# Jock Gardiner

> Jock Gardiner is a venture - series unknown investor at Maven Capital Partners backing Food Processing. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Maven Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maven-capital-partners)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Jock Gardiner is a venture - series unknown investor at Maven Capital Partners focused on Food Processing and Industrial Automation. Jock is based in Aberdeen and leads Maven's Energy Services team across the UK. He is also responsible for Maven’s private equity and mezzanine investments in the North East of Scotland. Jock joined Aberdeen Asset Management in 1996, before moving into the Private Equity division in 1998. Previously, Jock was a manager in the Audit andCorporate Finance departments of KPMG.Jock has a BSc (Hons) from Aberdeen University and qualified as a Chartered Accountant while with KPMG.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food Processing | 1 | 100% |
| Industrial Automation | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Leap Automation | Leap Automation provides food producers with end-of-line automation and machine vision systems. It reduces the dependency on manual labour for repetitive tasks. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 08, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Scottish Enterprise](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scottish-enterprise) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Maven Capital Partners

VC Fund · Glasgow, United Kingdom

Maven Capital Partners was formed in 2009 following a management buyout of the private equity business of Aberdeen Asset Management PLC. Maven is now one of the UK’s leading private equity firms in the lower-mid market, specialising in investments in high-growth British companies. With a focus on innovation and value creation, Maven partners withvisionary entrepreneurs to build market-leading businesses, supporting a range of transaction types, including management buyouts, growth capital, buy-and-build projects, equity value release, and pre-IPO financing.Since 2009, Maven has also helped institutional, private client, and retail investors access private markets, including tax-efficient Venture Capital Trusts, deal-by-deal co-investment in private equity and property, and institutional buyout funds.

5 contacts available at Maven Capital Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andy Round | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-round-6fc8 |
| Dave Furlong | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dave-furlong |
| Gavin Bell | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gavin-bell |
| James Darlington | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-darlington |
| Jock Gardiner | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jock-gardiner |

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## FAQ

### What does Jock Gardiner invest in?

Jock Gardiner invests primarily in Food Processing and Industrial Automation startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jock Gardiner last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jock Gardiner closed in Nov 2022. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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