Kainos Capital Names Ryan Horstman Chief Financial Officer

August 05, 2025 at 10:00 AM EDT

Peter Schnuck Joins as Vice President

Cate Mason Promoted to Senior Associate

Firm Welcomes Associates Olivia Henderson, Bryan Berry, and Kyle Welch

Kainos Capital (“Kainos”), a food and consumer-focused private equity firm, today announced that Ryan Horstman has joined the firm as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Horstman is a CPA with more than 20 years of private equity accounting, legal, and operations experience. He was most recently Chief Financial and Compliance Officer of Vortus Investments, and has served in senior finance and compliance roles with Trinity Hunt Partners, Kildare Partners, and TPG.

Mr. Horstman succeeds David Knickel, who served as Kainos’ Chief Financial Officer since inception and remains an Advisor to the firm.

Kainos also announced that Peter Schnuck has joined the firm as a Vice President. Mr. Schnuck was previously a Vice President at Sunrise Strategic Partners and a Senior Associate at MidOcean Partners. He began his career as an investment banker with Credit Suisse’s Retail & Consumer Products Group in New York.

Additionally, Cate Mason has been promoted to Senior Associate, and Kainos welcomed three new Associates: Olivia Henderson, Bryan Berry, and Kyle Welch.

Andrew Rosen, Managing Partner of Kainos said, “We are delighted to welcome Ryan as our new CFO. He brings broad experience in our industry and we look forward to his leadership of our finance group. Peter is another outstanding addition to our team who has considerable experience evaluating, executing, and managing investments. We look forward to their contributions to our firm and portfolio.

“We are also proud to promote Cate after two strong years with Kainos, and to welcome our new Associate class to the firm as we invest in developing our talent base for the future.”

About Kainos Capital

Kainos Capital is a middle-market private equity firm with a focus on the food and consumer products and services sectors. The Kainos team has extensive investment and operating experience in the industry, having invested approximately $3 billion of equity in more than 40 transactions with a total transaction value of over $5 billion. The Firm’s strategy is to build a diversified portfolio of growing and strategically relevant food and consumer businesses. For more information, visit Kainos Capital's website at www.kainoscapital.com.