Investor profile
John Gardner
Venture capital & Venture Partner at NGP Capital, Investor at 1809 Capital, Senior Advisor at Vesta Ventures
John Gardner is a Venture Partner at NGP Capital, whose known portfolio counts 9 companies.
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Investment focus
- Focus
- AI AgentsAnalyticsAnimalsAsset ManagementAutomotiveClean and Renewable EnergyCloud InfrastructureConsumer ElectronicsCybersecurityDataDevOpsEnterprise SaaSFitnessHome & GardenIndustrial TechInformation ServicesInsurTechMachine LearningProductivity ToolsPropTechPropertyProperty ManagementRoboticsSecuritySemiconductorsService IndustrySmart HomeSupply Chain ManagementTransportationVertical SaaSWireless
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Venture Partner at NGP Capital, whose known portfolio counts 9 companies
- ArmorCode
- WorkFusion
- Xona
- Bito
- Scintil Photonics
- Shadowfax
- Skylo
- NetBox Labs
- Impossible Cloud Network
Investor at 1809 Capital, whose known portfolio counts 2 companies
- Cloverleaf
- Cloverleaf.me
Senior Advisor at Vesta Ventures, whose known portfolio counts 8 companies
- Further
- RentSpree
- Setpoint.io
- Pest Share
- Hemlane
- Property Meld
- Showdigs
- SmartAC.com
Investor Profile
John Gardner is listed against sectors AI, Climate, Commerce and Consumer, and focus areas AI Agents, Analytics, Animals and Asset Management in the database.
Stage-wise, the deals at NGP Capital cluster around Growth, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether John Gardner is worth approaching.
Colleagues
Tim R. Holcomb
Co-Founder and Investment Committee
Tampa, United States
Upal Basu
Managing Director
Palo Alto, United States
John Gardner
Investor
Bastrop, United States
Christian Noske
Partner
Berlin, Germany
Paul Asel
Cofounder & Managing Partner
Palo Alto, United States
Bo Ilsoe
Managing Partner
Switzerland
Yao Ge
Managing Partner
Shanghai, China
Ossi Tiainen
Partner
Helsinki, Finland
Debjit Mukerji
Partner
Menlo Park, United States
Monica Johnson
Operating Partner & CFO
Palo Alto, United States
Fernanda Aguiar Zblewski
Vice President
Berlin, Germany
Jack Stephens
Investor
New York, United States
Frequently asked questions
Who is John Gardner?
John Gardner is a venture capital investor based in San Francisco, California, United States, listed as Venture Partner at NGP Capital. The known portfolio of that firm counts 9 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to John Gardner personally.
What does John Gardner invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Climate, Commerce and Consumer; listed focus areas include AI Agents, Analytics, Animals and Asset Management. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does John Gardner invest at?
NGP Capital appears in Growth, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds across its known deals, and John Gardner is listed there as Venture Partner. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is John Gardner listed at?
John Gardner is listed as Venture Partner at NGP Capital. 12 other people in the database share a firm with John Gardner.
How do I contact John Gardner?
A LinkedIn page is on file for John Gardner. It is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The database holds no email address and no phone number for this profile.
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