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About
John Kells has more than 20 years of investment experience, including 14 years in the UK where he worked as an equity analyst at hedge fund GLG Partners and spent 8 years as Head of Alternatives at Tesco Pension Investment, managing £1.5B in alternative investments. After returning to New Zealand in 2015 he co-founded an e-commerce startup and joined GD1 in 2017, where he is now Co-Managing Partner for GD1 Fund 3. He holds a BSc in Mathematics, diplomas in Finance, Financial Planning and Statistics, and is a CFA Charterholder.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Invests in
SaaS
Deals · 8
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Other disclosed investments
Led
FormusRunn.io
Per the firm's website.
Colleagues at GD1
Frequently asked questions
- Who is John Kells?
- John Kells has more than 20 years of investment experience, including 14 years in the UK where he worked as an equity analyst at hedge fund GLG Partners and spent 8 years as Head of Alternatives at Tesco Pension Investment, managing £1.5B in alternative investments. After returning to New Zealand in 2015 he co-founded an e-commerce startup and joined GD1 in 2017, where he is now Co-Managing Partner for GD1 Fund 3. He holds a BSc in Mathematics, diplomas in Finance, Financial Planning and Statistics, and is a CFA Charterholder.
- Where does John Kells work?
- John Kells is Co-Managing Partner, GD1 Fund 3 at GD1.
- What does John Kells invest in?
- John Kells invests in SaaS.
- What companies has John Kells invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Auror, Buddy, Flowingly, Formus, NextWork, Orbica, Runn.io, Simfuni, Vessev, VXT.
- Does John Kells lead rounds?
- Yes — John Kells has led 10 tracked investments.
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