Zahir Dossa - Co-Founder and Executive Chairman @ Function of Beauty

Overview

Number of Portfolio Companies

Number of Founded Organizations

Primary Job Title Co-Founder and Executive Chairman
Primary Organization
Function of Beauty

Location New York, New York, United States
Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US
Gender Male

Investor Type
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Dr. Zahir Dossa is the co-founder and CEO of Function of Beauty, a personalized hair care company that individually formulates shampoo and conditioner based on ones hair type, goals and preferences. Zahir excels at web development and design, which are his focus areas at Function of Beauty in addition to directing its overarching strategy.

Zahir

is a graduate of MIT, earning two BS degrees in computer science and management (2008), an MEng, in computer science (2010) and a PhD in sustainability (2013). After graduating, Zahir received a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Sustainability at the IMD Business School in Switzerland, where he co-authored a book on sustainable business models. Zahir's research focused on the role of internet-based technologies in transforming value chains, which eventually led him to found Function of Beauty.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments

Zahir Dossa

invested in

Prisms VR

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. This investment -

Seed Round - Prisms VR

- was valued at

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Prisms VR	—	Seed Round - Prisms VR	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

Zahir Dossa

has

current jobs as

Co-Founder and Executive Chairman

Function of Beauty

and

Executive Chairman

The Argan Tree

. Additionally,

Zahir Dossa

has had

past job as the

CEO & Co-Founder

Function of Beauty

Function of Beauty Co-Founder and Executive ChairmanSep 2021
The Argan Tree Executive ChairmanMay 1, 2009

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Function of Beauty	CEO & Co-Founder	Nov 2014	Sep 2021

Related Hubs

Hub Name	CB Rank (Hub)
Beauty Companies With More Than $50M in Revenue	37,038
Cosmetics Companies With Less Than $500M in Revenue (Top 10K)	9,874
New York Companies With More Than $100M in Revenue	8,792
New York E-Commerce Female Founded Companies	68,281
Northeastern US E-Commerce Companies (Top 10K)	7,479
Northeastern US Cosmetics Female Founded Companies	89,733
United States E-Commerce Female Founded Companies	36,029
Consumer Goods Companies With More Than $100M in Revenue	76,036
Greater New York Area Beauty Female Founded Companies	85,271
Consumer Goods Companies (Top 10K)	6,108