People showing up — Toronto energy
More than a drink · an identity

Balance is
badass

CHIMBA is a functional hydration soda for a generation that chose to feel better. Red Bull owns extreme — we own everyday.

355ml·23 cal·6g sugar·Lightly carbonated
The throne is empty

A generation changed how it drinks.
No brand owns the moment.

Big CPG is following the shift — Pepsi paid $1.95B for Poppi. But nobody has claimed the cultural centre of "I'm not drinking tonight." The category has money, growth, and no owner.

54%of Americans drink — lowest since 1958
45%of Gen Z report never drinking alcohol
20%CAGR for no-alcohol RTDs through 2028
65%of consumers seek functional benefits
Three SKUs · one base

One functional base. Three moments.

355ml · 23 cal · 6g sugar (organic agave). One unified functional stack, expressed three ways. 12+ months of R&D with Niagara College's Food & Beverage Innovation Centre.

Lion's Mane L-Theanine Ginseng Electrolytes Prebiotics Green Tea Extract Vitamin B2 Ginger
The wellness industry tells you you're broken.

CHIMBA says something different.

You're already enough. High performance isn't perfection — it's showing up.

Your wings are
built in.
Proof, not intuition

We already validated demand.

We built Vecina Beverages as a live market test — not a side project — and shaped CHIMBA from the data. We launch from observed behaviour.

35%+reorder rate on Vecina's catalogue (industry avg 15–20%)
2 wksto sell out launch inventory
$60Kfederal NSERC grant via Niagara College
Day 1Sobr Market committed · unified production spec in final development
The market

A category exploding.

And the window is closing.

Functional beverages: a $190B+ global category growing 7–8% a year. Functional sodas: ~$1B → $3B+ by the early 2030s — still only ~2% of soft drinks. The winners each proved one piece. Nobody put it all together.

Poppi product
$1.95B
Poppi → PepsiCo
Liquid Death product
$1.4B
Liquid Death · valuation
Olipop product
$1.85B
Olipop · valuation
Prime product
$1.2B
Prime · peak-year sales
The ask
$300K
SAFE · execution capital
24 morunway
Summer '26Toronto launch
100+doors
$1M+next round, earned on velocity data

The product is built. The demand signal is real. The channels are there. This round buys the chance to become the brand this category remembers first.

The team

Small team. Serious range.

Juan Garcia

Juan Garcia

Founder & CEO

Built Vecina to validate the thesis. Founded Amaro (raised $400K). Spots structural gaps and builds systems around them.

Dawsyn Borland

Dawsyn Borland

Strategic Advisor

Principal PM at Adobe. 0-to-1 track record — exceeded PMF targets by 140% at Autodesk.

Caitlin Gauthier

Caitlin Gauthier

Creative & Experiential

CEO of Confedde. 20+ years building brands across sports & entertainment. Deep Toronto hospitality network.

Advisory
  • Naomi HuismanMarketing Manager, KitKat — Nestlé CanadaBlue-chip CPG pattern recognition.