Our Philosophy
Over the course of nearly two decades of working in banking with institutional investors, one pattern was consistent: private markets provided access to investment themes and risk-return characteristics that were often distinct from those available in public markets.
Yet while private assets were embedded within institutional portfolios, many individual investors remained meaningfully underallocated — not due to lack of interest, but because of structural barriers including limited access, high minimum investment thresholds, and layered fee structures.
Gaelin was established to address this allocation and access gap by providing curated access to private market investments managed by leading global asset managers, with institutional-level pricing and more accessible entry points.
Through disciplined portfolio construction and transparency around costs and structure, Gaelin enables more thoughtful private market allocations for individual investors.
Extended Team
Gaelin is built by a lean founding team and supported by experienced external specialists across technology, design, legal and regulatory advisory.
Leadership
Gaelin is led by its founder, Vinod Iyer, who brings nearly two decades of experience in global markets and banking. He possesses deep expertise in private market investments and maintains strong relationships with institutional investors and asset managers across the industry.
Prior to founding Gaelin, Vinod served as the Head of Distribution and Syndication for Macquarie’s Commodities and Global Markets business in the Americas. In this role, he successfully led the distribution of over $18 billion across a wide range of private market transactions, including energy and natural resources, infrastructure, private credit, asset-backed lending, and specialty finance.
Earlier in his career, Vinod oversaw structured finance and principal lending at Macquarie and Deutsche Bank, where he financed transactions exceeding $2 billion. Vinod also spent time in Singapore, where he led Deutsche Bank's investor products business, distributing over $7 billion in alternative investment products across the region to the largest institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds, asset managers and private banks.
Vinod holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, an MS in Information Systems from the University of Maryland, and a BE from the College of Engineering, Pune, India.
