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GD1 (Global From Day One)
SaveGD1 is an operator-led venture capital fund backing New Zealand founders building category-defining companies. They write first cheques at pre-seed, lead rounds at Series A, and follow on through Series B.
StagesPre-seed · Seed · Series A · Series B+
Business modelB2B
Invests inNZ
Deals recorded4
What they invest in
- GD1 is an operator-led venture capital fund backing New Zealand founders building category-defining companies from first cheque to global scale. source
- We write first cheques at pre-seed, lead rounds at Series A, and follow on through Series B, across deep hardware, vertical software, agentic infrastructure, and everything in between. source
All investments and operations
4 operations| Company | Round | Amount | Date | Co-investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interstate | – | – | – | – | Portfolio page |
| Opacity | – | – | – | – | Portfolio page |
| Surmount Systems | – | – | – | – | Portfolio page |
| Unofficial | – | – | – | – | Portfolio page |
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