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Jason M. Cronen

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Founder and Challenge Hiker at The Lycian Way Challenge
📍 Bangkok Metropolitan Area

Jason is an early-stage investor and the Managing Partner at Garden District Ventures, focusing on consumer markets in Emerging Asia. With over two decades of experience, he invests in and mentors founders in sectors like food tech and wellness. People who have worked with him describe him as warm, engaging, and highly accomplished.

Following a second cancer diagnosis, Jason has focused on his health and personal mission. He created "The Lycian Way Challenge, " a 540-kilometer endurance hike in Türkiye, to raise awareness and funds for Movember and mens health, a cause deeply personal to him.

Unique fact: He is personally undertaking a multi-week, 540-kilometer solo hike he created to support mens health.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Founder and Challenge Hiker
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Bangkok Metropolitan Area
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Men's Health Advocacy
After battling cancer twice, he created a 540km endurance hike, The Lycian Way Challenge, to raise awareness and critical funds for Movember.
Investing in Emerging Asia
His firm, Garden District Ventures, invests in founders who are reimagining consumer experiences for over two billion people in Emerging Asia's markets.
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Career

Work history

7-2025
Founder and Challenge Hiker
The Lycian Way Challenge
6-2020
Managing Partner
Garden District Ventures
10-2013
Investor
06456 Holdings
8-2023
Mentor
Techstars
8-2021
Startup Mentor
Seedstars
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Education
2002 - 2006
Communications
College of Charleston
Hurricane Island Outward Bound School
Outward Bound USA
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