Our Story
We didn’t set out to make another energy beverage.
We set out to rethink what functional beverages could be.
Our Story
We didn't set out to make another energy drink.
We set out to rethink what energy could do.
Chapter One
Great ideas don't always start in a boardroom.
Sometimes, they begin with a conversation between longtime friends.
Brothers Matthew and Adam had spent years pursuing entrepreneurial ventures before building careers in the medical industry. Working alongside physicians and healthcare professionals, they gained a unique perspective on the mind, the body, and the demands of long, unpredictable hours.
Their longtime friend Casey had built a successful career in beverage distribution, rising through the industry into ownership and leadership. His experience provided an invaluable understanding of what consumers wanted and what it took to build a beverage brand.
Despite following different career paths, the three shared an entrepreneurial mindset—and a belief that there was always a better way.
When they reconnected, a conversation about conventional energy drinks sparked a familiar question.
What if energy could do more than simply keep you awake?
Matthew and Adam understood the demands that made people reach for energy beverages. Casey understood the industry that brought those beverages to market.
Together, they saw an opportunity to create something different.
An energy beverage built with purpose, grounded in science, and designed to offer more.
Chapter two · The philosophy
Energy isn't one-dimensional. Neither are we.
Combined Anatomic Mental Optimization.
We believe functional energy should serve a purpose. That's why CAMO brings together two distinct approaches: EDGE, developed around mental performance, and GLOW, created around functional wellness.
- Combined
- Anatomic
- Mental
- Optimization
Chapter three · The journey
Building something different takes time.

- 2019
The original concept
CAMO began with a vision to create a functional energy product that delivered more than stimulation. The goal was to combine purposeful ingredients with energy to support how people think, feel, and perform.
- 2020
Research & development
We moved from concept to formulation, developing a product designed for real-world distribution and retail. This stage focused on ingredients, functionality, product development, and building the foundation for market entry.
- 2021
Our first product launch
CAMO introduced its original nootropic-focused energy shot, ultimately reaching more than 3,000 retail locations nationwide. Consumer feedback, flavor testing, and real-world sales experience helped us understand what worked and where the brand could go next.
- 2025
The evolution: EDGE & GLOW
As consumer preferences evolved, so did CAMO. We expanded beyond energy shots into full-size functional beverages, creating two distinct formulas: EDGE, focused on mental performance, nootropics, and hydration; and GLOW, focused on functional wellness with ingredients including CollaMeta® collagen tripeptides and InnoSlim®. Both formulations were finalized in 2025.
- 2026
Production, retail & expansion
With production beginning in early 2026, CAMO entered a new phase. EDGE and GLOW expanded into retail trials and placements with Kroger, Speedway, 7-Eleven, GoMart, ParMar, and more than 150 independent convenience stores. Alongside Amazon, Walmart.com, and our own online store, we're building regional market penetration and preparing for disciplined expansion through established retailer and distribution relationships.
What comes next
We'll keep developing purposeful functional energy—for the mind, for the body, and for the way people actually live.
We're just getting started.
More than an energy drink.
CAMO is a multifunctional beverage platform designed to deliver energy plus purpose-driven functional benefits for the mind and the body.
Mental Performance
Powered by Cognizin® | DMG | Infinergy®
Body + Wellness
Powered by Collameta™ | InnoSlim®
Energy is only the beginning.
Our Story
Three friends. Three paths. One idea.
CAMO began with three longtime friends from West Virginia whose careers took them in different directions before bringing them back together around one idea: build a better energy beverage.
Brothers Matthew "Mal" Mallory (President) and Adam Mallory (VP Sales) spent years in surgical medical sales at Johnson & Johnson, in operating rooms where performance under pressure is the job. It gave them a clinical approach to understanding products, ingredients and how they interact with the body.
Their longtime friend Casey Hill (COO) brought decades of experience in beverage distribution, along with firsthand knowledge of the category, retailers, consumers and what it takes to successfully bring a beverage to market.
They tried every energy product on the shelf. Many fueled the body but didn't sharpen the mind. They kept thinking: there could be a better option. Medical knowledge met beverage experience, and the team spent time learning every part of the business at low stakes, so that by the time Edge and Glow existed, none of the answers were guesses.
Those years of development led to the next evolution of CAMO: one brand, two functional platforms.
"I'm the steak, Adam is the sizzle." — Mal
Optimize the mind
Optimize the body
Science, structure, brand and formulation rigor. Marshall University alum and former neuro specialist. "The steak."
Flavor, aesthetic direction and sales. WVU alum and former orthopedic trauma specialist. "The sizzle."
Operations, distribution and positioning. Marshall alum with a career in beverage distribution. "Liquid to lips."
Combined Anatomic Mental Optimization
Functional ingredients working together with purpose.
Supporting the body inside and out.
Supporting focus, clarity and cognitive performance.
The philosophy connecting everything we create.
Optimize the mind. Optimize the body.
Built in America. Built for real life.
CAMO was built by American entrepreneurs from West Virginia with a simple belief: better products are created by challenging what already exists.
From formulation and product development through manufacturing and packaging, we're building CAMO here at home, with the goal of creating an American functional beverage brand capable of competing anywhere.
American ingredients.
American production.
American ambition.
The CAMO Mission
Energy with a purpose.
Function through science.
We didn't create CAMO to become another energy drink. We created it to push the category forward, combining energy, functional ingredients, science and flavor into beverages designed for how people actually live.

