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Defy
Venture capital · Woodside, CA, United States · North America
Defy is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs exceptional early-stage entrepreneurs. It describes itself as a partner of choice for startup founders, working behind the scenes to amplify their success.
Invests inFintechHealthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsearly stageventure capitalfounderstechnology
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Or find every investor that fitsDefy lists 25 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 10 funding rounds, 4 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 56% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (18%), Healthcare & Biotech (18%) and AI & Machine Learning (16%). 87% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside AlleyCorp, General Catalyst and AAF Management.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Defy, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Defy's whole history. Rounds on record name 10 companies; its own site lists 25. 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.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 56% |
| Series A | 33% |
| Series B | 11% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 1 | 1 |
| '25 | 4 | 1 |
| '26 | 5 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 60th | 25 companies |
| Recent activity | 86th | 5 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 74th | 56% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 72th | 8% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 10th | 18% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 18% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 18% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 16% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 8% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 8% | 7% |
| Cybersecurity | 8% | 4% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 8% | 6% |
| Legal & Compliance | 5% | 2% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| AlleyCorp | 2 |
| General Catalyst | 2 |
| AAF Management | 1 |
| AIN Ventures | 1 |
| Alumni Ventures | 1 |
| Amaana Capital | 1 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 1 |
| Ansa | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers25100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- 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.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Defy head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Defy| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Nov 2026 | Series A | |
| 7 Oct 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 5 Aug 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Series A | |
| 13 May 2026 | Seed | |
| 16 Sept 2025 | Seed | |
| 29 Jul 2025 | Series B | |
| 30 Jun 2025 | Seed Led |
Round details for Defy
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Defy's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
25 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agentiq allows users to invest in athletes' future earnings | FintechEnterprise Software | Oct 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Airspace Technologies provides time-critical shipping services using AI-powered routing and real-time insights | Legal & ComplianceIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Apploi provides an all-in-one workforce management platform to help attract, hire, and manage healthcare staff. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| The company provides intelligent robots for warehouse automation solutions | Robotics & HardwareIndustrial & Manufacturing | Aug 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Bazaar Technologies is Pakistan’s leading e-commerce and financial services technology company that connects households and businesses to an extensive range of products. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Birches Health provides online therapy for treating various addictions, including gambling and sex addiction. | Healthcare & Biotech | Sept 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Champ AI provides AI agents to automate operations tasks for teams | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | May 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Cred AI builds banking infrastructure and financial technology designed to provide well-being, security, and premium experience to everyone. | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| CRED provides a predictive intelligence platform that unifies signals from various aspects of an enterprise to predict outcomes and inform decision-making. | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Jun 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Eudia provides an AI platform for legal, procurement, and government acquisition teams to assist with tasks such as research, drafting, and analysis | Legal & ComplianceAI & Machine Learning | Feb 2025Series A | Funding round | |
| GRID provides electric vehicle charging stations and an app to find and manage charging locations | E-commerce & MarketplacesSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Hakimo automates security monitoring, empowering organizations to quickly identify real threats and take action. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Jul 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Honorlock combines AI-powered monitoring with live human proctors to protect fair testing | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Mother Science sells skincare products online. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Nautilus Biotechnology develops a platform for proteomics analysis using Iterative Mapping technology | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Nook offers a high-yield earning app that allows users to earn up to 7.6% APY | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company NOVI provides the compute foundation for intelligent space systems through On-Board Computers and Mission-as-a-Service capabilities. | Space & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| The company provides an app for businesses to manage client bookings, payments, and communication. | Healthcare & BiotechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- defy.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 19 Dec 2024
- Companies checked
- 25
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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