# Joseph Kudla

> Joseph Kudla is a seed investor at Vuori backing Snack Food and Organic Food. See 1 investment, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Vuori
- Location: Encinitas, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Apr 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-kudla-6551871/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joekudla78

Joseph Kudla is a seed investor at Vuori in Encinitas focused on Snack Food and Organic Food. Joseph Kudla is based out of Encinitas, California and is the CEO and Founder of Vuori. Joseph previously worked at Vaco. Joseph Kudla attended the University of San Diego.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Snack Food | 1 | 100% |
| Organic Food | 1 | 100% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MIKUNA® | Mikuna Foods offer plant based proteins. | $5.6M | Seed | Apr 13, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Pure Imagination Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pure-imagination-brands) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Vuori

VC Fund · Encinitas, United States

Vuori offers a collection of apparel brand for men and women. It sells shorts, pants, tops, graphic T-shirts, gift cards, hats, and clothing for yoga instructors, surfers, cross-fit instructors, personal trainers, and individuals. Vuori offers its products through dealers in San Diego, Del Mar, and Solana Beach in California. Joseph Kudla foundedVuori on January 1, 2014, with its headquarters in Encinitas in California.

5 contacts available at Vuori.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anthony DiMaggio | Vice President Of Development | — |
| Bryan Muehlberger | Chief Information Officer | — |
| Derek Bradley | Director of operations | — |
| Heather Archibald | Chief Product Officer | — |
| John Abanto | Frontend Developer | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Joseph Kudla invest in?

Joseph Kudla invests primarily in Snack Food, Organic Food and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Joseph Kudla?

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### When did Joseph Kudla last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joseph Kudla closed in Apr 2022. Shizune tracks 1 investment in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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