Fractional CCO - London

Jay
Gujral

Revenue architect for venture-backed, regulated & Web3-native businesses. Ex-McKinsey, BCG. Two exits. Turning founder-led selling into predictable revenue engines.

14
Portfolio Companies
120
VC Investments
2
Exits
Jay Gujral
Revenue Growth Sales Execution Partnerships RevOps CRM Discipline Pipeline Creation Enterprise Sales Go-to-Market Revenue Growth Sales Execution Partnerships RevOps CRM Discipline Pipeline Creation Enterprise Sales Go-to-Market
01 - About

Building revenue
machines that scale

Quota-carrying Commercial leader specialising in sales, partnerships, and revenue growth across B2B SaaS, regulated fintech, and deep-tech / Web3 infrastructure.

Ex-McKinsey commercialisation lead with a track record taking ventures from zero to scale: a $1m VeChain Foundation deal, 20+ enterprise integrations, and global alliances with tier-one technology and financial partners.

"I build repeatable sales motions, partner distribution and co-sell ecosystems, and install the operating cadence that turns founder-led selling into a predictable revenue engine."

What I'm brought in to do: own revenue outcomes from pipeline creation to expansion. Build and monetise strategic partnerships. Scale and coach sales teams with clear activity standards. Install RevOps discipline via HubSpot/CRM. Translate complex products into propositions enterprise buyers can procure.

$1m
VeChain deal won
$27m
Pipeline built
$138m
Portfolio value
20+
Enterprise integrations
Revenue Strategy Enterprise Sales Partnerships RevOps & HubSpot Web3 / Blockchain Venture Capital SaaS Fintech Go-to-Market Team Coaching

Companies I work with

Active and completed fractional engagements - revenue leadership, commercial strategy, and partnerships across B2B SaaS, fintech, Web3 and deep-tech.

14 companies
Rekord
rekord.io
Web3 / Enterprise Infrastructure
Chief of Staff
Verifiable data and RWA capital infrastructure (Zug, CH). 4M+ verifiable transactions per month. Won a $1m VeChain Foundation deal; building the L1 foundation lending pipeline.
Active
NatureMetrics
naturemetrics.co.uk
Climate Tech / Biodiversity
Interim CCO
$100m climate tech powering biodiversity monitoring through eDNA. Led a 15-strong commercial team and a full RevOps overhaul via HubSpot.
Completed
Trust Security
trust-security.xyz
Web3 / Cybersecurity
Fractional CCO
Smart contract audit & security platform. Commercial strategy, HubSpot RevOps build, and "Security in Residence" portfolio partnerships with tier-one VC funds.
Active
Roundtable
roundtable.eu
Fintech / VC Infrastructure
UK Market Lead
Europe's SPV-as-a-Service platform for angels, syndicates and funds. Leading UK market entry: regulatory pathway, principal-firm partnerships and the UK investor network.
Active
Localgiving
localgiving.org
Charity Tech / SaaS
Growth Consultant
The UK's platform for local charity fundraising. Running the conversion growth programme with the CEO: a data-driven weekly test engine lifting trial-to-paid conversion.
Active
The Level Group
thelevelgroup.co.uk
Regulated Fintech / Lending
Sales Consultant
Fintech in probate and family law lending. Created new commercial processes and drove operational efficiencies: sales process redesign, BDR coaching, operating cadence and automation.
Completed
Techbible.ai
techbible.ai
Artificial Intelligence
Commercial Adviser
AI-powered platform. Advisory across GTM, pricing and the enterprise revenue pipeline.
Active
Novus Capital
novus-capital.com
Innovation Funding / R&D Tax
Fractional Commercial Director
UK funding consultancy specialising in R&D tax relief, grants and equity. Proposal pipeline and partner channel development.
Active
EmergeOne
emergeone.co.uk
Fintech / Fractional CFO
Growth Strategy Advisor
Fractional CFO & finance for startups. Driving growth strategy, VC outreach and commercial expansion from ~$850k toward $2M revenue.
Active
Knightox
knightox.com
Consumer / Members Club
Board Advisor
London members club for young professionals. Designed commercial model, positioning, pricing and activation strategy.
Active
Libraro
libraro.com
Publishing / Data
Fractional CCO
Community publishing platform with 15,000+ users. Led the commercial pivot to title-level reader-data monetisation for major publishers.
Completed
Kinvault
kinvault.com
LegalTech / Estate Planning
Commercial Advisor
Digital vault and estate planning platform. Revenue strategy, funding evaluation and POC development.
Active
Ari10
ari10.com
Web3 / Crypto Payments
NED / Board Advisor
European crypto payment gateway. 730K+ customers, 600K monthly transactions. Strategic advisory and partnerships.
Advisory
The BAE HQ
thebaehq.com
Startup Ecosystem / Community
Board Member
The high-growth community for British Asian entrepreneurs, operators and investors. 10,000+ event attendees, 300+ alumni, 250+ podcast episodes. Accelerator programmes empowering Asian founders to scale.
Board

Commercial teams,
rebuilt as software

I don't just use AI - I build agentic operating systems that run commercial work end-to-end. Voice in, every call captured, CRMs updated, briefings delivered before the day starts. First for my own portfolio, now installed inside client businesses.

60+Named agents
9Agent squads
15+Live integrations
100%Calls captured
01 / Capture
Everything becomes signal

Voice replaces typing, every meeting is transcribed automatically, and inboxes and chat channels feed the same pool. Nothing commercial gets lost in someone's notebook.

Wispr Flow, voice Granola, every call LinkedIn signals Gmail Slack Telegram WhatsApp
claude-code : agent orchestrator
$ claude run portfolio-ops
▸ daily-sync9 agents · calls → crm
▸ silent-intel7 agents · weekly brief
▸ crm-migrate4 agents · 145 records
▸ proposal-forge6 agents · 4 VC decks
model routing: frontier → judgment · fast → mechanical · this terminal is live, try it
$
try
02 / Orchestrate → 03 / Execute
Agents act on real systems

Specialised agent squads reason over the signal, cross-validate each other, then write to the systems of record over MCP - CRM updates, briefings, decks and drafts, never a copy-paste.

HubSpot MCP Attio MCP Notion Obsidian vault Gmail drafts Calendar Linear Vercel
The operating loop: same discipline, every engagement signal-led sourcing fit × intent scoring suppression ledgers, clients never get cold-pitched one named hook per lead founder-voice drafts, human approves, machine executes a CRM that tells the truth
Flows in production
FLOW 01
▸ RUN
The 7am briefing
calls granola 9-agent sync attio · notion · obsidian inbox

Every meeting is transcribed automatically. Overnight, a nine-agent pipeline mines the transcripts, cross-validates what it finds, updates the CRM and knowledge vault, and lands a briefing in my inbox before the day starts. Zero admin, nothing dropped.

FLOW 02
▸ RUN
CRM migration, agentic
csv · notion scanner mapper auditor hubspot

A four-agent pipeline scanned scattered records, mapped and audited them, then wrote a clean HubSpot instance via API - ~145 companies, 97 contacts and 69 deals, enriched with meeting notes, in days not a quarter.

FLOW 03
▸ RUN
Silent intelligence
slack · notion · meetings · financials 7 read-only agents strategy brief

A seven-agent squad reads across a scale-up's systems in strict read-only mode - Slack, Notion, meeting transcripts, financials - and compiles the leadership briefing. A full intelligence function, without the headcount.

FLOW 04
▸ RUN
The proposal engine
fund research portfolio overlap branded pdf + dd note

Partnership proposals researched, personalised and brand-checked end-to-end - fund-by-fund portfolio overlap analysis feeding branded, board-ready documents. Four tier-one VC proposals shipped in a single sprint.

A real weekday: every one of these runs unattended
Prospect Scoutnew funding & grant targets sourced, scored and logged
Daily Sync9-agent pipeline: calls, email & chat mined into CRM + vault
Sentinelnational prospect funnel re-scored, dashboards rebuilt
Market Monitorsector intel swept: raises, incidents, prospect signals
EOD Draftclient work logs written, waiting for my approval
Portfolio Syncevery client record updated, next-day tasks created

This is now part of what I'm hired for. I install the same stack inside portfolio companies - HubSpot RevOps, meeting-to-CRM automation, agent-run reporting - so their commercial teams compound instead of catching up on admin.

Build yours →

Revenue, run as an
engineering discipline

The stack makes the machine fast. This is what makes it convert - the commercial thinking layered on top: which motion fits the market, what the first yes costs a buyer, and where the funnel actually leaks.

MOTION 01
Signal-led outbound

Lists built from buying triggers - fresh raises, hiring patterns, filings, capacity signals - never from firmographics alone. Size tells you they could buy; triggers tell you they'll buy now.

AI leverage: agents sweep registries and market signal daily, scoring every prospect on fit × intent before a human touches it.
MOTION 02
Partner & channel distribution

Trojan-horse GTM through consultancies, VC platform teams and ecosystem alliances. Trust channels convert an order of magnitude better than cold - so cold is the third spoke, never the wheel.

AI leverage: partner universes mapped, tiered and kept current in the CRM by agents, not interns.
MOTION 03
Category-making enterprise sales

When the per-unit sale is a grind, reframe the category: portfolio-wide partnerships instead of one-off vendor deals, embedded retainers instead of projects. Change what's being bought.

AI leverage: account-by-account overlap research at machine speed - every proposal lands already knowing the buyer's world.
MOTION 04
Conversion & activation programmes

Diagnose before testing. Find the chokepoint in the data, split national truth from your truth, then run a five-test weekly cadence against the constraint - activation before acquisition, always.

AI leverage: funnel mined and experiments tracked in a live test system - velocity without losing the audit trail.
MOTION 05
Offer & pricing architecture

Offer ladders that de-risk the first yes: a fixed-scope entry product that lands, a retainer that expands, an embedded tier that compounds. Test offers against offers, not copy against copy.

AI leverage: pricing and packaging scenarios modelled and stress-tested before they ever reach a buyer.
MOTION 06
Sales team operating systems

Qualification frameworks, activity standards, stage definitions with teeth, weekly pipeline rhythm and a coaching cadence - so the forecast is defendable at board level, not vibes.

AI leverage: discovery portals and question banks shipped as live web apps; pre-call briefs and deal-review prep drafted by agents - managers coach, they don't collate.
Diagnosis before dollars

Find the 8% door

A real SaaS funnel I diagnosed this year: trialists were reaching the product, but the one feature that predicts conversion sat behind an 8% door - while the debate raged about ad spend. The answer wasn't more traffic. It was activation.

Rule: never buy volume until you know where it dies. Every engagement starts with the funnel autopsy, not the channel plan.

start a trial
100%
use core search
90%
touch the feature that converts
8%
convert to paid
2%
↑ THE CHOKEPOINT
The build sheet
What I actually ship inside companies. Designed by me, increasingly run by agents.

Targeting & Data

  • Trigger-based ICP definition
  • LinkedIn & Sales Nav targeting
  • Registry-level sourcing: Companies House, Beauhurst
  • Waterfall data enrichment: free first, never buy twice
  • Fit × intent lead scoring engines
  • TAM & territory mapping
  • Buying-committee maps

Funnels & Outbound

  • End-to-end sales funnel builds
  • Sequenced multi-channel outbound
  • Founder-voice email engines
  • Follow-up & escalation cadences
  • Referral & ambassador loops
  • Landing pages & lead capture
  • Suppression ledgers: clients never cold-pitched

Collateral & Proof

  • Board-ready proposal engines
  • Sales & pricing playbooks
  • Decks, one-pagers, DD notes
  • Case studies & ROI proof kits
  • Print-ready conference kits
  • LinkedIn ghostwriting systems
  • Websites & data rooms

Partnerships & Relationships

  • Tier-one tech alliances
  • VC platform partnerships
  • Channel & white-label programmes
  • JV structuring & negotiation
  • Investor dinners & curated communities
  • Regulatory & principal-firm partnerships
  • Ecosystem & foundation deals

Systems & Reporting

  • HubSpot & Attio CRM architectures
  • Pipeline & forecast dashboards
  • Experiment & test systems
  • Qualification & stage discipline
  • EOD & briefing automation
  • Win / loss review programmes
  • Board reporting packs

Enablement & Coaching

  • Sales discovery portals: live web apps, deployed per team
  • Sector-aware discovery playbooks: 100+ questions in-CRM
  • Client-facing readiness portals
  • Founder sales coaching: structured 8-week sprints
  • BDR training & activity standards
  • Call frameworks & objection kits
  • Enablement academies & onboarding tracks
Frameworks I install
early vs ideal customer profile trigger-based ICPs fit × intent scoring offer ladders MEDDIC-grade qualification 2.5–3× pipeline coverage five-tests-a-week velocity win / loss mining stage definitions with teeth founder escalation cadences suppression-ledger etiquette money metrics > machine metrics

Trained on the classics - SPIN, MEDDIC, Challenger - deployed only where they fit. The framework serves the deal, never the other way round.

05 - Career

From institutions
to founder-operator

13 years building, selling, and scaling - from launching a startup at university to managing $27m pipelines at BCG, to running a portfolio of venture-backed businesses.

Jun 2024 - Now
Fractional CCO & Commercial Director Current
Portfolio of Venture-Backed, Regulated & Web3-Native Businesses
Post Block Dojo exit, moved to a fractional model - now Fractional CCO, Chief of Staff and UK Market Lead across a portfolio of 14 companies, focused on revenue ownership, partner distribution, and scaling sales execution.
  • Rekord (Jun 2024 – Present) - Chief of Staff at Rekord AG (Zug). Own commercial strategy and operating cadence for a verifiable data and RWA capital infrastructure business processing 4M+ verifiable transactions per month. Won a $1m VeChain Foundation deal; working across 19 L1 ecosystems. Co-developed Digital Product Passport commercial offers and built the partner channel across blockchain foundations, treasuries, custodians and enterprise.
  • Roundtable (2026 – Present) - UK Market Lead. Leading UK market entry for Europe's SPV-as-a-Service platform: FCA regulatory pathway, principal-firm partnership negotiations, and building the UK VC and angel-syndicate partner network with HubSpot-driven TAM mapping.
  • Localgiving (2026 – Present) - Growth Consultant. Running the trial-to-paid conversion programme for the UK's local-charity fundraising platform, reporting to the CEO. Built a verified grants-data evidence base, a weekly experiment cadence, and foundation partnership outreach.
  • NatureMetrics (Jul 2025 – 2026) - Interim CCO. Commercial leadership within a $100m valuation climate tech. Led a 15-strong senior BDM team with KPI accountability and coaching cadence. Delivered the RevOps overhaul via HubSpot: stage definitions, forecasting, pipeline hygiene and leadership dashboards.
  • Connectd.com (Jun 2024 – Jan 2025) - Interim CRO. Brought in ahead of Series A to professionalise commercial execution. Ran a 40-person sales team within a 92-person company across London, Poland and Delhi. Rebuilt onboarding, pricing/packaging, lifecycle and retention levers.
  • The Level Group (Oct 2025 – Mar 2026) - Sales Consultant. Created new commercial processes and drove operational efficiencies for a probate and family-law lending business: rebuilt the sales process from top-of-funnel through conversion, coached the BDR team, and introduced weekly pipeline reviews, activity standards and automation.
  • Knightox (Dec 2025 – Present) - Board Advisor. Designed members-led commercial model built around retention and community-driven revenue. Defined positioning, onboarding, pricing and activation strategy. Built referral and ambassador mechanics.
  • EmergeOne, Novus Capital, BAE HQ & Founders Sales Club - Ongoing advisory and coaching across revenue strategy, pricing, partnerships, investor readiness and founder sales coaching.
Oct 2021 - Jun 2024
Block Dojo Acquired
Co-founder & Commercial Director → Managing Director → Global Commercial Director
Ideated and built Block Dojo from concept to a well-recognised brand - the UK's first blockchain incubator. Grew from a team of 3 to a globally dispersed team of 24, launching UK and Philippine entities. Spun out Blockstars Global (hackathons) to feed the deal pipeline.
  • $5m Seed raised ($10m total for the studio and its cohorts). Invested in 120 startups - portfolio reached a $138m valuation.
  • Generated $750k annual revenue via broker fees, sponsorships and platform services.
  • Owned full P&L for UK + Asia operations. Chaired selection panels, ran investment committees, led diligence across all deals.
  • Forged tier-one alliances with Google Cloud, AWS, HSBC Innovation Banking, Tezos, Algorand, Polygon, Solana Foundation, VeChain, and nChain.
  • Bitcoin SV Association ambassador at global conferences. Worked with nChain on large client engagements. Helped organise the London Blockchain Conference.
  • Led the creation and organisation of 50+ investor lunches and dinners over 3 years. Helped organise and attend events at the House of Lords.
  • Authored global expansion plan, annual reports and market-mapping studies that guided board decisions and LP fundraising.
  • Emerging VC of the Year runner-up. European VC Awards nominee.
Jul 2020 - Sep 2021
BCG Digital Ventures - Axora
Commercial Director, Oil & Gas | $10m Series A
Quota-carrying enterprise commercial leader in a $10m Series A innovation marketplace for Energy and Metals & Mining, built by Boston Consulting Group's Digital Venture.
  • Built and managed a $27m pipeline, progressing opportunities from concept to executable commercial programmes across South America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
  • Converted 10% of pipeline from business case to execution. $1m target achieved across a team of three.
  • Managed two BDRs, scaled the team to five with coaching cadence and activity standards.
  • Led commercial proposition development including value proposition, packaging and pricing.
Aug 2018 - Jul 2020
McKinsey & Company
Commercial Consultant | Global Energy & Materials (Energy Insights)
Tasked with repurposing bespoke technology assets developed for client engagements into standalone, market-ready SaaS products. Spearheaded branding, competitor analyses, and robust go-to-market strategies - often managing up to six distinct products simultaneously.
  • Repurposed 6+ bespoke client-built tech assets into market-ready SaaS products; owned branding, competitor mapping, pricing, and full GTM strategy.
  • Built end-to-end sales funnels that doubled new-logo wins and generated the practice's first $500k deal in six years.
  • Designed and sold multi-market energy-data suite adopted by finance, auto, transport, and O&G clients; expanded reach into insurance/FS verticals.
  • Directed global territory plan and commercial ops for 8 new products, driving 100% YoY uplift in qualified pipeline.
  • Co-founded JV with Airbus Defence & Space to deliver satellite-imaging analytics to refinery operators worldwide.
Sep 2016 - Aug 2018
Dow Jones & Company
New Business Sales Consultant | Factiva, Risk & Compliance
New business hunter for SaaS and data solutions selling into financial services and technology with a focus on KYC/AML workflows.
  • Delivered £250k+ annual targets year-on-year, with ~£10k average deal value (ACV).
  • Owned full-cycle sales from prospecting through qualification, negotiation and close across mid-market and enterprise.
  • Partnered with legal, product and customer success to navigate compliance-heavy onboarding.
  • Specialised in adverse media, risk screening and AML use cases.
Jun 2013 - 2016
Gradlancer Exited
Co-founder
Built and scaled a student freelancing marketplace connecting skilled university students to freelance opportunities from employers across the UK. Founded while still at university.
  • Grew to 14,500+ users nationally.
  • Raised £450,000 in investment.
  • Exited in 2016.

Speaking, podcasts
& demo days

From podcast studios to stages with 300+ investors - building communities, telling stories, and putting founders in front of the people who write cheques.

Demo Days & Showcase Events

As co-founder and Commercial Director at Block Dojo, I designed, produced, and hosted 11 cohort demo days and showcase events from scratch across London and the Philippines. This meant finding and securing venues, curating the startup line-up, coaching founders on their pitches, and filling the room. Each event brought together 300+ angels, VCs, and corporate partners - from Hoxton Ventures and Octopus to Google Cloud and HSBC Innovation Banking. Beyond demo days, I led the creation and organisation of 50+ investor lunches and dinners over 3 years - intimate, curated convenings that drove follow-on introductions and co-investment. I also helped organise and attend events at the House of Lords and played a key role in organising the London Blockchain Conference. I built the invite lists, managed sponsorships, ran the production on the day, and MC'd the entire programme. These weren't just pitch nights - they were the primary deal-flow engine for a portfolio that went on to be valued at $138m.

07 - Recognition

Awards & achievements

🏆
Top Asian in Tech - Nominated 2023 & 2024
Recognised two consecutive years for contributions to the technology industry.
🏅
Emerging VC of the Year 2023 - Runner Up
Block Dojo recognised for fundraising leadership and portfolio performance.
🌐
European VC Awards - Firm of the Year Nominee
Nominated by Isomer Capital and Mountside Ventures at the European VC Awards.
📈
120 Investments, $138m Portfolio
Block Dojo grew into one of the UK's most active early-stage blockchain investors.
🤝
VC Community Builder
Built a leading network of fund managers including Partners from Hoxton Ventures, Stride VC, Octopus Ventures, and Concept Ventures.
🎓
Newton Venture Programme Scholar
Selected for the London Business School x LocalGlobe programme, focused on diversifying the next generation of venture investors.

Learning & credentials

Degree
BSc (Hons) Business Economics
University of Portsmouth
2010 - 2014
MBA
MBA
PowerMBA
2023 - 2024
Programme
Venture Capital Programme
Newton Venture Programme (LBS x LocalGlobe)
2023 - 2024

Let’s build
something together

Looking for a fractional commercial leader to own revenue, build partnerships, and install sales discipline? Let’s talk.