Gavin Appel

Gavin is a startup advisor & tech investor with 25 years of global operational and investing experience in the technology industry spanning startups, corporates and venture capital.

Prior to founding Ignition Lane, Gavin was a founding Partner at venture capital firm Square Peg, Co-founder of startup advisory firm Onestack, and one of the first employees and CTO at Hitwise - a venture-backed startup that was acquired for US$240m in 2007 by Experian (LON:EXPN) - where he was integral in growing the business to be one of the most recognised global internet measurement brands.

Following the acquisition, Gavin was promoted to Senior Vice President on Experian's technology executive team, collectively managing 900 people across 26 cities, to lead global product innovation and offshore engineering.

Gavin believes the most successful businesses will be the ones who think and operate like world-class technology companies. To help businesses thrive in this new era, Gavin founded Ignition Lane, a firm applying the Startup Mindset to business consulting.