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Ian Gardiner

Roles

Role	Organisation	Sources
	Innovation Bay	Startup Daily, SmartCompany
Board Member (former)	Inquisitive	Jelix Ventures
Head of Startups (former)	AWS	Startup Daily, SmartCompany
Partner (former)	Jelix Ventures	Jelix Ventures, Startup Daily, SmartCompany (Wed 22 May 2019), Women's Agenda, SmartCompany (Fri 8 Mar 2019), Jelix Ventures team page

Disclosed deals

Every published round Ian Gardiner took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.

Company	Stage	Announced	Amount	Role	Alongside	Sources
8seats	Seed	27 Dec 2024	$2m	Participant	Black Nova Venture Capital Brad Banducci Paul Bradbury Tony Karp Mike Priddis Greg Miller	Startup Daily, SmartCompany

Portfolio

Companies Ian Gardiner has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds	Led
8seats		27 Dec 2024, Seed	1	0

Funds

Fund closes reported for Ian Gardiner, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for Ian Gardiner yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

Companies Ian Gardiner has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Ian Gardiner did.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
No portfolio company of Ian Gardiner is recorded as having been acquired.

Coverage

Stories naming Ian Gardiner. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

10 deals

Seven Aussie startups that raised $155.5 million this week

Weekly roundup covering seven Australian companies' fresh capital: EV charging, satellite IoT, sovereign cloud, wearables, workplace messaging, plus two crowdfunding raises on Birchal.

Also Startup Daily·Startup Daily·@AuManufacturing·@AuManufacturing

Series A $6.5m

Investment Notes: Inquisitive

Jelix Ventures explains its follow-on backing of edtech firm Inquisitive's AUD 6.5 million Series A extension, with Premier Capital Partners leading, and recounts founder Tim Power's edtech track record.

Jelix Ventures portfolio Sun 1 Dec 2024 Inquisitive 3P Learning ClickView Jelix Ventures Mathletics Jelix Fund 1 Premier Capital Partners Ian Gardiner Tim Power

Series A $7.5m

Former bank exec finds funding for profitable fintech

Biza.io, a Brisbane consumer-data-right compliance startup, has closed a $7.5m Series A with OIF Ventures and Jelix Ventures — its first raise after bootstrapping to profitability under founder Stuart Low, a former Rabobank innovation head.

OIF Ventures portfolio Mon 15 Aug 2022 Biza.io Australian Military Bank Bank First CBA Family First Bank Innovation Bay Rabobank Regional Australia Bank The Capricornian TrueLayer Jelix Ventures OIF Ventures Ian Gardiner Laurence Schwartz Stuart Low

Also OIF Ventures portfolio·OIF Ventures portfolio·Startup Daily·Australian FinTech·Startup Daily·Techboard·Startup Daily·Australian FinTech·Australian FinTech·Australian FinTech·Australian FinTech

Fund close $15m

Jelix Ventures raises $15 million from Who’s Who list for an early stage VC fund

Sydney early-stage investor Jelix Ventures has pulled together $15 million for a new fund from prominent tech founders and executives, has already backed three startups, and plans a further raise before year's end.

Also Women's Agenda

Seed $1m

Why legaltech Josef's $1 million raise was more about securing experts than cash

Legaltech startup Josef has raised $1 million in seed funding from Jelix Ventures and individual investors, with the founders valuing the investors' expertise as they expand into the US.

SmartCompany Wed 22 May 2019 Josef AWS Herbert Smith Freehills Luna Reinventure Group Telstra Ventures Tiger Financial Group Vimeo Jelix Ventures Ben Armstrong Kara Frederick Andrea Gardiner Ian Gardiner Kirill Kliavan Sam Flynn Tom Dreyfus Zach Klein

Also SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily

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