Tina Bou-saba
Consumer Investor/PE Investor
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Founder
2016 - Current
Tina Bou-Saba's personal investment vehicle. Seed to Series A focus. Early investments in exceptional consumer brands including Alleyoop, Ami Cole, Argent, Arrae, August, Beekeeper's Naturals, Birdies, Cadence, Curie, Dae, Ellis Brooklyn, Exponent, Hill House Home, Huron, Kinfield, Kinship, Kosas, Needed, Olive & June, Saie, and Volition.
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
2021
VVP is an early-stage consumer-focused investment firm. Portfolio companies: Arrae, August, Cadence, Catch, Dae, NOTO, and Vividly.
Board Member
2022
Dae Hair is an e-commerce company that provides cosmetics, beauty, skincare products, and accessories.
Raised $10,600,000.00 from Willow Growth Partners, Aimee song, Verity Venture Partners, Whitney Port, Christine Andrew and Digital Brand Architects.
Board Member
2022
August is a lifestyle period brand dedicated to reimagining periods to be powerful.
Raised $5,604,990.00 from Verity Venture Partners, Rose Street Capital, Cult-Classic Ventures, Pure Imagination Brands, SoGal Ventures and Johnnie Yu.
Member
2021
Director
2014
Present or past member of Strategic Planning, Branding, Nominating, DEI, and Executive Committees. Co-Chair, 2014 Blue Ribbon Luncheon.
Safe & Sound is a non-profit organization that works towards the prevention of child abuse and its negative impact.
Raised $50,000.00 from Hearst Foundations.
Trustee
2016 - 2022
Executive Committee member. CEO Search Committee Chair.
BADM is a museum-based preschool for children.
Raised $100,000.00 from Hearst Foundations.
San Francisco Executive Committee
2013 - 2020
Co-Chair, 2016 Voices for Justice Dinner. Represented Northern CA at HRW Global Summits in London and Chicago.
Senior Research Associate, Retail Team
2007 - 2010
Covered broadlines retail industry with #1 Institutional Investor ranked equity analyst. - Led initiative to launch coverage of discount retail sector (Wal-Mart, Target, Costco). Built detailed financial models, evaluated company strategies and industry dynamics, and interviewed company management. - Published in-depth industry and company research reports, and presented to salesforce and clients. - Created valuation frameworks, forecasted earnings, and analyzed stock performance for covered companies.
AB Bernstein is widely recognized as Wall Street's premier sell-side research and brokerage firm.