Global from Day One

Global From Day One is a New Zealand-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies, from seed to scale. Established in Auckland, the company manages multiple funds, with a focus on investing in New Zealand-based startups. Their investment portfolio spans across various sectors, including software, SaaS, marketing tech, TMT, business products and services, energy, financial services, healthcare, information technology, material and resources, health tech, and more. The firm not only provides capital but also offers operational support to portfolio companies, assisting with product development, growth strategies, and human resources.

Vignesh Kumar

Co-Managing Partner

28 past transactions

Alimetry

Series A in 2024
Alimetry is a health technology startup located in Auckland, New Zealand, focused on creating innovative solutions for diagnosing gastrointestinal (GI) disorders. The company has developed a symptom-tracking and real-time gastric mapping monitoring device that investigates gastric function. This device senses the underlying motility of the stomach to identify the causes of common symptoms such as abdominal pain, indigestion, nausea, and vomiting. By providing insights into GI health, Alimetry aims to enhance patient care and improve the management of gastrointestinal disorders.

eVouch

Pre Seed Round in 2022
eVouch is a company that operates a marketplace restaurant referral platform aimed at enhancing marketing effectiveness through social media engagement. The platform enables users to discover nearby restaurants and, in return for discounts, share their dining experiences on their social networks. This process is facilitated by the app, which authenticates and stamps the posts, thereby helping businesses increase their visibility and attract new customers. By incentivizing customers to share their experiences, eVouch transforms them into brand advocates, ultimately driving revenue growth for participating restaurants in a cost-effective manner.

Flowingly

Seed Round in 2022
Flowingly is a company that specializes in a mapping and automation platform aimed at enhancing employee and customer experiences through digital transformation. The platform allows users to effortlessly model business processes using a user-friendly drag-and-drop interface, enabling teams to create and automate workflows without requiring technical expertise. Key features include digital to-do lists, deadline reminders, real-time progress tracking, and comprehensive reporting, which facilitate collaboration across various departments and streamline operations. By alleviating the challenges associated with manual processes and paper-based systems, Flowingly empowers organizations to optimize their workflows and improve overall efficiency.

Formus

Seed Round in 2022
Formus is a technology company focused on enhancing personalized orthopedics through advanced AI and computational biomechanics. Founded on two decades of research at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute, the company has developed a 3D pre-operative planning platform that is cleared by regulatory agencies in key markets. This technology has been utilized in over 3,000 hip replacement surgeries across more than 25 medical facilities in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and the United States. Formus's platform utilizes an interactive, AI-driven system to customize workflows for orthopedic procedures, allowing for precise selection and placement of implants tailored to individual patients. By collaborating with implant manufacturers and integrating with existing industry workflows, Formus aims to improve surgical outcomes while enhancing efficiency and scalability in orthopedic practices.

Runn

Seed Round in 2021
Runn, incorporated in 2018 and based in Wellington, New Zealand, specializes in developing cloud-based Software-as-a-Service solutions for resource planning and forecasting. Its software is designed for project-based businesses, offering real-time visibility into staffing capacity and project management. Key features include capacity planning, resourcing and rescheduling, financial forecasting, and reporting. Runn's platform helps organizations optimize individual and team workloads while addressing complexities and changes in project demands. With functionality like scenario planning, users can assess the potential impacts of acquiring new work on resources and financial outcomes. By facilitating better understanding of demand and resource allocation, Runn enables project managers and operations leads to efficiently deliver projects on time and within budget, effectively managing resource conflicts and avoiding bottlenecks.

Junofem

Seed Round in 2021
Junofem is a company focused on improving women's pelvic floor health through innovative technology. It has developed a wearable medical device that monitors and trains pelvic floor muscles. This device measures the pressure profile of the vagina, providing users with valuable feedback to enhance their pelvic floor exercises. By enabling effective training and monitoring, Junofem aims to help women reduce the symptoms of urinary incontinence and promote overall pelvic health.

Dawn Aerospace

Venture Round in 2021
Dawn Aerospace is a company that specializes in designing and manufacturing reusable spacecraft for satellite launches. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Delft, Netherlands, with additional facilities in Auckland, New Zealand, the company offers various vehicles, including the MK-1, MK-2, MK-3, and MK-4. Dawn Aerospace is focused on developing same-day reusable launch vehicles that can operate without specialized space-launch infrastructure, allowing them to integrate seamlessly with existing air traffic. Additionally, the company provides non-toxic propulsion systems for satellites, which replace harmful fuels like hydrazine and enhance performance for small satellites and CubeSats significantly. By creating these technologies in tandem, Dawn Aerospace aims to establish an efficient, scalable, and environmentally conscious architecture for satellite deployment and operations.

Qotient

Convertible Note in 2020
Qotient Group Limited offers a cloud-based sales acceleration platform designed to enhance sales conversations and improve overall sales effectiveness. Founded in 2013 and based in Auckland, New Zealand, Qotient provides a comprehensive sales platform that includes a library of real-time sales conversations, insights, questions, and marketing collateral accessible on any device. This innovative platform serves as the first and only channel platform of its kind, equipping vendors with essential tools and analytics to effectively forecast and manage their entire channel network. By delivering scalable sales conversations and comprehensive data, Qotient enables users to quickly build, distribute, and measure sales campaigns, significantly reducing the time required to execute sales strategies.

Qotient

Series A in 2019
Qotient Group Limited offers a cloud-based sales acceleration platform designed to enhance sales conversations and improve overall sales effectiveness. Founded in 2013 and based in Auckland, New Zealand, Qotient provides a comprehensive sales platform that includes a library of real-time sales conversations, insights, questions, and marketing collateral accessible on any device. This innovative platform serves as the first and only channel platform of its kind, equipping vendors with essential tools and analytics to effectively forecast and manage their entire channel network. By delivering scalable sales conversations and comprehensive data, Qotient enables users to quickly build, distribute, and measure sales campaigns, significantly reducing the time required to execute sales strategies.

San Draw

Series A in 2019
San Draw, founded in 2014 by Stanford University alumni Gary Chang and Michael Lu, is a provider of advanced three-dimensional printing technology designed for custom fabrication across various sectors, including food and medical applications. The company has developed FAM Technology, which stands for full-color, adjustable-hardness, and multi-material capabilities. This innovative technology enables clients to produce highly customized products, enhancing the versatility and functionality of 3D printing solutions.

Qotient

Series A in 2018
Qotient Group Limited offers a cloud-based sales acceleration platform designed to enhance sales conversations and improve overall sales effectiveness. Founded in 2013 and based in Auckland, New Zealand, Qotient provides a comprehensive sales platform that includes a library of real-time sales conversations, insights, questions, and marketing collateral accessible on any device. This innovative platform serves as the first and only channel platform of its kind, equipping vendors with essential tools and analytics to effectively forecast and manage their entire channel network. By delivering scalable sales conversations and comprehensive data, Qotient enables users to quickly build, distribute, and measure sales campaigns, significantly reducing the time required to execute sales strategies.

Shuttlerock

Series B in 2017
Shuttlerock Ltd. is a New Zealand-based company that specializes in a crowd-sourced content platform designed for websites. Established in 2011, it enables users to collect, curate, and share user-generated content while aggregating social media content to enhance audience engagement and drive conversions. The company's proprietary platform focuses on mobile-first creative solutions, allowing for the rapid creation of high-performance mobile video ads from a single visual asset, such as a still photo. Shuttlerock serves a diverse clientele across various sectors, including brands, e-commerce, entertainment, media, sports, and tourism, with operations in New Zealand, the United States, and Japan. Additionally, Shuttlerock offers expertise in digital marketing strategies and is recognized as a marketing partner for major platforms like Facebook and Instagram.

Wipster

Seed Round in 2017
Wipster Inc is a digital media review and approval platform that facilitates collaboration among content creators and media teams. Established in 2015 and based in Portland, Oregon, Wipster enables users to share and review work-in-progress videos, images, and PDFs seamlessly. The platform supports video encoding, allows the setup of multiple teams with user provisioning, and features real-time review cycles. It also integrates with various software tools commonly used by content creators, enhancing the workflow efficiency for video revisions and approvals. With a focus on short-form video projects, Wipster aims to streamline the creative process, making it easier for teams to collaborate regardless of their locations. Wipster operates as a subsidiary of WIP APP Limited.

Qotient

Convertible Note in 2017
Qotient Group Limited offers a cloud-based sales acceleration platform designed to enhance sales conversations and improve overall sales effectiveness. Founded in 2013 and based in Auckland, New Zealand, Qotient provides a comprehensive sales platform that includes a library of real-time sales conversations, insights, questions, and marketing collateral accessible on any device. This innovative platform serves as the first and only channel platform of its kind, equipping vendors with essential tools and analytics to effectively forecast and manage their entire channel network. By delivering scalable sales conversations and comprehensive data, Qotient enables users to quickly build, distribute, and measure sales campaigns, significantly reducing the time required to execute sales strategies.

Mish Guru

Seed Round in 2016
Mish Guru Limited is a web-based marketing platform that specializes in providing tools for brands, agencies, and artists to post, track, and engage with audiences on Snapchat and Instagram Stories. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, the company offers a comprehensive storytelling suite that enhances a brand’s content capabilities. Mish Guru's services are available through a software as a service model and on a campaign basis, allowing marketers to utilize existing creation tools while transitioning content consumption from mobile to desktop. This approach enables the provision of robust analytics to demonstrate campaign return on investment, as well as deeper insights into content performance. By rebroadcasting crowd-sourced snaps during campaigns or live events, Mish Guru effectively drives engagement and fosters interaction with followers.

Viscovery

Venture Round in 2016
Viscovery is a leading Vision Artificial Intelligence company specializing in Deep Learning and Computer Vision technology. Founded in 2013, the company offers revolutionary visual discovery services, providing image and video recognition solutions for various industries including Smart Retail, Smart E-Commerce, Smart Media, Augmented Reality, and Smart Factory. Viscovery has collaborated with major tech companies such as Intel, NVIDIA, and AWS, and received significant investment from entities like Alibaba, Quanta, CDIB, and H&Q. With a research and development team based in Taipei, comprising experts in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning, Viscovery delivers customized recognition solutions tailored to enterprise needs.

Spotlight Reporting

Series A in 2016
Spotlight Reporting Limited is a developer of cloud-based business intelligence tools designed for accountants, business owners, franchises, and not-for-profits. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand, the company offers a suite of software solutions that includes Spotlight Reporting for generating performance reports, Spotlight Dashboard for visualizing resilience and performance metrics, and Spotlight Forecasting for comprehensive forecasting capabilities. Additionally, Spotlight Multi provides a consolidated view of multi-entity organizations, featuring organization rankings, key performance indicators, and exception reporting. The software integrates seamlessly with leading financial and non-financial systems, allowing users to automate the creation of dashboards, reports, and forecasts, thereby facilitating informed decision-making. Spotlight Reporting has expanded its presence with offices in Australia, the United Kingdom, California, and Canada.

Qotient

Seed Round in 2016
Qotient Group Limited offers a cloud-based sales acceleration platform designed to enhance sales conversations and improve overall sales effectiveness. Founded in 2013 and based in Auckland, New Zealand, Qotient provides a comprehensive sales platform that includes a library of real-time sales conversations, insights, questions, and marketing collateral accessible on any device. This innovative platform serves as the first and only channel platform of its kind, equipping vendors with essential tools and analytics to effectively forecast and manage their entire channel network. By delivering scalable sales conversations and comprehensive data, Qotient enables users to quickly build, distribute, and measure sales campaigns, significantly reducing the time required to execute sales strategies.

Mish Guru

Angel Round in 2015
Mish Guru Limited is a web-based marketing platform that specializes in providing tools for brands, agencies, and artists to post, track, and engage with audiences on Snapchat and Instagram Stories. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, the company offers a comprehensive storytelling suite that enhances a brand’s content capabilities. Mish Guru's services are available through a software as a service model and on a campaign basis, allowing marketers to utilize existing creation tools while transitioning content consumption from mobile to desktop. This approach enables the provision of robust analytics to demonstrate campaign return on investment, as well as deeper insights into content performance. By rebroadcasting crowd-sourced snaps during campaigns or live events, Mish Guru effectively drives engagement and fosters interaction with followers.

Glassjar

Seed Round in 2014
Glassjar designs and develops software that enables its users to manage their flat's shared expenses. They offer a software product that enables its users to keep track of their flat's expenses, including their flat account, flatmates, and payments. They offer a dashboard that provides an overview of its flat accounts, such as how much is available to spend, each person’s ledger, and summaries of their previous spending.

APIMatic

Seed Round in 2014
APIMatic Ltd. is a developer experience platform based in Auckland, New Zealand, that specializes in providing tools for API development and integration. Founded in 2010, the company focuses on enhancing developer productivity through automatic code generation. APIMatic enables users to create, import, validate, and generate software development kits (SDKs) for REST APIs, streamlining the process of API consumption. Its platform supports multiple SDK environments, including Windows, Java, Android, Apple, and Go Language. Key features include an API editor, API transformer, and a code generation engine that produces error-free documentation and SDKs in minutes, significantly reducing the time and cost associated with API integration. Additionally, APIMatic offers beautifully designed developer experience portals that encapsulate API documentation, complete with dynamic screenshots and code snippets tailored to specific APIs. This comprehensive approach allows API providers to deliver high-quality resources to developers, facilitating rapid integration and usage of APIs.

QuiverVision

Seed Round in 2014
QuiverVision Limited, founded in 2012 and based in Auckland, New Zealand, specializes in developing augmented reality applications aimed at enhancing educational experiences for children. The company's flagship app, Quiver, transforms traditional coloring activities into interactive learning experiences by utilizing augmented reality technology. Users can color pages that come to life in rich, personalized ways, fostering creativity and engagement. QuiverVision's offerings cater primarily to the educational sector, providing resources and lesson plans for children from Pre-K to Year 6 and beyond. The app not only makes learning enjoyable but also helps students develop skills and retain knowledge more effectively, making it a valuable tool for both classrooms and home learning environments.

Texus Fibre

Seed Round in 2013
Texus Fibre creates value for manufacturers by providing branded, high performance ingredient materials that harness the superb characteristics of natural wool.

Puteko

Seed Round in 2013
Puteko was founded in 2012 as a spin-off company of the Human Interface Technology Laboratory New Zealand. We produce both branded content and the technology to transform that content into personalized, immersive experiences. With the colAR Mix app, users can download branded artwork, color it in, and then bring it to life via interactive, three-dimensional, personalized animations. The app is available for free on iTunes, the Apple App Store, and the Google Play store. For more information, go to http://www.colarmix.com.

Footfalls & Heartbeats

Seed Round in 2013
Footfalls & Heartbeats Ltd. is a New Zealand-based company founded in 2010 by chemist Simon McMaster, specializing in the development and manufacturing of intelligent textiles that function as sensors. The company's innovative fabrics are designed to measure tensile and compressive forces, temperature, and have potential applications in diverse fields such as healthcare, sports, rehabilitation, aerospace, and automotive industries. Footfalls & Heartbeats offers customized solutions for advanced wound care, compression garments, and monitoring systems for infants, athletes, and high-risk personnel, enabling real-time tracking of health and physiological symptoms. The technology is also capable of monitoring mechanical stress in composite structures, providing valuable data for applications in satellites, aircraft, and high-performance vehicles. With a focus on creating durable, safe, and comfortable fabrics, Footfalls & Heartbeats aims to enhance individual monitoring and contribute to reducing healthcare costs, particularly for aging populations and those with chronic conditions. The company is led by Brent Ogilvie and supported by a team of experienced directors and investors.

HydrOxSys

Seed Round in 2012
HydrOxSys Limited, founded in June 2012 and based in Auckland, New Zealand, specializes in the development of advanced membrane technology for water extraction. The company focuses on creating durable membranes that can efficiently extract water from polluted sources, particularly in remote and harsh environments. HydrOxSys's membranes are designed to exclude harmful substances such as pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and endocrine disruptors, while maintaining a high water flux output. The increasing demand for innovative and scalable water purification solutions drives the company's mission to provide effective technologies that address the needs of global businesses and local governments facing challenging industrial process streams.

Mobotech

Seed Round in 2012
Mobotech designs and manufactures robotic handling solutions for commercial applications. Its first product, Mobot, fills the gap between hand barrow and forklift. Due to health and safety constraints trucks doing deliveries of FMCG products are only running with 60% capacity. Its customers are large FMCG distributors/logistics companies. This disruptive technology gives logistics companies a ROI in less than 3 months. The Mobot is a patented small robotic forklift: offering more cost effective & safer distribution logistics for the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), light industry, container de-stuffing and military industries. They are a New Zealand registered (2519891) Limited Company exporting to Australia, North America and Europe.
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