# Nawaz Ahmed

> Nawaz Ahmed is a pre-seed investor at Global from Day One backing Marketing and Digital Marketing. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Global from Day One](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-from-day-one-gd1)
- Location: Auckland, New Zealand
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mnawaz-ahmed/

Nawaz Ahmed is a pre-seed investor at Global from Day One in Auckland focused on Marketing and Digital Marketing. Nawaz Ahmed is the General Partner at GD1.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marketing | 1 | 100% |
| Digital Marketing | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| eVouch | eVouch assists businesses in converting their customers into brand advocates by incentivizing them to share their experience with their personal networks in exchange for rewards. | $283.4K | Pre-Seed | Oct 20, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Auckland UniServices](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/auckland-uniservices) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Phase One Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/phase-1-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Phase One Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/phase-one-ventures-bedf) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Uniservices](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/uniservices) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Global from Day One

VC Fund · Auckland, New Zealand

Global from Day One they invest from seed to scale and provide operational support across product, growth, and HR.

4 contacts available at Global from Day One.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Heather Gadonniex | CMO Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/heather-gadonniex |
| Chintaka Ranatunga | Managing Partner and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chintaka-ranatunga |
| Nawaz Ahmed | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nawaz-ahmed |
| Vignesh Kumar | Co-Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vignesh-kumar-d8e6 |

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## FAQ

### What does Nawaz Ahmed invest in?

Nawaz Ahmed invests primarily in Marketing and Digital Marketing startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in New Zealand. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Nawaz Ahmed last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nawaz Ahmed closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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