Dawn Dobras
General Partner @ Capital F
About
Dawn Dobras a early stage technology investor focused on the $15 Trillion Female Economy across health, AI and digital enablement. She has invested in over 30 start-ups including Archive Resale, Hey Jane, Big Sur AI, Stardust and Aimerce AI. Dawn is a recognized retail CEO and entrepreneur, who has built consumer businesses from start-up to private equity backed and public companies. After a successful corporate career, including 13 years at Gap Inc, Dawn built high growth consumer brands in beauty, fashion and home with a deep focus on retail, DTC and omni-channel in settings. As former CEO of Credo Beauty (largest clean beauty retailer in the US), Dawn led a high growth and innovation culture which FastCo recognized as the “World’s Most Innovative Beauty Company” in 2021. In addition to growing the company by 4x, she led the launch of private label brands, a BIPOC accelerator program for clean beauty and strategic partnership with Ulta Beauty. She has a unique ability to be the champion for the customer, unlocking revenue growth, customer loyalty, and amplifying the brand story. Her long track record of achieving high growth through innovation and creating fast moving “test and learn” culture, results in businesses that outpace the industry. Dawn is passionate about building high performance teams through coaching and has a leadership style that energizes others around collaboration and genuine enthusiasm for building business together. Ms. Dobras is currently an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Harvard Business School’s Rock Center for Entrepreneurship with a focus of supporting female and BIPOC founders. She is the board chair at the Stocker Foundation Board for 20 years including 8 years as Investment Chair, which funds early childhood STEM literacy for economically disadvantaged populations. She speaks on topics including early stage investing, female leadership, ESG and entrepreneurship.
United States
San Francisco Bay Area
Computer Software
Venture Capital, Early Stage Investment, Startup Environments, Operations Management, Go-to-Market Strategy, Business-to-Business (B2B), Investments, E-commerce, Start-ups, Sales, Retail, Merchandising, Strategy, Marketing, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Fashion, Business Strategy, Strategic Partnerships, Cross Functional Team Building, Direct Marketing
Experience
General Partner
Capital F
San Francisco Bay Area
Capital F invests in the $15 Trillion Female Economy, across technologies in health, AI and digital com
Entrepreneur In Residence
Harvard Business School
Working with founders at the earliest stages through the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship
Investor & Strategic Advisor
Archive
Archive Resale brings fashion circularity + customer loyalty + new customer acquisition + brand experience together. Oh, and it's good for the planet. Win. Win. Win.
Investor
The Council
San Francisco Bay Area
Investing in early stage technology start-ups- B2B, B2C
Chief Executive Officer & Board of Directors
Credo Beauty
San Francisco Bay Area
Credo Beauty is the largest clean beauty retailer in the United States with 11 retail stores in top markets, thriving digital business and selling over 130 independent clean beauty brands. Credo leads the industry with the highest standards in beauty for ingredient transparency, safety, sustainability, and cruelty-free products.
Chief Operations Officer
Decorist
San Francisco Bay Area
Decorist is a home design and technology company for virtual interior design, with 500 designers, 17 full time employees and proprietary technology platform and advanced 3D visualization. Decorist was acquired in 2017 by Bed, Bath and Beyond Inc. Primary responsibilities: Driving Revenue Growth, Strategic Partnerships, Building and Managing Designer community, Customer Acquisition.
CEO | Brand President
Zobha
Mill Valley, Ca
Ran growing luxury yoga wear company with 19 employees, sold in 420 wholesale doors, in 25 countries. Strong revenue growth across wholesale, retail and ecommerce supported by instructor base of over 1500 key influencers. Company sold in Aug. 2013 providing exit for all investors.
SVP Strategy and E-Commerce
Charlotte Russe
San Francisco Bay Area
Responsible for ecommerce with full P/L accountability with growth of 40-50% annually. Responsible for Corporate Strategy team for turnaround strategy and board of directors meetings.
Head of Strategy, Gap Inc., E-commerce Division
Gap Inc.
San Francisco Bay Area
Led strategy group for all Gap Inc. Ecommerce properties including Gap.com, Bananarepublic.com, Oldnavy.com, and Piperlime.com. Strategized and executed piperlime.com business plan.
Vice President, Oldnavy.com, Gap Inc.
Gap Inc.
San Francisco Bay Area
Launched and grew Oldnavy.com to $200M in sales. Hired and managed team from start-up to over 65 employees. Drove growth in excess of 50-80% annually.
Merchandise Manager, Sr. Merchandiser, Gap Inc., Old Navy Division
Gap Inc.
San Francisco Bay Area
Sourcing and Production Manager
Gap Inc.
San Francisco Bay Area
Education
Harvard Business School
University of Pennsylvania
Dual Degree: Economics | Art History
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