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Defy.vc

North America, California, United States, San Mateo

Description

Defy is a seed-stage venture fund focused on emerging, high-potential opportunities.

Investor Profile

Defy.vc has made 92 investments, with 12 in the past 12 months and 35% as lead.

Stage Focus

  • Seed (43%)
  • Series A (32%)
  • Series B (13%)
  • Series Unknown (5%)
  • Pre Seed (4%)
  • Series D (1%)
  • Series C (1%)

Country Focus

  • United States (91%)
  • United Kingdom (3%)
  • Pakistan (2%)
  • Indonesia (1%)
  • Germany (1%)

Industry Focus

  • Software
  • Artificial Intelligence (Ai)
  • Saas
  • Health Care
  • E-commerce
  • Machine Learning
  • Financial Services
  • Information Technology
  • Security
  • Fintech
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Who does Defy.vc frequently co-invest with?

Vulcan Capital
Vulcan Capital
North America, Washington, United States, Seattle
Co-Investments: 5
Qualcomm Ventures
Qualcomm Ventures
North America, California, United States, San Diego
Co-Investments: 4
Liquid 2 Ventures
Liquid 2 Ventures
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 4
Fika Ventures
Fika Ventures
North America, California, United States, Culver City
Co-Investments: 4
Y Combinator
Y Combinator
North America, California, United States, Mountain View
Co-Investments: 4
Unusual Ventures
Unusual Ventures
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 5
Tiger Global Management
Tiger Global Management
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 4
BAM Ventures
BAM Ventures
North America, California, United States, Los Angeles
Co-Investments: 4
Founders Fund
Founders Fund
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 5
Khosla Ventures
Khosla Ventures
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 5

Which angels does Defy.vc often collaborate with?

DH
Drew Houston
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
PW
Patrick Walujo
North America, Michigan, United States, Metropolitan
Shared Deals: 1
AZ
Adam Zeplain
North America, Texas, United States, Austin
Shared Deals: 1
Cyan Banister
Cyan Banister
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
CC
Carlos Cashman
North America, United States
Shared Deals: 1
OJ
Oliver Jung
Europe, England, United Kingdom, London
Shared Deals: 1
BL
Ben Lamm
North America, Texas, United States, Austin
Shared Deals: 1
SB
Sean Bratches
North America, United States
Shared Deals: 2
Noah Pepper
Noah Pepper
Asia, Central Region, Singapore, Singapore
Shared Deals: 1
Nipun Mehra
Nipun Mehra
Asia, Delhi, India, New Delhi
Shared Deals: 1

What are some of recent deals done by Defy.vc?

Haast

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Haast is an artificial intelligence SAAS company that offers marketing compliance automation services.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)ComplianceMarketing AutomationSaaS
SeedMay 7, 2025
Amount Raised: $3,882,015
Hakimo

Menlo Park, California, United States

Hakimo is an AI platform designed to bring cybersecurity-like tools to the physical security industry.

AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)SecuritySoftware
Series AMar 27, 2025
Amount Raised: $10,500,000
Swell

Clarksville, Tennessee, United States

Swell takes care of mental health by providing Licensed therapists.

Health CareMental HealthPersonal Health
Series UnknownFeb 21, 2025
Amount Raised: $1,600,000
Beamable

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Beamable develops a decentralized infrastructure for gaming to add social, commerce, and content management features to their games.

Developer APIsDeveloper PlatformGamingPrivate Cloud
Series AFeb 4, 2025
Amount Raised: $13,500,000
Safara

Los Angeles, California, United States

Empowering independent hotels and reshaping the way consumers book hotels

HotelMarketplaceSaaSTravel
Series UnknownDec 19, 2024
Amount Raised: $7,300,000
Reveal Technology

San Francisco, California, United States

Reveal Technology is a visual analytics and edge artificial intelligence (AI) company.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Series ADec 11, 2024
Amount Raised: $11,200,000
PuppyGraph

Santa Clara, California, United States

PuppyGraph operates as a graph engine that enables users to query data stores.

AnalyticsSoftware
SeedNov 7, 2024
Amount Raised: $5,000,000
Endorsed

San Francisco, California, United States

Recruit at Superhuman Speed with AI

Generative AIRecruitingSoftware
Pre SeedOct 17, 2024
Senvo

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Senvo develops a last-mile data insights platform for organizations.

Information TechnologyLogisticsSoftware
SeedSep 27, 2024
Amount Raised: $2,792,875

Not Diamond allows developers to automatically route AI questions to the most appropriate models.

Information TechnologyInternetMachine Learning
SeedJul 30, 2024
Amount Raised: $2,300,000
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