About
Ian Gardiner is an Investment Partner at Jelix Ventures and Co-founder of Innovation Bay. He previously served as Head of Startups at AWS for Australia and New Zealand, and is a recipient of the Pearcy Award for IT Entrepreneur of the Year. His background spans technology entrepreneurship, venture investment, and cloud computing.
Experience
- Jelix VenturesPartnercurrent2018 — presentGreater Sydney Area
- Innovation BayCo-Foundercurrent2003 — present
- YPOMember of YPOcurrent2012 — presentSydney
- Lighter CapitalBusiness Development, Australia2020 — 2025Australia
- Amazon Web ServicesHead of Startups2014 — 2018Greater Sydney Area
- ViocorpCEO and Founder2002 — 2014Greater Sydney Area
- lastorders.comManaging Director1999 — 2001
- NewsBaseManaging Director1996 — 1999
Education
- University of OxfordEngineering, Economics and Management1989 — 1993
- Australian Institute of Company DirectorsGAICD, Company Directors Course
- The Glasgow Academy1977 — 1988
Skills & more
Start-ups99Strategy99Entrepreneurship99Digital Strategy54Business Strategy52Mobile Devices43Digital Media43Venture Capital34Web Video30Digital Marketing26E-commerce22Social Media19
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Mobile ApplicationsVideoMobile MarketingStreaming MediaOnline MarketingContent StrategyContent MarketingProfessional ServicesManagementLeadershipSaaSSoftware as a Service (SaaS)From Ian's professional profile.
Colleagues at Jelix Ventures
Network1
Investors connected to Ian in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Ian Gardiner work?
- Ian Gardiner is Partner at Jelix Ventures.
- What check size does Ian Gardiner write?
- Ian Gardiner typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
Same school
Also attended University of Oxford950
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockMichael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageBrad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter Capital; architect of Invest America; BG2 co-hostDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesErin Price-WrightInvestor at Index VenturesJan HammerInvestor at Index Ventures
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Also attended Australian Institute of Company Directors136
John DysonInvestment Principal at Starfish VenturesHelen SounessVenture Partner at RampersandTim HeasleyPartner at ArtesianKirsten BernhardtPrincipal at ArtesianJordan JeffreyPrincipal at ArtesianStephanie MorrisPrincipal at Artesian
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Also attended The Glasgow Academy2
Shared employers
Also worked at YPO187
Alex ChachavaInvestor at Leta CapitalRaoul Oscar FianoInvestor at DN CapitalJeff BergerVenture Partner at FJ LabsRouven DresselhausInvestor at Cavalry VenturesRobert CoppedgeChief Executive Officer at Echo Health VenturesDan MalvenVenture Partner at Alpha Partners
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Also worked at Lighter Capital7
Kurt ShelinePartner, Strategic Investment at Echo Health VenturesAndy SackAdvisor at One Way VenturesRachel GoldsteinSenior Vice President, Growth at Runway Growth CapitalErik BensonManaging Director at Voyager CapitalMasha KhusidPartner at Drive CapitalLeah EdwardsPartner at Pegasus Tech Ventures
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Also worked at Amazon Web Services251
Nancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesJon TurowVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupEric AndersonPartner at Scale Venture PartnersKeerthi NalabotuInvestor at True VenturesKen HowardVice President of Technology Services at Flare Capital PartnersEliya ElonInvestor at Notable Capital
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