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Ephemeral Tattoo

Made-to-Fade Tattoos

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21-100 employees
  • B2C
  • Retail
  • Lifestyle
  • Fashion
  • Art
West Harlem, New York, NY

Company mission

Ephemeral Tattoo's mission is to create a world where every body is a canvas for limitless self-expression, by providing a temporary tattoo solution with ink that is designed to fade.

Top investors

55% female employees

104% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

Tattoos are widely popular forms of body art within a highly lucrative industry, but many people are apprehensive about getting one. Whilst some people may be interested in expressing themselves through meaningful body tattoos, the fact that they are permanent leads to most people never following through with it.

Ephemeral Tattoo operates tattoo studios that utilize ink that is designed to fade away within 15 months, removing the commitment that customers must usually face when getting a tattoo. In addition to hosting in-house tattoo ideas, the company also takes bespoke requests from customers within their studios in Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

Whilst many people would argue that the company misses the crucial tattoo element of commitment, Ephemeral Tattoo has been smart to recognize the gap in the market of tattoo enthusiasts who do not wish to have permanent tattoos. Furthermore, many people who are apprehensive about a tattoo design may use the fade-away tattoos as a test run, presenting further business that would not exist otherwise.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
  • Equity

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Jul 2021

$20m

SERIES A

Nov 2017

$3.5m

SEED

Total funding: $23.6m

This company has top investors

Leadership

Vandan Shah

(Co-founder)

Graduated from NYU Tandon School of Engineering with a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering.

Joshua Sakhai

(Co-founder)

Graduated from NYU Stern School of Business with a Bachelor's degree in Computer and Data Science.

Graduated from NYU's Polytechnic School of Engineering with a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering. Owner of Promelior Engineering and Design, LLC. since 2015.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Ephemeral Tattoo

  • Ephemeral Tattoo is on a mission to create a world of limitless self-expression, where every body is a canvas. We believe a more beautiful world is one that's more expressive, creative and celebrates individuality. It's impossible to achieve that without prioritizing diversity and inclusivity in both team and clients.
  • We are revolutionizing an industry that has historically been rife with marginalization, notoriously hard for people of color and females to participate in. Central to our approach is expanding that participation.
  • We are proud to have lived our values from day one with a team that is majority BIPOC and female across both HQ and Studios. Our founders are also majority BIPOC.

Endorsements

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Open and honest communication (2)

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