Global From Day One (GD1) Fund II

Global From Day One (GD1)

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Status

ACTIVE

Global HQ

Auckland, New Zealand

Countries of investment

New Zealand
Australia

Investment stages

Seed
Series A

Industries

SaaS
Deep Tech
Healthcare

About
GD1 (Global From Day One) is an institutional-grade venture capital firm headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, established in 2012. It writes first cheques at pre-seed, leads rounds at Series A, and follows on through Series B, pairing capital with hands-on operating support across product, growth, and human resources, and an international network spanning Silicon Valley, the United States, and Europe. A signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment, GD1 is raising its Core Fund II, targeting approximately $150 million.

Min check size: $1M
Max check size: $10M
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Investment Thesis

GD1's investment thesis is that New Zealand can generate outsized economic value by commercializing science, engineering, and intellectual property for global markets, and so it backs technically ambitious founders building globally competitive, category-defining companies from day one. The firm invests with high conviction across deep hardware, vertical software, agentic infrastructure, climate technology, and aerospace.

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Manager's Experience

The managing partners bring extensive experience from investment banking (Deutsche Bank, Macquarie), private equity, and corporate finance. The team is complemented by partners with deep operational expertise, including a former VP from global tech company Rocket Lab and a successful founder with Silicon Valley experience. Their collective expertise covers finance, M&A, product management, and operational scaling for global-from-day-one companies.