# Rashad Hossain

> Rashad Hossain is the founder and CEO of RYZE Superfoods, the mushroom coffee brand he started in his mother's basement in March 2020 and grew into a multimillion-dollar direct-to-consumer company. A Harvard economics graduate who quit a brand-marketing job at Kraft Heinz to build a coffee he would actually want to drink, he blended six functional mushrooms with organic arabica into a product that has racked up more than 175,000 customer reviews. He earned a spot on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Food & Drink list in 2022. Before RYZE he founded Keepspace, a social journaling platform that won a $50K Harvard innovation award and later became the HOW I RYZE gratitude app.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at RYZE Superfoods
- **Organizations:** RYZE Superfoods, Keepspace, The Kraft Heinz Company, Harvard University
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor's, Economics (secondary in Swedish), Harvard University
- **Known for:** Founder and CEO of RYZE Superfoods, grown to multimillion-dollar annual revenue with more than 175,000 customer reviews averaging 4.7 stars., Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 (Food & Drink), 2022., Reached 40,000+ customers and seven figures in revenue in under a year while staying profitable.

## Career timeline

- **2012** — Enrolls at Harvard University, studying Economics with a focus on Swedish.
- **2015** — Founds Keepspace, a social journaling platform; wins a $50K innovation award at the Harvard i3 Challenge and joins the Harvard Innovation Lab's Venture Incubation Program.
- **2016** — Graduates from Harvard.
- **2016-2019** — Works at The Kraft Heinz Company as Associate Brand Manager for Coffee and as a Revenue Management Senior Financial Analyst.
- **2019** — On long calls about health hacks with future co-founder Andree Werner, discovers the potential of functional mushrooms as a coffee additive.
- **2020** — Launches RYZE Mushroom Coffee in March, working out of his mother's basement.
- **2020** — By October, RYZE is described as one of the fastest-growing brands, reaching tens of thousands of customers.
- **2021** — RYZE raises a seed round from PS27 Ventures' Rhea Fund.
- **2022** — Named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in Food & Drink.

## Achievements

- Founder and CEO of RYZE Superfoods, grown to multimillion-dollar annual revenue with more than 175,000 customer reviews averaging 4.7 stars.
- Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 (Food & Drink), 2022.
- Reached 40,000+ customers and seven figures in revenue in under a year while staying profitable.
- Won a $50K innovation award at the Harvard i3 Challenge for Keepspace.
- Accepted into the Harvard Innovation Lab Venture Incubation Program.

## Latest updates

- **2024** — RYZE expanded distribution beyond its DTC website to TikTok Shop and Amazon, and broadened its lineup with matcha, cocoa, and chai products.
- **2022** — Earned a spot on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Food & Drink list.

## Links

- Website: https://ryzesuperfoods.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rashadhossain
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/RyzeSuperfoods
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryzesuperfoods

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Last updated: 2026-06-08