Skusafe
Founded 2023 · 27 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
SKUsafe is a product lifecycle and compliance platform for food, beverage, and supplement makers, combining formulation, nutrition/label fact panels, supplier sourcing, quality management (CAPA, forms), and stage-gated approvals in one system. It generates ingredient and allergen statements for US, Canada, EU, and Mexico labeling and links formulas, ingredient specs, suppliers, and fact panels with version control and audit trails.
Also known as SKUsafe
Founders & leadership
Skusafe was founded in 2023 by JP Gschwind.

Investors · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026SKUsafe sells software for consumer packaged goods brands and manufacturers in food, beverage and supplements, positioned as covering what an ERP does not. The platform is organized into three connected solutions: Product Lifecycle Management (specifications, formulation, approvals and stage gating, nutrition and supplement fact panels, claims and certifications, packaging, pricing), Supply Chain (supplier document control, sourcing, inventory, lot traceability, purchase order management) and Quality Management (audit-readiness, digitized forms and logs, CAPA, training).
The design principle is a single shared record: formulas, ingredients, suppliers, labels and approvals are linked so that a formulation change updates the associated fact panel, and specs, supplier documents and audit records reference the same data. Formulation is presented as a spreadsheet-like interface in which each row ties to an ingredient specification, a supplier and a live fact panel, with version locking and an automatic audit trail. Role-specific workflows are described for R&D, quality assurance, procurement, compliance, quality control and IT. Every account includes unlimited suppliers and storage, approval and audit history, SSO via Okta or Entra ID, onboarding and a customer success manager, and 21 CFR Part 11 alignment. Stated target outcomes include faster product development, higher supplier approval rates and audit scores, and reductions in audit preparation time, CAPA resolution time and label or specification errors.
Business model
Software sold to CPG brands and manufacturers, priced per module with quotes based on usage, catalog size, team size and SKU count. Modules can be purchased standalone, added or dropped over time, or combined into the full platform; suggested entry bundles include R&D Starter (formulation and nutrition/supplement fact panels), Supplier Command (document control and lot traceability) and Full QMS (audit-readiness, CAPA, digitized forms and logs). No public list prices; all pricing paths route to sales.
Modular subscription licensing, quoted by sales, with each module priced separately based on usage and catalog size and no add-on tiers for included capabilities such as unlimited suppliers, unlimited storage, SSO, onboarding and CSM.
Traction
Public customer references include quotes attributed to a Director of R&D at SmartSweets and an operations lead at Kettle & Fire, plus published customer stories on Van Leeuwen and Profile Foods. A third-party company profile lists SKUsafe at the seed stage with $4.3M raised as of January 2025.
Latest developments
A third-party profile records a seed round of $4.3M announced in January 2025, and the company markets a three-module platform with modular pricing as of its current site.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography
Market position
Competes in product lifecycle management, supplier compliance and quality management software for the food, beverage and supplement industry, targeting teams that have outgrown spreadsheets and general-purpose ERP or legacy systems.
Positioned against ERP systems and legacy tools as a purpose-built CPG platform where PLM, supply chain and quality share one record rather than being reconciled across systems. Notable specifics include portal-free supplier document collection over email, formulation that behaves like a spreadsheet while enforcing links to specs and live labels, and modular purchasing that still consolidates into a single source of truth.
Technology
AI-native application layer built specifically for CPG product data, with a linked data model connecting formulas, ingredient specs, suppliers, labels and approvals; version control and release locking, stage-gated approvals with digital signatures and time-stamped audit trails, real-time nutrition and supplement fact panel generation, lot traceability, role-based access control, SSO (Okta, Entra ID) and audit exports. Supplier document control is delivered without a supplier portal, operating over email threads with automatic document categorization.
Go-to-market
Direct sales motion built around booking a 30-minute demo run on the prospect's own SKUs and a "talk to sales" quote process promising a response within one business day. Marketing leans on named customer stories and testimonials from CPG brands and co-manufacturers.
High-growth CPG brands, food, beverage and supplement makers, and their manufacturers; internal buyers span R&D, quality assurance, quality control, procurement, regulatory compliance and IT.
Geography
Headquartered in New York, United States, per a third-party company profile.
Compiled by commissioned research from 5 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
▸Research sources · 5
primary sources listed
- Skusafeskusafe.com · web
5 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Skusafe do?
- SKUsafe is an AI-native PLM, supply chain and quality platform for CPG food, beverage and supplement brands and manufacturers.
- Who founded Skusafe?
- Skusafe was founded by JP Gschwind in 2023.
- Who are Skusafe's investors?
- Skusafe's investors include Work-Bench.

