Laura Wynch

Co-founder of Validify | Retail Tech, AI & Digital | Helping founders and operators build — from early stage through to scale

📍 London, England Metropolitan Area, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Feb 2018
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Non Executive Board Member - DIGITAL
Sep 2015
BLANC is a sustainable Fashion Services company, specialising in Luxury Fashion. At BLANC, we believe that the world needs a sustainable and convenient way to care for the many clothes designers produce each year and that people want a trusted and caring partner to do this for them. A partner who understands that we need to make all beautiful fashion items last. BLANC for all fashion items in all possible ways. We clean clothes, even the most delicate, in a healthy, natural and sustainable way, using biodegradable and health-friendly products instead of the toxic chemical solvents traditionally used by conventional dry cleaners. We fit, repair, restore, restyle, alter or create bespoke new garments out of cherished old ones. We offer our award-winning services in our beautiful London stores and via a delivery service for private and corporate customers, which can be booked online or via our app. Since launching in 2013 we have cleaned close to a million garments and served over 20,000 B2C and 400 B2B customers across London and the UK. As the UK’s fastest-growing sustainable luxury fashion specialist, we are working with some of the most exciting fashion brands in the world. We are an innovative company with an entrepreneurial spirit and a great passion for everything we do. We treat our staff fairly and honestly and care a lot about their working conditions. Read more about our adventures in Vogue, The Telegraph or The Guardian. www.blancliving.co E: info@blancliving.co
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2026
Co-founder and COO
Jan 2026
Validify Community is a private, invite-only community for senior retail and consumer brand leaders. Retail leaders are under pressure to deliver today and redesign tomorrow. There is no time for generic events, vendor hype, or guesswork on AI and retail technology. This is the safe, high-signal place to compare notes and make decisions on AI and retail technology with people who understand the stakes. We bring together: ● Peers you can speak frankly with, in closed-door, Chatham House style conversations ● Curated events that deepen relationships, from intimate dinners to flagship experiences ● Curated innovation support: vetted partners, warm introductions, and optional RFP sense-checking when it helps If you lead growth, customer experience, digital, data, technology, ecommerce, operations, or commercial performance - and you value honest peer conversation over polished panels, you will fit in here. Membership is deliberately selective, so every interaction has value. Interested in joining, partnering, or being invited to an upcoming event? We facilitate the space. Our members drive it. Interested? Retail leaders: apply via our website. Partners: message us to explore fit and collaboration routes. What we do: - Community: invite-only peer network - Events: dinners, roundtables, flagship experiences - Innovation: AI and retail tech, grounded in real use cases - Matchmaking: hand matched intros based on retailer priorities - RFP support: sense-checks, shortlists, peer references
early stageRetail
2024
Co-Founder - Operations Director
Jan 2024
SCALE Developments is a development management company that prioritises structural stone and timber to deliver residential, commercial and mixed-use schemes that are cheaper to build, faster to complete, and more desirable. Our material-led approach tackles construction cost directly: by using materials that serve as both structure and finish, we reduce the number of trades on site and optimise for prefabrication and modern methods of construction. SCALE schemes consistently outperform the market on exit and stay ahead of environmental regulation, targeting net carbon sequestration to avoid offset levies and attract carbon credits.
early stageReal Estate
2020
Commercial Strategy & New Ventures - Engagement Lead
Jul 2020
Fahrenheit 212 is an innovation strategy and design firm. We define innovation strategies and develop new products, services, and experiences that create sustainable, profitable growth for our clients. We challenge the belief that innovation is inherently unreliable, and have spent the last fifteen years designing the method, building the model, and assembling the minds to make innovation a predictable driver of growth for our clients’ businesses. We’re privileged to work with some of the world’s most innovative companies, and we’re proud of the impact we’ve had on their brands and businesses. Our team of innovation practitioners, based in New York, London and Paris, work across a wide range of industries and geographies. And while we bring together diverse capabilities of strategy, idea development, research, branding, and design, we are united in our commitment to delivering measurable impact for our clients. We call this a belief in "innovation designed to deliver."​ In 2016, we joined the Capgemini Group.
2018
Koin Rewards
Investor, Board Advisor
Feb 2018
2017
Co-Founder
Jul 2017
The fastest way to discover, compare & select SaaS technology. Validify is a hassle-free vendor management platform that gives brands the tools to discover, compare and select the right technology solutions for their business. Validify reduces the cost, time and risk of technology selection, so that you can purchase with confidence and focus on growth.
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