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DEFTA Partners
Venture capital · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America
DEFTA Partners is a global venture investment firm that has funded technology companies since the 1980s. It operates with offices in San Francisco, Tokyo, and Hong Kong and works hands-on with portfolio companies to scale internationally.
Invests inHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordshealthcarebiotechnologytherapeuticsictembedded devicesdigital tv
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Or find every investor that fitsDEFTA Partners lists 17 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (82%), Cybersecurity (6%) and Media & Entertainment (6%). 43% of its companies are based in Japan. It invests most often alongside Springboard, BioRock Ventures and Bios Partners.
No funding round on record names DEFTA Partners yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not DEFTA Partners' whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 17. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 44th | 17 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 94th | 82% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers1694%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company16%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 82% | 15% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
| Media & Entertainment | 6% | 4% |
| Food & Agriculture | 6% | 3% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare DEFTA Partners head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
17 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aegle Therapeutics is a pioneer in regenerative medicine developing extracellular vesicle (EV) therapy to meaningfully improve the lives of those suffering from debilitating rare diseases | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Aivick provides food delivery services and solutions to support health, combining technology and nutrition | Healthcare & BiotechFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
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| The company provides online medical consultation and prescription services | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops a new drug delivery platform using its core technology, an electroosmotic pump, to enable micro-dosing and sustained release of drugs locally. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| BioEclipse Therapeutics develops immunotherapies to treat cancer | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| BRACNet Limited provides internet connection for home users, businesses, and enterprises, ensuring DDoS protection with DC & DR support. | CybersecurityMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| CMED provides healthcare services, including general practitioner services, medical devices, and wellness products, to individuals and communities. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Endogena Therapeutics discovers and develops first-in-class endogenous regenerative medicines to repair and regenerate tissues and organs. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
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| Immusoft engineers B cells as biofactories for therapeutic protein delivery | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| InformAI is a technology company dedicated to advancing healthcare through the development of AI-driven solutions. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and manufactures treatments for diseases, including cancer, using its iTAP technology and Saporin products. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Pneuma Respiratory develops and engineers aerosol technologies for inhaled therapeutics | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Qolo manufactures and sells standing training machines and develops mobility models with standing functions. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and implements products and services to eliminate the inconvenience caused by visual impairments. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- deftapartners.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 17
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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