Henry Davis
Chief Executive Officer at Sakara Life
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Chief Executive Officer
2023 - Current
Sakara Life is an organic meal delivery and healthy living company that helps clients achieve health and well-being.
Raised $19,800,000.00 from John Replogle, Annox Capital, One Better Ventures, Silas Capital and Robert Mylod Jr..
Co-founder & Chair
2021
Cofounder and executive at Chord, a data infrastructure and AI-readiness platform to set modern commerce businesses up for success in a data-driven world. Chord makes best-in-class data and AI tools accessible to everyone. As COO, I helped establish the business strategy, build the team, fundraise and operate efficiently. I now act as Non-Executive Chairman, where I work closely with the executive team and our largest customers.
Chord offers a commerce-as-a-service software that provides businesses with technology and products to access meaningful data.
Raised $40,000,000.00 from Spencer Slaine, Foundation Capital, White Star Capital, Anti Fund, GC1 Ventures, Rose Street Capital, Bright Pixel (formerly Sonae IM), Imaginary Ventures, TechNexus Venture Collaborative and Eclipse Ventures.
Venture Partner
2022
I am focused on investing in and supporting high growth startups. I particularly focus on the consumer, DTC, e-commerce and e-commerce enablement sectors, at Series A and B.
White Star Capital is an international venture and early growth-stage investment platform in technology.
Senior Advisor
2022
Advising the large-cap Consumer team with a particular focus on Beauty, Consumer Brands, as well as Digital & Technology within Consumer.
TPG is a private investment firm that manages capital across a series of funds.
Raised $535,598,425.00 from Macquarie Group, Ares Management, Nomura Holdings, Pierfront Capital, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Partners Group and Barings.
Co-founder & CEO
2019 - 2021
I founded this platform for the next generation of digital-first consumer brands. Using a community insights approach to uncover white spaces, and technology to engage with customers, we created modern Beauty brands in niche (but not small) verticals. We launched HIKI (an all gender, modern sweat products brand) and State Of Menopause (a menopause beauty brand). We pivoted during Covid, sold our brands and rebranded to Chord.
President and COO, Board Member
2014 - 2018
President & COO of Glossier (and CFO too, for a while). I took the brand from pre-launch to nine-figure revs. During my tenure, I hired and built out a team of nearly 200 people, while I oversaw Marketing, Tech, Data, CX, Product Operations, Logistics, International, Finance and People teams. I led the strategy, particularly around DTC, as well as fundraising.
Glossier is a direct-to-consumer beauty company that leverages content and community to power a superior shopping experience.
Raised $266,400,000.00 from Sequoia Capital, IVP, Index Ventures, Forerunner, Thrive Capital and Lone Pine Capital.
Angel Investor and Scout
2018 - 2018
I have made >35 investments across Beauty & Consumer Brands, Consumer Tech, SaaS and Data startups. Examples include Caraway Home, Maven Health, Ceremonia and Ami Colé. I was part of Sequoia's Scout Program and, more recently, Magnetic's Angel program, as well as an independent angel.
Investor
2012 - 2014
I sourced, led and managed Venture Capital investments in tech and tech-enabled businesses across Europe and the US. As part of this, I led the thesis work on early DTC. I was a board observer to Milestone, Ozon, Privalia, Wool and the Gang. I worked on investments including End Clothing, Zendesk, The Cambridge Satchel Co., Wool and the Gang
Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps the entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.
Associate
2011 - 2011
Worked to develop business strategy, investment process and growth plan for this start-up investment firm. Invested in companies based on careful evaluation of management team capability.
Associate, UK Banking and Broking
2006 - 2010
Provided corporate finance advice to numerous companies across an array of sectors. Successfully executed 15 transactions, including IPOs, M&A and equity transactions. Specialized in bringing high-growth consumer and tech companies to the public equity markets.
Citigroup is a financial services holding company that provides various financial products and services.
Raised $12,950,000,000.00 from ValueAct Capital and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.