The Cardinia Team

We are experienced founders and operators who roll up our sleeves to support our portfolio companies.

Andrew Armstrong

Andrew is an experienced product entrepreneur with strong technical skills and experience growing startups both as a founder and advisor.

He has conceptualised, built and launched applications on desktop, web and mobile for over 15 years.

Along with Long Zheng and Edward Hooper, Andrew co-founded Omny Studio in 2012, helping companies and podcasters manage audio. Omny Studio was acquired by Triton Digital in June 2019.

Edward Hooper

In 2016, Ed founded Cardinia Ventures to support ambitious technology founders across Australia and the US.

Along with Long Zheng and Andrew Armstrong, Ed co-founded Omny Studio in 2012, helping companies and podcasters manage audio. Omny Studio was acquired by Triton Digital in June 2019.

Ed was the first employee at travel app rome2rio, and has worked at bigger companies including Funding Circle, Seven West Media, Groupon, ANZ Bank and Microsoft.

In 2008, he co-founded SOAK Farming alongside David Burela, Dimaz Pramudya and Long Zheng. They went on to win the Microsoft Imagine Cup global software design competition.