VC  Defy.vc

https://defy.vc





     Office Locations:

2973 Woodside Road
Woodside, CA 94062
Phone: 650-530-0193

 

Stages:

  • Early


 

Industries:

  • Information Technology
  • Software & Internet

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    Description:

    Defy Partners is an early stage venture fund exclusively focused on emerging high-potential opportunities. The firm's portfolio tackles big opportunities across consumer, enterprise, and deep technology. Defy invests in amazing entrepreneurs and teams disrupting huge markets by leveraging unique experiences, insights, and technologies.


     

    Funds:


      Fund Name


      Amount


      Date

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    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
    Get the complete investment team + individual email addresses for investment team partners. Get personal images, LinkedIn links, investment specialties, office locations and more with a National Database subscription or Silicon Valley Database subscription.
    Madison McIlwain Partner, Seed
    Neil Sequeira Co-Founder & Managing Director
    Phebe Tran Co-Founder and Chief of Staff
    Purvi Shah Co-Founder, Partner & CFO

     

    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date


      Name


      State


      Amount


      Stage


      11/08/2024


      PuppyGraph


      CA


      $5,000,000


      Seed


      06/07/2024


      Almanax


      NY


      undisclosed


      Pre-Seed


      05/13/2024


      Monitaur


      MA


      $6,000,000


      Series A


      04/11/2024


      Writ


      CA


      $3,800,000


      Seed


     

    Portfolio companies include:


      Aalto


      Almanax
        web link


      Fable


      Genemod
        web link


      Grid


      Hakimo
        web link


      Lumiata
        web link


      Moment


      Monitaur
        web link


      Novi


      Novi Connect
        web link


      Prima


      PuppyGraph
        web link


      Re


      SendOwl
        web link


      Triller


      Verse
        web link


      Wonderment


      Writ
        web link


     

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