Self Funded — An Index of Australian Venture & Techv0.1 · last sync 2026-05-11
$cat ./funds/gd1.md

GD1 (Global from Day One)

Auckland · est. 2012 · A$240M AUM

GD1 is a New Zealand venture firm investing in Series A B2B software and deep tech companies with global ambition out of NZ and Australia.

Website
Stages
Series A, Series B
Fund size
A$240M
Partners
John Kells, Vignesh Kumar
Founded
2012
HQ
Auckland
$ls ./funds/gd1/portfolio

Notable investments

  • Dawn Aerospace
  • Ask Nicely
  • Crimson Education
  • Soul Machines
$git log --reverse --pretty=short ./funds/gd1.md

Timeline

verified · public sources
  1. 2012
    GD1 (Global from Day One) founded in Auckland.
    verified · gd1.vc
  2. Nov 2023
    Closes Fund 4 at NZ$240M with NZ Super Fund and AU institutional LPs.
    verified · NBR