Investors / Defy / Compare with Haystack
Defy vs Haystack
Defy lists 25 portfolio companies and has joined 10 funding rounds; Haystack lists 35 companies and has joined 24 rounds. Defy comes in most often at Seed (56% of its entries), Haystack comes in most often at Seed (61% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Birches Health.
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| Defy | Haystack | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 25 | 35 |
| Funding rounds joined | 10 | 24 |
| Rounds led | 4 | 2 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 5 | 18 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $5M to $20M | $5M to $20M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageDefyHaystack
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| Defy | Haystack | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 56% | 61% |
| Series A | 33% | 35% |
| Series B | 11% | 0% |
| Growth | 0% | 4% |
Themes
share of checked companiesDefyHaystack
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| Defy | Haystack | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 16% | 26% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 18% | 24% |
| Fintech | 18% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 11% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 8% | 0% |
| Cybersecurity | 8% | 4% |
Companies both back
1Shared companies are those both firms' own portfolio pages list, each checked against the company's site. The same comparison through the API is POST /v1/overlap, for up to 20 firms. How the data is graded
Compare Defy and Haystack as data
Pull both portfolios and every co-investor through one API key or MCP, and lay up to 20 firms side by side with POST /v1/overlap. A free account adds Ask AI searches and alerts when either firm adds a company.
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- Full listsEvery portfolio row and two-firm overlap
- API and MCP100 REST or MCP calls a month, one key
- AlertsFollow 5 investors for portfolio and fund changes
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/defy.vc/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/haystack.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/defy.vc/coinvestors