Damian Gardiner

Damian Gardiner

Senior Associate atScale Venture PartnersFirm active Oct 5California

Damian Gardiner is a Senior Associate at Scale Venture Partners, focusing on fintech and vertical software. He previously worked in investment banking at Qatalyst Partners and holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA.

What Damian can write

Writes checks of$3M to $30M+
Comes in atSeries A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
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Scale Venture Partners writes $3M to $30M+ checks, larger than 93% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Qatalyst Partners · investment banking
  2. Scale Venture Partners · Senior Associate
    Now

Investments named in public bios

RangeFin

Focus

fintechvertical software

Education

UCLA, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

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Who is Damian Gardiner?

Damian Gardiner is a Senior Associate at Scale Venture Partners, focusing on fintech and vertical software. He previously worked in investment banking at Qatalyst Partners and holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA.

How much does Damian Gardiner invest?

Damian Gardiner invests through Scale Venture Partners, which writes checks of $3M to $30M+ at series a, series b.

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Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Damian in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Scale Venture Partners backed works better.

What did Damian Gardiner do before Scale Venture Partners?

investment banking at Qatalyst Partners.

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