Who founded Gravel AI?

Gravel AI was founded by To Hong Chan in 2021.

Who are Gravel AI's investors?

Gravel AI's investors include Joyance Partners, Kicker Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Techstars, Supernode Ventures.

Where is Gravel AI headquartered?

Gravel AI is headquartered in London, GB.

Gravel AI

London, GB · Founded 2021 · 14 employees on LinkedIn · 5 known investors

Gravel AI is an AI-powered beauty market intelligence platform that tracks ingredient trends, analyzes formulations, and benchmarks competitors across millions of beauty products. It serves companies across the beauty value chain—brands, suppliers, and contract manufacturers—offering interactive dashboards, monthly datasets, and REST API access to product, ingredient, and formulation data.

AI & Machine Learning Data & Infrastructure Logistics & Supply Chain SaaS

Founders & leadership

Gravel AI was founded in 2021 by To Hong Chan.

To Hong ChaninCo-Founder and COO

Investors · 5

Joyance PartnersBerlin

Kicker VenturesMenlo Park · $100K – $1Mvia Masashi Kiyomine · inferred

Octopus VenturesLondon · $130K – $1.3M

TechstarsBoulder · $220K

Supernode VenturesreportedNew York · $500K – $1.3M

Competitors · 1

by search overlap

Cosmeticsbusiness13 shared keywordsCosmetics Business is a B2B media and subscription service for the beauty industry, providing breaking news, trend reports, regulatory updates and industry interviews through its website and print/digital magazines. It also publishes the Pure Beauty magazine and serves brand owners and retailers, with a stated focus on the UK market.

Companies competing with Gravel AI for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.

Companies House · registry record

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Registered name: GRAVEL AI LTD
Company number: 14209196
Status: Active
Company type: Private limited company
Incorporated: 1 Jul 2022
Registered office: 3rd Floor, 86-90 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4NE
Nature of business (SIC): 62012 — Business and domestic software development
Accounts: last made up to 31 Jul 2025 · next due 30 Apr 2027
Confirmation statement: last made up to 30 Jun 2026 · next due 14 Jul 2027

Current officers · 3

To Hong Chan — director, appointed 1 Jul 2022
Kwan Yu Karen Ho — director, appointed 1 Jul 2022
Richard Pieters — director, appointed 17 Nov 2023

Source: Companies House public register · retrieved 3 Aug 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Frequently asked questions

What does Gravel AI do?: Gravel AI is an AI-powered beauty market intelligence platform that tracks ingredient trends, analyzes formulations, and benchmarks competitors across millions of beauty products. It serves companies across the beauty value chain—brands, suppliers, and contract manufacturers—offering interactive dashboards, monthly datasets, and REST API access to product, ingredient, and formulation data.
Who founded Gravel AI?: Gravel AI was founded by To Hong Chan in 2021.
Who are Gravel AI's investors?: Gravel AI's investors include Joyance Partners, Kicker Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Techstars, Supernode Ventures.
Where is Gravel AI headquartered?: Gravel AI is headquartered in London, GB.