# Stephen Garden > Stephen Garden is a seed investor at Caylent (Dallas) backing Software and SaaS. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Caylent](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caylent) - Location: Dallas, United States - Total investments: 20 - Last investment: Nov 2021 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephengarden/ - Website: http://@stephengarden Stephen Garden (born 30 August 1984 - London, United Kingdom) is a British entrepreneur, Tech Investor and Executive Chairman of Caylent Inc which is a full spectrum AWS Cloud Native and DevOps consulting partner. Stephen Garden was the founder and CEO of Onica, one of Amazon Web Services largest consulting partners. Onica was acquired by Rackspacein November 2019. Prior to being acquired, Onica grew to 350 employees across 12 offices in just 6 years, generating almost $200 million in revenue. ## Round sizes | Stage | Round size | | --- | --- | | Seed | $2M–$5.5M | | Series A | $6M–$7M | ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Software | 6 | 30% | | SaaS | 4 | 20% | | Mobile | 3 | 15% | | Internet | 3 | 15% | | Analytics | 3 | 15% | 44 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 10 | 50% | | Series A | 5 | 25% | | Pre-Seed | 2 | 10% | | Private Equity | 1 | 5% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | United States | 14 | 70% | | Australia | 1 | 5% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Kibsi | Kibsi is an end-to-end, fully integrated environment designed for building computer vision applications. Our cloud native, low-code platform democratizes computer vision, allowing customers to focus on their business needs, not the complexity. | $4M | Seed | Nov 01, 2021 | | | Kibsi | Kibsi is an end-to-end, fully integrated environment designed for building computer vision applications. Our cloud native, low-code platform democratizes computer vision, allowing customers to focus on their business needs, not the complexity. | $4M | Pre-Seed | Nov 01, 2021 | | | Archera | Archera is an information technology company that specializes in the fields of cloud cost optimization, reserved instances, dev ops, and finance. Its software automates purchasing, renewing and exchanging EC2 RIs and CRIs. | $7M | Series A | Sep 29, 2021 | | | Caylent | Caylent is a cloud native services company that helps organizations bring the best out of their people and technology using AWS. To thrive in a software-defined world where technology is at the core of every business, organizations need to empower their people and processes through technology. Caylent is uniquely positioned to fuel that engine ofinnovation by bringing ambitious ideas to life for our clients.Caylent is obsessed with accelerating time-to-value and our track record is backed by years of experience working with clients to solve their most complex challenges. Caylent’s team provides both insight and guidance where it matters most. Through a combination of expert advice and implementation, we see around corners and anticipate needs before they become challenges. We are forward thinking, exploratory in our approach, and pride ourselves on true partnership with our clients. Being a partner means engaging together in a focused effort to drive our clients’ vision and achieve both technical and business results.Caylent was born in the cloud as a cloud native organization with roots in building developer tools. Our mission from day one has been to help companies accelerate their cloud native journey. We recognize that there is a shift in the way software is built, deployed, and managed and that running applications in the cloud can be challenging. Since our formation, we’ve been an active member of the open source community focused on helping companies at all stages of their cloud journey maximize the value of their technology investment through open source.Our commitment to the open source community includes membership in the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and status as a Kubernetes Certified Service Provider (KCSP). This dedication to community extends to our philosophy, mindset, and investment in our people and practices. Our commitment to learning and career development includes providing time for engineers and architects to study, train, and get certified on the cutting edge technologies that our clients value. This dedication to continuous learning enables us to have opinions grounded in experience and best practices, which is a strong value-add to our clients who look to our team to solve the most complex technical challenges.Caylent’s core practice areas include Cloud DevOps, Cloud Migration & Modernization, Cloud Data Engineering, Cloud Native Applications, Cloud Security and Compliance, and Cloud Platform Monitoring. We also provide innovative services through our Extended Reality and Machine Learning practices. We deliver via an Agile, iterative approach through scoped projects or as an elastic capacity-based subscription model depending on the best fit for our client's needs. | $16M | Private Equity | Sep 27, 2021 | | | Vincent | Vincent is an alternative investment search engine offering investors access to private market investing. Vincent unifies the fragmented world of online investing, assisting everyday investors in locating investment opportunities to diversify their portfolios beyond traditional stocks and bonds. Vincent helps investors maximize their wealth throughexpertly selected investments in Venture Capital, Artwork, Real Estate, Collectibles, and More. | $6M | Series A | Jul 21, 2021 | | | Vincent | Vincent is an alternative investment search engine offering investors access to private market investing. Vincent unifies the fragmented world of online investing, assisting everyday investors in locating investment opportunities to diversify their portfolios beyond traditional stocks and bonds. Vincent helps investors maximize their wealth throughexpertly selected investments in Venture Capital, Artwork, Real Estate, Collectibles, and More. | | Series A | May 01, 2021 | | | Giggster | The first product we are working on is an easily searchable library of film-friendly locations, a time and cost-efficient collaboration workflow, and a mobile app for on-the-go producers. | | Pre-Seed | Dec 10, 2020 | | | Giggster | The first product we are working on is an easily searchable library of film-friendly locations, a time and cost-efficient collaboration workflow, and a mobile app for on-the-go producers. | | Series A | Dec 01, 2020 | | | BlocWatch | BlocWatch is a comprehensive SaaS solution that manages, monitors, and verifies insights and analytics for public and private blockchains. The company provides management tools necessary for successful blockchain management. Through data aggregation, visibility, and custom analytics, BlocWatch enables users to both leverage and manage public andprivate blockchain applications. It helps manage your blockchain network by providing analytics and reporting to ensure blockchain remains optimized, secure, validated, and compliant.BlocWatch offers pre-built and user-defined activity alerting along with a library of best practices to ensure improved blockchain security. Their solution provides complete visibility around operational metrics, smart contract status, user configurations, and more.BlockWatch was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Rochester, New York, United States. | $5.5M | Seed | Sep 19, 2019 | | | BlocWatch | BlocWatch is a comprehensive SaaS solution that manages, monitors, and verifies insights and analytics for public and private blockchains. The company provides management tools necessary for successful blockchain management. Through data aggregation, visibility, and custom analytics, BlocWatch enables users to both leverage and manage public andprivate blockchain applications. It helps manage your blockchain network by providing analytics and reporting to ensure blockchain remains optimized, secure, validated, and compliant.BlocWatch offers pre-built and user-defined activity alerting along with a library of best practices to ensure improved blockchain security. Their solution provides complete visibility around operational metrics, smart contract status, user configurations, and more.BlockWatch was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Rochester, New York, United States. | | Seed | Aug 01, 2019 | | 10 of 20 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Preface Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/preface-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together - [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [LAUNCH](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launch-co) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Leslie Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leslie-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [NTT Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nttvc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Secure Octane](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/secure-octane) — VC Fund, 2 deals together ## About Caylent VC Fund · Irvine, United States Caylent is a cloud native services company that helps organizations bring the best out of their people and technology using AWS. To thrive in a software-defined world where technology is at the core of every business, organizations need to empower their people and processes through technology. Caylent is uniquely positioned to fuel that engine ofinnovation by bringing ambitious ideas to life for our clients.Caylent is obsessed with accelerating time-to-value and our track record is backed by years of experience working with clients to solve their most complex challenges. Caylent’s team provides both insight and guidance where it matters most. Through a combination of expert advice and implementation, we see around corners and anticipate needs before they become challenges. We are forward thinking, exploratory in our approach, and pride ourselves on true partnership with our clients. Being a partner means engaging together in a focused effort to drive our clients’ vision and achieve both technical and business results.Caylent was born in the cloud as a cloud native organization with roots in building developer tools. Our mission from day one has been to help companies accelerate their cloud native journey. We recognize that there is a shift in the way software is built, deployed, and managed and that running applications in the cloud can be challenging. Since our formation, we’ve been an active member of the open source community focused on helping companies at all stages of their cloud journey maximize the value of their technology investment through open source.Our commitment to the open source community includes membership in the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and status as a Kubernetes Certified Service Provider (KCSP). This dedication to community extends to our philosophy, mindset, and investment in our people and practices. Our commitment to learning and career development includes providing time for engineers and architects to study, train, and get certified on the cutting edge technologies that our clients value. This dedication to continuous learning enables us to have opinions grounded in experience and best practices, which is a strong value-add to our clients who look to our team to solve the most complex technical challenges.Caylent’s core practice areas include Cloud DevOps, Cloud Migration & Modernization, Cloud Data Engineering, Cloud Native Applications, Cloud Security and Compliance, and Cloud Platform Monitoring. We also provide innovative services through our Extended Reality and Machine Learning practices. We deliver via an Agile, iterative approach through scoped projects or as an elastic capacity-based subscription model depending on the best fit for our client's needs. 5 contacts available at Caylent. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Stephen Garden | Executive Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stephen-garden | | JP La Torre | Co-Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jp-la-torre | | Kevin Taylor | VP of Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-taylor-b02d | | Sonu Panda | Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sonu-panda | | Stefan Thorpe | Co Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stefan-thorpe | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [Robert DeMaio](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-charles-demaio) — Angel Investor - [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund - [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Artesian VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artesian-capital-management) — VC Fund - [Blackbird Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackbird-ventures-australia) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Construction Angel Investors in United States](https://shizune.co/investors/construction-angel-investors-united-states) - [Community Angel Investors in Australia](https://shizune.co/investors/community-angel-investors-australia) - [Social Media Investors in Australia](https://shizune.co/investors/social-media-investors-australia) - [Social Media Angel Investors in Australia](https://shizune.co/investors/social-media-angel-investors-australia) - [Social Media Angel Investors in Oceania](https://shizune.co/investors/social-media-angel-investors-oceania) - [Community Angel Investors in Oceania](https://shizune.co/investors/community-angel-investors-oceania) ## FAQ ### What does Stephen Garden invest in? Stephen Garden invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### What is Stephen Garden's check size? Stephen Garden typically joins rounds of $2M–$5.5M at Seed and $6M–$7M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Stephen Garden participates in. ### When did Stephen Garden last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Stephen Garden closed in Nov 2021. Shizune tracks 20 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? 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