# HDS Capital

> HDS Capital is a VC fund in New York backing E-Commerce and Fashion. See 34 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 34
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last fund: Apr 2015
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/hds-capital
- Website: http://hdscapital.com

HDS Capital is a VC fund in New York focused on E-Commerce and Fashion. Launched in New York City in 2003, HDS Capital is dedicated to investing, mentoring and providing corporate access and contacts to startups and early stage companies at the intersection of technology, retail and fashion.We are pleased to assist and mentor the entrepreneurs and companies we invest in. We believe in winning teams, not just ideas,and we invest in people. We provide access to our vast network in the retail, fashion and consumer product space.Managing partner and co-founder Haim Dabah is an entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in successfully building brands and businesses, with deep relationships in the retail and fashion worlds. The HDS team and its advisors include other entrepreneurs, marketers, and industry insiders…an all around wise and fun bunch of leaders.We look forward to sharing our joint experience to serve our portfolio companies, and to help you facilitate building a large, successful business.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $4.4M–$21M |
| Series B | $6.2M–$111M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 11 | 32% |
| Fashion | 8 | 24% |
| Retail | 6 | 18% |
| SaaS | 4 | 12% |
| Mobile | 4 | 12% |

78 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 10 | 29% |
| Series A | 8 | 24% |
| Series B | 6 | 18% |
| Seed | 4 | 12% |
| Series E | 3 | 9% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 27 | 79% |
| France | 1 | 3% |
| Israel | 1 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| Singapore | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Haim Dabah | Founder and Managing Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/haim-dabah |
| Mac Dabah | Co-Founder and Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mac-dabah |
| Ovadia Labaton | Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ovadia-labaton |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Being Health | Being Health is a psychiatrist-led mental health practice that leverages the best of psychiatry. | $5.4M | Seed | Jan 25, 2024 |  |
| KIDBOX | KIDBOX delivers personalized experiences through curated premiere brands with an easy and fun way for parents and kids to shop from home. KIDBOX combines cool brands, meaningful savings, and a mission to cloth children in need. | $18.9M | Series B | Apr 24, 2018 |  |
| Built Technologies | Built Technologies is an enterprise technology company that provides cloud-based construction lending software. Its collaboration software brings the draw management process online and helps reduce construction loan risk, increases loan profitability, transforms the borrower experience, and simplifies compliance. The company was founded in 2014and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. | $21M | Series A | Nov 14, 2017 |  |
| Rothy's | Rothy's transforms sustainable materials into beautiful products for life on the go. Redefining expectations of comfort, style, and sustainability, Rothy’s began by turning single-use plastic water bottles into artfully-designed shoes and recently furthered its commitment to material innovation with the launch of The Bag Collection usingrecycled marine plastics. Considering every step of production, Rothy’s owns and operates its state-of-the-art production workshop and uses a proprietary 3D knitting process to significantly reduce material waste. Since launching in 2016, Rothy’s has repurposed over 60 million water bottles and today is approaching two million customers worldwide.Rothy's has raised a total of $44M in funding over 3 rounds, including secondary investments. In total, only $5M out of outside capital has gone on Rothy’s balance sheet. Their latest funding was raised on Dec 18, 2018, a secondary investment from Goldman Sachs. | $7M | Series A | Aug 08, 2017 |  |
| Primary | Primary is making better clothes for kids and building a better experience for busy parents to shop for them. It aims to be the most inclusive kid's clothing brand, offering high-quality essentials at affordable prices. Rather than chasing the trend, Primary offers thoughtfully designed clothing without logos, slogans, or sequins. They take agender-neutral approach, with a broad range of colors available for babies and kids 0-12, without prescribing what is for girls or boys.It was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, New York. |  | Series B | Jul 07, 2017 |  |
| KIDBOX | KIDBOX delivers personalized experiences through curated premiere brands with an easy and fun way for parents and kids to shop from home. KIDBOX combines cool brands, meaningful savings, and a mission to cloth children in need. | $10M | Series A | Aug 08, 2016 |  |
| Thrive Market | Thrive Market was founded in 2014 with a mission to make healthy living easy and affordable for everyone. As an online, membership-based market, we deliver the highest quality, healthy and sustainable products at member-only prices, while matching every paid membership with a free one for someone in need. Thrive Market carries over 5,000 organicand non-GMO products, and offers 70+ filters and values, allowing you to shop by diet and lifestyle. Over the last 4 years, Thrive Gives has raised over $3.5M to fund food access and environmental sustainability causes. In March 2020, Thrive Market launched a COVID-19 Relief Fund, To date, raising over $1M and supporting over 30,000 families affected by the pandemic. | $111M | Series B | Jun 27, 2016 |  |
| Talkspace | Talkspace provides an online platform that delivers mental health services through digital communication with licensed therapists and psychiatric providers. The platform connects individuals with mental health professionals who offer therapy and psychiatric care through text messaging, audio messaging, live chat, and video sessions within a secureweb or mobile interface. Users complete an intake process and are matched with licensed clinicians who provide counseling and treatment for conditions such as anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, and relationship issues. The service includes therapy programs for individuals, couples, and teenagers, along with psychiatric evaluations and medication management delivered by licensed medical providers. Patients communicate with clinicians asynchronously through messaging or participate in scheduled real-time video or audio sessions depending on the selected service plan. These interactions take place in encrypted therapy rooms that allow users to share messages, voice notes, or video recordings with their providers.Talkspace also develops digital tools that support mental health care delivery, including self-guided resources and technology used to analyze anonymized therapy data to assist clinicians and identify risk patterns. The platform collaborates with health plans, employers, and public programs that provide access to virtual therapy as part of insurance benefits or employee assistance programs. Through its digital infrastructure, Talkspace functions as a telehealth service provider that enables remote psychotherapy, psychiatric care, and mental health support using licensed clinicians and online communication tools. | $15M | Series B | Jun 14, 2016 |  |
| Shift Technology | Shift Technology delivers AI-native decision automation and optimization solutions built specifically for the global insurance industry. Addressing several critical processes across the insurance policy lifecycle, Shift helps insurers achieve faster, more accurate claims and policy resolutions. Shift has analyzed billions of insurance transactionsto date and was presented Frost & Sullivan’s 2020 Global Claims Solutions for Insurance Market Leadership Award. | $10M | Series A | May 18, 2016 |  |
| Blinkist | Where do the world’s smartest people get their ideas? From great books. Blinkist distills the key insights of 2,500+ bestselling nonfiction books into powerful 15-minute reads or listens for your mobile device.In 2017, Blinkist's app has been nominated by Apple as one of the best in the App Store. Blinkist has received the World SummitAward, granted by the United Nations, in the Learning & Education category, as well as a Google Material Design Award for Brand Expressiveness.At Blinkist, we got rid of classical management hierarchies and, instead, distributed authority among all colleagues. Blinkist fosters a unique company culture championing self-empowerment, personal development, direct communication and mutual support.Blinkist offers a fantastic workplace in the heart of Berlin-Neukölln including all the benefits you’d expect – from a personalized perk system to free private language lessons. Add a competitive salary, a personal development budget of 1,500€ per year, flexible working hours, and a meaningful product on the rise, and you have a first impression of why Blinkist is a great place to work. | $4.4M | Series A | Jan 07, 2016 |  |

10 of 34 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does HDS Capital invest in?

HDS Capital invests primarily in E-Commerce, Fashion and Retail startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 34 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is HDS Capital's check size?

HDS Capital typically joins rounds of $4.4M–$21M at Series A and $6.2M–$111M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds HDS Capital participates in.

### How do I contact HDS Capital?

Public channels for HDS Capital include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at HDS Capital?

The team at HDS Capital includes Haim Dabah (Founder and Managing Partner), Mac Dabah (Co-Founder and Partner) and Ovadia Labaton (Associate). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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