Made by dog people

Meet the team behind Elita, driven by a shared mission to shift pet care from reactive to preventative, and give every dog more good years.

For the love of a dog, of course

It started with one dog.

When we found out our puppy, Edgar Allan Paws, was predisposed to arthritis, we threw ourselves into preventive care. Better food, better exercise, better routines. And still, we were guessing. Fragmented information, no clear picture of what was happening inside his body.

That's when it hit us. We were missing the most important piece. His biology. Dogs aren't humans. They don't care about step counts or sleep scores. The only honest signal of their health is their biology. The data was there. Nobody was building the product that let owners actually use it. So we did.

Elita Blueprint uses a dog's own biology to guide proactive care, connect the dots, and surface early changes before they become problems. A living health picture, built around the dog you love, not the average one.

It all started with one discovery. Searching for ways to help Edgar, we came across stem cell banking, a way to store healthy cells today for future options. With one of us in stem cell research and the other in technology, we built it from the ground up. It gave us a front-row seat to biology. How dogs grow. How they age.

And it taught us the real lesson. The answer to longevity isn't just storing youthful cells to unlock later, although that helps. It's preventing the decline in the first place. Protecting the cells already doing the work.

What began as a promise to one dog has become a mission to help every dog get more good years. Guided by science, supported by their own biology, made simple for the humans who love them.

We want every pet to live their best life. So we’ve built the world’s first biologically enabled longevity platform for pets, uniting biology, data, and care to deliver personalised insights that take the guesswork out of preventive health.

Meet more of our team

We’re based in Australia, where you’ll find us in the lab or at Melbourne’s dog parks. Here’s some of our team.

Head of Translational Science

Dr Kit Kennedy

Molecular and cell biologist with a PhD in biochemistry and four years at Weill Cornell Medicine as a postdoctoral research fellow. Kit bridges deep biological insight and practical reality, guiding Elita's translational science from early evidence through to insights that genuinely improve dogs' lives. He's also the proud dog dad of Spud, a 6 year old rescue who made the move from NYC to Melbourne.

Head Clinical Veterinarian

Dr Jeewantha Wijesignghe

Clinical veterinarian with over 20 years in practice and a PhD in stem cell science. A former lecturer at the University of Melbourne’s Veterinary School, Jeewantha combines extensive surgical and clinical expertise with deep knowledge in biological and preventative medicine, guiding Elita’s veterinary and scientific strategy.

Chief Technical Officer

Jackson Gritching

Our co-founder and CTO, Jackson is a biomedical engineer who loves turning science into real-world impact. With experience across deep tech, biotech, and cell-based innovation (plus a deep love for furry friends), he’s perfectly suited to making personalised, preventative vet medicine accessible to Australian pet owners.

Elita team