Travis Putnam is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Navitas Capital. His current investments and board roles include HqO, Bowery, Sweeten, Truss, Gridium, Matterport, Honest Buildings, and PlanGrid. Travis holds a degree in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a concentration in Finance.

Louis Schotsky is a Managing Partner at Navitas Capital. Prior to joining Navitas Louis spent over a decade at Equity Residential in operations and investments and time as a technology and management consultant at Andersen Consulting and The Boston Consulting Group respectively. Louis holds a degree in Philosophy and Economics from Trinity College and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Jim Pettit is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Navitas Capital. He currently serves as either a board director or observer on a number of boards, including Aquicore, Cherre and Optimum Energy. Prior to Co-Founding Navitas, Jim was a Principal a Bancroft Capital, a real estate investment firm located in California, and a Managing Partner at JP Morgan (Hambrecht & Quist). Jim received a bachelor’s degree from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley with an emphasis on Finance and Real Estate.

William Busch is the Vice President of Operations for Navitas Capital. Prior to Navitas, William was a project manager for a solar energy solution provider, PSOMASFMG and co-founded a consumer product start-up. Before obtaining his MBA from ESADE, William worked as a Operations Manager and Senior Consultant at the global management and technology consulting firm, BearingPoint and worked at the US Department of Commerce, Office of the Under Secretary, Technology and Entrepreneurism. William received a Bachelor’s degree from Brown University.

Madison Gesser is an Associate for Navitas. Prior to joining the firm, Madison was a Real Estate Summer Analyst with the BlackStone Group and interned with one of Navitas’ portfolio companies, PeerStreet. Madison received his Bachlelor’s degree from the University of Southern California in Economics and Finance.

Gary Dillabough is Venture Partner at Navitas Capital. Gary currently serves as either a board director or observer on several boards, including View Glass, Lunera Lighting, Building Robotics, Honest Buildings and MyHealthTeams. He was previously a board member of SCL Elements (Schneider Electric). Before Navitas, Gary was a Managing Partner at the Westly Group where he led the Smart Buildings and Energy Efficiency Practice. Prior to joining Westly, Gary served in numerous roles at eBay for 10 years, General Manager of Sustainability was his final position. Prior to eBay, Gary served in management roles at Visto Corporation (now Good Technology), Improvenet and Media Arts Group. Gary received a bachelor’s of science degree in Civil Engineering from the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

Katie Eberle is an Executive Assistant for Navitas. Prior to joining the firm, Katie was People Operations Manager at Community Resource Exchange, a management consulting organization, overseeing talent management and human resources. Before that, she worked in executive communications at Collective[i], a sales analytics technology company. Katie received her Bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University.