Where does Vignesh Kumar work?

Vignesh Kumar is Co-Managing Partner at GD1 and Board director at Foundry Lab.

What boards does Vignesh Kumar sit on?

Vignesh Kumar holds tracked board seats at Alimetry, Basis, Dawn Aerospace, Foundry Lab, Type One Energy, Zenno Astronautics.

Where did Vignesh Kumar go to school?

Vignesh Kumar studied at The Wharton School (Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)); University of Auckland (Master of Engineering Studies (MEngSt) (Hons), Medical Device Design and Technology); University of Auckland (BE(Hons), Engineering Science).

Vignesh Kumar

Investor

Co-Managing Partner at GD1 · Board director at Foundry Lab

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

About

Vignesh Kumar is a Co-Managing Partner at GD1, a generalist venture capital firm based in New Zealand. He previously co-founded Journey Health, a digital health oncology platform, and before that led engineering execution at Apple across the US and Asia and worked as a design engineer at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare developing neonatal resuscitation technologies. He is a Kauffman Fellow and Fulbright Scholar, and holds an MBA from the Wharton School and engineering degrees from The University of Auckland.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

v•••@gd1.vcreveal

Board director at Foundry Lab

Intro paths

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In turn, Vignesh can intro founders to Foundry Lab's investors below.

Foundry Lab's investors · 3

Blackbird VenturesSydney · $149K – $60M checks GD1Auckland · $150K – $900K checks WNT VenturesTauranga · $300K – $600K checks

Co-founders at Foundry Lab

David MoodieExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

Type One EnergyInvestor & Board Observercurrent2024 — presentMadison, Wisconsin, United States
AlimetryInvestor & Board Membercurrent2023 — presentAuckland, New Zealand
CarusoInvestor & Board Observercurrent2023 — present
Kauffman FellowsKauffman Fellow, Class 28current2023 — present
Dawn AerospaceInvestor & Board Observercurrent2022 — presentAuckland, New Zealand
LatchInvestorcurrent2022 — present
Phase One VenturesAnchor and Majority LP of Phase One Ventures Fund 1current2022 — presentAuckland, New Zealand
Zenno AstronauticsInvestor & Board Membercurrent2022 — presentAuckland, New Zealand
BasisInvestor & Board Membercurrent2022 — presentAuckland, New Zealand
Formus LabsInvestor & Chaircurrent2020 — presentAuckland, New Zealand
Formus LabsBoard Member2019 — 2020Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Foundry LabInvestor & Board Observercurrent2021 — present
JUNOFEMInvestor & Board Directorcurrent2021 — present
Global From Day One (GD1)Co-Managing Partner - Fund 3current2021 — presentAuckland, New Zealand
Global From Day One (GD1)Venture Partner - Fund 22020 — 2021Auckland, New Zealand
NZ Private CapitalCouncil Membercurrent2021 — presentAuckland, New Zealand
Kiwi Innovation Network (KiwiNet)Board Directorcurrent2021 — presentHamilton, Waikato, New Zealand
Angel InvestorAngel Investor + LP in VC Fundscurrent2018 — presentAuckland, New Zealand
Journey HealthFoundercurrent2018 — presentAuckland, New Zealand
Auckland UniServices LimitedInvestment Committee Member, Digital Technologies @ Return on Science2018 — 2024Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
StretchSenseBoard Observer2020 — 2021Auckland, New Zealand
Wing AcousticsBoard Member2018 — 2021Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Skills & more

Problem Solving1Team Leadership1Management2Strategy1Design for Manufacturing7Plastic Part DesignDesign for Assembly2Research5Project PlanningQuality SystemsISO 134853Process Validation

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Design ControlMathematical ModelingProgrammingEntrepreneurial SkillsCADCFXData AnalysisQuality SystemProduct DevelopmentSix SigmaMedical DevicesFMEA

Languages Creoles and pidgins, English-based · English · Tamil

Full Member — Institute of Directors in New Zealand

From Vignesh's professional profile.

Investments

Board seats

AlimetryBasisDawn AerospaceFoundry Lab Type One EnergyZenno Astronautics

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at GD1

Aaron Small

Investment Principal at GD1

Catherine Young

Operations Manager at GD1

Doug Bohaboy

Go-To-Market Principal at GD1

John Kells

Co-Managing Partner at GD1

Jonathan Tan

Senior Investment Analyst at GD1

Nawaz Ahmed

General Partner - Crypto at GD1

Raj Kumar

Portfolio & Investment Manager (Funds, India) at Yunus Social Business Colombia

Tracy Han

Operations Coordinator at GD1

Frequently asked questions

Who is Vignesh Kumar?: Vignesh Kumar is a Co-Managing Partner at GD1, a generalist venture capital firm based in New Zealand. He previously co-founded Journey Health, a digital health oncology platform, and before that led engineering execution at Apple across the US and Asia and worked as a design engineer at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare developing neonatal resuscitation technologies. He is a Kauffman Fellow and Fulbright Scholar, and holds an MBA from the Wharton School and engineering degrees from The University of Auckland.
Where does Vignesh Kumar work?: Vignesh Kumar is Co-Managing Partner at GD1 and Board director at Foundry Lab.
What boards does Vignesh Kumar sit on?: Vignesh Kumar holds tracked board seats at Alimetry, Basis, Dawn Aerospace, Foundry Lab, Type One Energy, Zenno Astronautics.
Where did Vignesh Kumar go to school?: Vignesh Kumar studied at The Wharton School (Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)); University of Auckland (Master of Engineering Studies (MEngSt) (Hons), Medical Device Design and Technology); University of Auckland (BE(Hons), Engineering Science).

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