Gary Jaitowal

Chief Investment Officer

📍 United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 11 investments📅 6 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2024
VC🌍 United Kingdom
11
Total investments
3
Early stage
6
Mid stage
2
Late stage
6y
Years active

Portfolio

11 investments · sorted by recency
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Investor
Dec 2024
Most retail executives possess an innate ability to understand their businesses. They can instinctively weigh trade-offs when making inventory decisions, comprehend the causes and effects of various actions, and understand what external factors will impact their internal operations. However, their software stack is often limited to spreadsheets, which do not support their expertise. At autone, we envision a world without overproduction, defects, unnecessary transport, emissions, delays, and ill-informed decisions. It is a world that is now within reach, thanks to the recent advancements in AI and Machine Learning technology. We harness the potential of AI and our retail expertise to enable supply chains and human intelligence to work together with unparalleled efficiency. Our AI-driven systems of intelligence provide brands with accurate predictions to eliminate waste, save money, grow their business, and allow their teams to focus on what they do best: being amazing human beings.
Investor
Dec 2023
Jukebox Health helps older adults and high-need populations thrive in their homes with clinically-led home modifications and comprehensive environmental services. The company partners with payers and at-risk providers, leveraging its technology platform and national networks of vetted occupational therapists, accessibility product suppliers, and installers. The company was founded in 2020 by experienced entrepreneurs who have built businesses acquired by Angie’s List, Anthem, and Softbank and is backed by Valtrius, The Home Depot, Unum Ventures, Primary Ventures, Mosaic General Partnership, and Meridian Street Capital.
Investor
Sep 2023
Croissant is on a mission to empower intentional commerce by building financial technology for the circular economy. Croissant offers customers Guaranteed Buybacks™ via seamless ecommerce integrations with select partners and via a newly launched Google Chrome extension available at a broad array of leading retailers and brands. Shoppers are inspired to buy what they love today while locking in what it’ll be worth tomorrow, and retailers are afforded a boost in full-price sales though higher average order values and stronger customer loyalty. That’s purchasing power, amplified.
Investor
Nov 2022
We’re on a mission to transform employee health and wellbeing. We started by tackling the underserved areas of healthcare that others overlook - like Menopause, Fertility, Pregnancy & Parenthood, Men’s Health, and Women’s Health. Our trusted, clinically-led services are delivered by specialist nurse practitioners via our app, offering personalised support when it’s needed most. From one-on-one consultations to on-demand resources, we empower people to take control of their health with expert guidance every step of the way. But we didn’t stop there. We listened to feedback from clients who wanted more visibility and engagement with benefits - and we’re excited to say we’ve responded in a big way. In Jan 2025, we are launching the Peppy Employee Benefits Platform, an all-in-one benefits platform, powered by AI, delivering an incredible hyper-personalised employee experience. Not only does it make benefits simpler to manage, but it also delivers a hyper-personalised experience, ensuring employees receive the right support exactly when they need it. With Peppy, you get the best of both worlds: expert, clinically-led health services through our app, alongside an AI-powered benefits platform that harmonises and simplifies benefits management.
Investor
Jul 2022
1v1Me allows you to stake on people playing video games. 🌍 300k+ Users 🌟 4.8+, 5k Reviews 🔞 18+, ALL 50 States
Investor
Dec 2021
At Trackonomy, we are pioneering a transformative network of interconnected objects. Our goal is to bring inanimate objects to life, giving them the ability to converse, think, and interact in real-time. Envision a world where our devices seamlessly integrate with every physical entity, facilitating a global conversation among them. Our overarching mission is to craft the operating system for the connected world, one object, and sensor at a time. Our customers are major players in various verticals such as logistics, industrial, utilities, healthcare, and government. They use our solutions for a wide range of applications like predictive maintenance, workflow optimization, asset protection, safety, security, and environmental monitoring. We are a unicorn, funded by top investors like Kleiner Perkins and 8VC.
Investor
Dec 2021
Come on in, paper people. Since 2015, weve created stationery that feeds curiosity and contemplation. In every piece of Papier is the promise of whats to come, the endless possibilities of a blank page. Were an emporium of eclectic designs, curated for you to make wondrously your own. Each and every one can be personalised so it means more, alive in the hands of its maker. A one-off piece of stationery thats as individual as the thoughts, feelings and dreams youll place on the page. Alongside our in-house collections, we collaborate with bright, upcoming artists, iconic brands and exciting fashion labels. Theyre all fellow paper people whose varied creative talents bring a magical touch to our stationery.
late stageRetail
Investor
Aug 2021
Beacon is trusted by over 2,600 logistics and supply chain professionals like you across more than 20 countries worldwide. Weve developed and refined our platform through countless conversations with supply chain teams facing the exact challenges youre dealing with today. Beacon is the new home for all your orders, shipments & documents, enabling you to streamline communication between suppliers, warehouses, sales teams, project managers and customers, ensuring everyone knows the latest ETA for their shipments & has all the necessary documents and references to hand to do the things they need to do. Interested to learn more - sign up for our free trial today.
Investor
May 2021
Our Mission is to be the definitive community-powered brand that builds decorating confidence by inspiring and supporting all decorators with their projects. Lick is a community-powered decorating movement. We are a force for change in the home decor space with a vision to transform the industry for our decorators and for the planet. Lick was founded in 2019 by Lucas London and Sam Bradley - both experienced startup entrepreneurs. The business has raised over $29m since inception. OMERS Ventures lead our Series A round in June 2021 with participation from existing investors Felix Capital and contributions from entrepreneurs and PE investors including Magnus Rausing, Alex Chesterman and Kathaka, the family office of Caroline Rupert of Richemont. We’re a business that believes in building confidence in our decorators. Seeing their bright ideas and making them happen. We do this by giving our do-er uppers access to inspiration, advice and how-to guidance from our experts and wider community. As well as making our range of (water-based, low VOC) paint, (FSC-certified) wallpaper, blinds and supplies with real people and real homes in mind. Its why we curate the colours in our product ranges, its why we have an expert team of colour consultants on-hand to help with any decorating question, big or small, its why were building a supportive community of decorators to inspire each other with their projects, and it’s why we are rethinking how technology can transform this category. Were on a mission to transform the $1trillon global home decor category, and our sights are set on scale, this means expanding our product offering, launching new sustainability initiatives, and growing our already thriving community of home decorators across the globe. Decorator success starts at home...our home. That is why our ambition is to be a definitive people-powered company. Building an environment where individuals thrive and collectively achieve significant results.
early stageManufacturing
Investor
Feb 2021
With a life so ever-evolving, you need a look you’ll love every step of the way. At Pair, we believe in every opportunity to express individual style, including your eyewear. We’ve created the world’s first customizable prescription and non-Rx glasses and sunglasses. With our patented technology and one-of-a-kind Top Frame collections, you can switch up your style in a snap.
Investor and Board Observer
Aug 2020
Founded in 2014, Zeotap’s mission is to help brands monetise customer data in a privacy-first Europe. Today, Zeotap owns three data solutions. Zeotap CDP is the easy, secure and impactful Customer Data Platform that empowers brands to integrate, unify, segment and orchestrate customer data. Zeotap Data delivers quality targeting at scale by enabling the activation of 2,500 tried-and-tested Champion Segments across 100+ programmatic and social platforms. Zeotap ID+ is a universal marketing ID initiative that paves the way for addressability in the cookieless future. Zeotap works with the world’s top brands including Virgin Media O2, Amazon, and Audi.
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2024
Venture Partner
Dec 2024
Defiant is a venture capital fund based in London and Lisbon. We focus on B2B SaaS and Fintech and invest in Seed ($1-3m) and Series A ($2-10m) across Europe and occasionally the US. We like technical products, those with complexity, moats and barriers to entry, where we have deep expertise and an ability to add value. We don’t invest pre-revenue or pre-product. We are a team of investors, technologists and builders, who saw first hand how venture could evolve. We are here to push the boundaries of what a traditional VC fund looks like. To question everything, never accept the status quo, and create something different. Our approach is three-fold, at its core a mission to productise venture, by creating a fund where data, technology and deep thematic work are integral to everything we do. Like the companies we invest in, we build products - internally for our team to move faster and make better decisions, and externally to add value to our founders and the wider ecosystem. We have a love for the craft of investing and pride ourselves on deep research, coupled with a data-driven culture. We have a low-volume, high-conviction investment style, with the aspiration to back future category leaders in verticals exposed to long-term secular growth trends. Our partners have worked with 10 unicorns, investing over $400m into transformational companies such as Transferwise, Marqeta, Farfetch, Travelperk, Pigment, Forter, Ebury, Ledger, Juni and more.
Investor
Dec 2024
Most retail executives possess an innate ability to understand their businesses. They can instinctively weigh trade-offs when making inventory decisions, comprehend the causes and effects of various actions, and understand what external factors will impact their internal operations. However, their software stack is often limited to spreadsheets, which do not support their expertise. At autone, we envision a world without overproduction, defects, unnecessary transport, emissions, delays, and ill-informed decisions. It is a world that is now within reach, thanks to the recent advancements in AI and Machine Learning technology. We harness the potential of AI and our retail expertise to enable supply chains and human intelligence to work together with unparalleled efficiency. Our AI-driven systems of intelligence provide brands with accurate predictions to eliminate waste, save money, grow their business, and allow their teams to focus on what they do best: being amazing human beings.
2023
Investor
Dec 2023
Jukebox Health helps older adults and high-need populations thrive in their homes with clinically-led home modifications and comprehensive environmental services. The company partners with payers and at-risk providers, leveraging its technology platform and national networks of vetted occupational therapists, accessibility product suppliers, and installers. The company was founded in 2020 by experienced entrepreneurs who have built businesses acquired by Angie’s List, Anthem, and Softbank and is backed by Valtrius, The Home Depot, Unum Ventures, Primary Ventures, Mosaic General Partnership, and Meridian Street Capital.
Investor
Sep 2023
Croissant is on a mission to empower intentional commerce by building financial technology for the circular economy. Croissant offers customers Guaranteed Buybacks™ via seamless ecommerce integrations with select partners and via a newly launched Google Chrome extension available at a broad array of leading retailers and brands. Shoppers are inspired to buy what they love today while locking in what it’ll be worth tomorrow, and retailers are afforded a boost in full-price sales though higher average order values and stronger customer loyalty. That’s purchasing power, amplified.
2022
Investor
Nov 2022
We’re on a mission to transform employee health and wellbeing. We started by tackling the underserved areas of healthcare that others overlook - like Menopause, Fertility, Pregnancy & Parenthood, Men’s Health, and Women’s Health. Our trusted, clinically-led services are delivered by specialist nurse practitioners via our app, offering personalised support when it’s needed most. From one-on-one consultations to on-demand resources, we empower people to take control of their health with expert guidance every step of the way. But we didn’t stop there. We listened to feedback from clients who wanted more visibility and engagement with benefits - and we’re excited to say we’ve responded in a big way. In Jan 2025, we are launching the Peppy Employee Benefits Platform, an all-in-one benefits platform, powered by AI, delivering an incredible hyper-personalised employee experience. Not only does it make benefits simpler to manage, but it also delivers a hyper-personalised experience, ensuring employees receive the right support exactly when they need it. With Peppy, you get the best of both worlds: expert, clinically-led health services through our app, alongside an AI-powered benefits platform that harmonises and simplifies benefits management.
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