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Before it's obvious.
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GD1 is an operator-led venture capital fund backing New Zealand founders building category-defining companies — from first cheque to global scale.

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Investment thesis

The best founders don't sort themselves by category. Neither do we.

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. Our current theses are:

The physical economy is being rebuilt and the energy transition is driving it. We back the science and engineering companies producing the energy, materials, and industrial systems of the next economy.

Companies we back

Type One EnergyBasisVessev
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Foundry Lab

In under a decade, New Zealand has become one of the few credible aerospace ecosystems outside the major powers, a sector born from Rocket Lab's success. The opportunity now is what happens above the atmosphere: propulsion, in-orbit infrastructure, and the next generation of companies that make space useful, not just reachable.

Companies we back

Dawn AerospaceZenno Astronautics
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Dawn Aerospace

Biology, diagnostics, and medical devices are being redesigned from first principles. We back founders who understand a clinical problem deeply enough to rebuild it.

Companies we back

AlimetryFormus LabsJunoFem
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Alimetry

Vertical software is undergoing a revolution. Insurance, legal, fund administration, workflow, education, recycling — every one of these industries is being rewritten by the founders who understand them deepest and who are building with agentic infrastructure as the core operating model.

Companies we back

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Ivo

The financial system is being rebuilt from the ground up — how money moves, settles, and who owns what is all changing. We back the companies building the new infrastructure, not features on top of the old one.

Companies we back

Easy CryptoSimfuni
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Dawn Aerospace

Rocket-powered spaceplane pushing the boundary of reusable access to space from New Zealand.

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Founders

Why founders choose us.

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Lisa Kagan
One of the key attributes that attracted us to GD1 was the strong reputation of their team of operating partners. It really feels like they're in the weeds with us. It's so much more than just a capital partnership.
Working with GD1, and specifically Vignesh, has been a game-changer for FoundryLab. GD1 and Vignesh are conviction investors. In their world, conviction trumps froth and hype.
Choosing GD1 as a partner for Simfuni was one of our best decisions. Their commitment and conviction in our idea were evident from the start, and they've proven their worth far beyond the capital investment. As a second-time founder, it was important to partner with a world-class VC and that's what we've got with GD1 and John.
One of the key attributes that attracted us to GD1 was the strong reputation of their team of operating partners. It really feels like they're in the weeds with us. It's so much more than just a capital partnership.
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