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Simon Gillett

Founder and CIO, GAIIFF. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Following careers in financial markets at Standard Chartered Bank and in academia as an international relations professor, Simon Gillett built data businesses across eight countries. He subsequently founded the Global AI Internet Freedom Fund (GAIIFF) to invest in growth-stage AI and data companies, launching platforms like Aitium for Amazon sellers.

What they said7 Shows1

Everything Simon Gillett said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

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Gillett: Claimed 27% IRR reflects a previous franchise exit, not current fund

“The IRR comes from track record from a previous business that I exited as a franchise in the in the Northern Virginia area, actually headquartered in Loudoun, which I know you know well.”

Simon Gillett May 13, 2021 ▶ 8:59 $20m Fund for Amazon Sellers Using Private AI to Uncover Gold Mines

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Gillett: GAIIFF uses proprietary tool Atium to source Amazon merchant acquisitions

“GAIF is short for the Global AI Internet Freedom Fund. So really we're a micro private equity fund, and we built an API in partnership with our cloud provider to allow Amazon sellers to do demand forecasting, to do pricing analytics. And it's called Atium actu…”

Simon Gillett May 13, 2021 ▶ 2:12 $20m Fund for Amazon Sellers Using Private AI to Uncover Gold Mines

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GAIIFF provides a free forecasting tool to Amazon merchants for lead gen

“And as you said, Nathan, it's entirely free. So, you know, we don't charge for the forecasting. It's simply also a business analytics tool that is that is a warm lead gen for us.”

Simon Gillett May 13, 2021 ▶ 5:48 $20m Fund for Amazon Sellers Using Private AI to Uncover Gold Mines

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Gillett: Atium analyzes over $100 million in Amazon merchant GMV annually

“Again, I can only give you a range, but it's in the nine figures.”

Simon Gillett May 13, 2021 ▶ 8:16 $20m Fund for Amazon Sellers Using Private AI to Uncover Gold Mines

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Gillett: GAIIFF acquired first brand outright, seeks international growth partnerships

“The one we bought is bought outright, but actually what we're looking for is partnerships with merchants that want to grow, and especially merchants that want to grow internationally.”

Simon Gillett May 13, 2021 ▶ 11:13 $20m Fund for Amazon Sellers Using Private AI to Uncover Gold Mines

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Gillett: GAIIFF easily met its target to raise a $20 million fund

“I'll tell you, we set out to raise twenty million. And we closed that easily.”

Simon Gillett May 13, 2021 ▶ 14:05 $20m Fund for Amazon Sellers Using Private AI to Uncover Gold Mines

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Gillett: $20M fund operates with a four-person offshore team

“We have really one researcher, and we have one developer, and we have a small operations team of two people.”

Simon Gillett May 13, 2021 ▶ 12:37 $20m Fund for Amazon Sellers Using Private AI to Uncover Gold Mines

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Simon's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
TOP FOUNDERSLEDGER	Founder and CIO, GAIIFF	1	7	—	full record on Top Founders →