Our Team

Operators and scientists, on the same reef.

A founding team that bridges regulated skincare, supplement supply chains and marine biochemistry.

Founders

The people building it.

Jocelyn Kletter
Founder · CEO

Estée Lauder (1988–1992). Co-founded Kinesys Pharmaceutical Inc. (1993–2014).

Jeff Kletter
Founder · COO

40+ years in CPG and 30+ years as a regulated skincare expert.

Jett Kletter
Founder · R&D Lead

B.S. Biochemistry, UCSD, Phi Beta Kappa. Filed the UniVital patents and did the extraction and isolation work.

Brigitte Adams
Founder · Visionary

Master’s in Holistic Nutrition, with a background in sales and marketing.

Scientific Partners

The science behind the science.

Dr. Paul Jensen, PhD
UC San Diego

Professor at UC San Diego and Research Microbiologist at the Center for Marine Biotechnology & Biomedicine.

Dr. Alex Bogdanov, PhD
Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Marine natural product chemist.

Alexander Rabovsky, PhD
Supplement formulation

40+ years formulating innovative, novel nutritional supplements.

Industry Experts

Decades of go-to-market.

Kenn Israel
Supplements & functional food

Co-founder of BeyondBrands, founder of Innovation Nutrition Consulting, former VP Marketing at Robinson Pharma. 30 years in product development.

Peter Leighton
Nutraceuticals & CPG

Senior executive and consultant with 30+ years driving revenue growth in nutraceuticals, CPG and biotech.

Huy Nguyen
DTC & AI

B2B, B2C and DTC expertise. Co-founded several DTC brands and pioneered the use of AI.

Dann Ilicic
Brand & go-to-market

Branding and identity, business definition, core values and go-to-market execution.

Work with us

Mission-aligned? Let’s talk.

We’re always glad to hear from investors, partners and operators.