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Henry Davis

Investor

General Partner at White Star Capital

New York, New York

Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K

FoundedChord Commerce

About

Henry Davis is a General Partner at White Star Capital with experience as a VC, operator, and founder across consumer and B2B companies. He was previously CEO of Sakara, a digital wellness business, co-founded Chord Commerce (a data infrastructure company for agentic commerce, in which White Star is an investor), and served as President, COO, and CFO of the DTC beauty brand Glossier. Earlier he was a venture capitalist at Index Ventures and worked in investment banking at Citi; he holds a degree in Modern History from Oxford and an MBA from Stanford.

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Invests in

ConsumerData & InfrastructureDirect to ConsumerEnterprise SoftwareWellness & Fitness

Experience

  1. White Star CapitalGeneral Partnercurrent2026 — presentNew York, United States
  2. White Star CapitalVenture Partner2022 — 2026New York, United States
  3. Rodan + FieldsBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
  4. YPOMembercurrent2024 — presentGreenwich, Connecticut, United States
  5. Chord CommerceCo-Founder & Chaircurrent2021 — presentNew York, United States
  6. Index Magnetic, Sequoia Scouts and PersonallyAngel Investor2016 — 2025New York
  7. Sakara LifeChief Executive Officer2023 — 2025New York, United States
  8. TPGSenior Advisor2022 — 2025
  9. arfa, Inc.Co-founder & CEO2019 — 2021Greater New York City Area
  10. GlossierPresident and COO, Board Member2014 — 2018Greater New York City Area
  11. Index VenturesInvestor2012 — 2014Geneva, Switzerland and London, UK
  12. EachwinAssociate2011Greater New York City Area
  13. CitiAssociate, UK Banking and Broking2006 — 2010London, United Kingdom
  14. Mud Hut RecordsCo-Founder2004 — 2005London, United Kingdom
  15. CitiIntern, Consumer and Retail Team2005London, United Kingdom

Education

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration (MBA)2010 — 2012
  2. University of OxfordHistory, Modern History

Skills & more

Initial Public Offerings (IPO)Early Stage InvestmentPrincipal InvestmentsBoard of DirectorsMarketingBrand DevelopmentBrand ManagementInternational Marketinge-commerceFinanceFundraisingStart-ups32
+12 moreEntrepreneurshipInvestmentsFinancial ModelingFinancial AnalysisE-commerceDue DiligenceBusiness StrategyExecutive ManagementLeadershipVenture CapitalCorporate FinanceHustle

From Henry's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,187

Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

+ 1,181 more

Also attended University of Oxford745

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockMichael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageBrad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesErin Price-WrightInvestor at Index VenturesJan HammerInvestor at Index Ventures

+ 739 more

Shared employers

Also worked at White Star Capital42

John HendersonPartner at AirTree VenturesLouis DussartVP, Europe at RTP GlobalEric Martineau-FortinFounder & Managing Partner at White Star CapitalJean-Francois MarcouxCo-Founder & Managing Partner at White Star CapitalMatthieu LattesGeneral Partner at White Star CapitalChristophe BourqueGeneral Partner at White Star Capital

+ 36 more

Also worked at YPO168

Alex ChachavaInvestor at Leta CapitalRaoul Oscar FianoInvestor at DN CapitalJeff BergerVenture Partner at FJ LabsRouven DresselhausInvestor at Cavalry VenturesRob CoppedgeChief Executive Officer at Echo Health VenturesDan MalvenVenture Partner at Alpha Partners

+ 162 more

Also worked at Sakara Life1

Claire DalyInvestor at Torch Capital

Also worked at TPG96

Georgia StevensonInvestor at Index VenturesElena SakachInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Tsendai ChagwederaPartner at EchoVC PartnersKayla HinderscheidHead of Network Development at Menlo VenturesStephen CondonFinance/Legal/IR at 8VCSonya HuangPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Investments

Investor

Chord Commerce

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at White Star Capital

Adam Gale
Manager, Fund Administrator at White Star Capital
Alberto Lopez Toledo
Venture Partner & CTO Advisory at White Star Capital
Alejandro Licona
Vice President at White Star Capital
Alex Thabet
Venture Partner at White Star Capital
Alex Wilson
Investor at White Star Capital
Arjun Mehra
Associate at White Star Capital
Bérénice Moustial
Vice President at White Star Capital
Blanche Ajarrista
Partner, Head of Strategy at White Star Capital

Network1

Brigette LauScout
Founding Partner at Firework Ventures

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