulting or full-time executive hires. The go-to-market is sales-led: discovery calls convert into custom proposals, supported by content marketing (free downloadable templates and a COGs calculator) and testimonial-driven social proof from recognizable growth-stage brands including United Sodas, Bulletproof, Wonderbelly, Brodo, and Heyday.

Revenue is generated through subscription-based monthly engagements priced by volume, complexity, and existing client infrastructure. The company is privately held, bootstrapped with no disclosed institutional funding, and operates with a small stated US headcount (1-10) supplemented by offshore operators. Leadership consists of founder Katie Horgan and Director of Operations Andrew Kresge. The firm exclusively serves the US market and works with "dozens" of brands concurrently, indicating controlled, relationship-driven scaling rather than venture-style growth.

Name

Bravo CPG

Legal name

Bravo CPG

Website

https://bravocpg.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Bravo CPG is a US-based fractional operations and CPG consulting firm delivering embedded operations teams to growth-stage food, beverage, wellness, and beauty brands, serving 225+ clients since 2017 on subscription engagements starting at $1,720 per month.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Fractional Operations & CPG Consulting Services: Subscription-based monthly pricing for fractional operations services and CPG consulting. Services include retail order management, production planning, 3PL & FBA management, demand planning, inventory management, shipping & freight, procurement, and fractional COO support. Pricing starts at $1,720/month with custom engagements based on volume, complexity, and infrastructure needs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Bravo CPG provides fractional operations management and consulting services to growth-stage CPG brands, embedding dedicated teams of 1-3 operators (Operations Manager, Director of Operations, or fractional COO) into clients to own mission-critical supply chain functions. Service lines span retail order management, production planning and co-packer management, 3PL & FBA management, demand and supply planning, inventory management, shipping & freight, procurement, and selection/implementation of operations technology (IMS/ERP/EDI). Engagements are custom and billed on a recurring monthly subscription starting at $1,720 per month.

Product overview

Bravo CPG is a fractional operations and CPG consulting firm providing an embedded operations team for growth-stage food, beverage, beauty & wellness brands. The offering is a portfolio of complementary services rather than a unified software platform. The core services include 3PL & FBA Management, Retail Order Management, Procurement, Production Planning & Co-Packer Management, Shipping & Freight, Demand Planning & Supply Planning, Inventory Management, Fractional COO, and IMS/ERP/EDI Integrations — all delivered by a dedicated team that operates as an extension of the client's in-house staff. Additionally, the company offers two free resources: a Wholesale Order Management Tracker Template and a COGs Calculator. These services are designed to work together to provide end-to-end supply chain management, helping brands scale from $1M to hundreds of millions in revenue without constant hiring and increased overhead.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 3PL & FBA Management Third-party logistics and Amazon FBA fulfillment management service for CPG brands, covering inventory movements, warehouse coordination, SLA management, onboarding new products, and supporting the sourcing, analysis, and onboarding of new 3PL partners when needed.
• Retail Order Management
• Procurement
• Production Planning & Co-Packer Management
• Shipping & Freight
• Demand Planning & Supply Planning
• Inventory Management
• Fractional COO
• IMS/ERP/EDI Integrations

Quantifiable outcome

• Better margins through elimination of operational chargebacks and deductions, reduced COGS, and optimized freight
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Chief Outsiders: Chief Outsiders is one of the largest fractional executive networks, placing fractional CMOs, COOs, and CFOs into growth-stage companies. It directly competes with Bravo CPG's fractional COO and operations leadership offering.
• Category Partners: Category Partners provides category management and shopper insights consulting for CPG manufacturers and retailers. It serves a similar customer base to Bravo CPG and competes for strategic and operational CPG engagements.
• The Partnering Group: The Partnering Group is a CPG consulting firm focused on retail strategy, category management, and consumer insights for CPG brands. It is directly comparable to Bravo CPG in serving growth-stage CPG brands with operational and strategic consulting.
• Strive Consulting: Strive Consulting provides operations and supply chain consulting to CPG and consumer brands, including demand planning, inventory optimization, and S&OP. It overlaps meaningfully with Bravo CPG's demand planning, inventory management, and supply planning services.
• Growth Operators: Growth Operators provides fractional operations and executive leadership to scaling companies, including operations, finance, and people functions. It competes with Bravo CPG's fractional COO model and embedded team approach.
• The Velocity Group: The Velocity Group is a CPG consulting firm focused on revenue growth management, pricing, and trade promotion. It shares Bravo CPG's target customer (growth-stage CPG brands) and consultative delivery model.
• Emplicit (formerly Daymon Strategy): Emplicit is a CPG services firm offering category management, retail execution, and shopper marketing consulting. It serves a similar CPG brand and retailer customer base as Bravo CPG and competes for CPG operations and strategy engagements.
• Launch Team Inc. Launch Team Inc. places fractional leadership into CPG brands, particularly during retail launches and scale-up phases. It competes directly with Bravo CPG's fractional COO and embedded ops support for growth-stage brands.

Emerging players

• Blue Yonder: Blue Yonder is a supply chain and demand planning software platform serving retailers and CPG manufacturers. It represents a potential technology substitute for some of Bravo CPG's demand planning and inventory management services.
• Accordion Partners: Accordion Partners provides fractional CFO, COO, and operations support to private equity-backed and high-growth companies. It is comparable to Bravo CPG as a fractional operations partner, though its focus skews toward PE-backed companies rather than CPG startups.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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