# Defacto funding: rounds and investors

> Defacto has raised $30M across 2 rounds since 2023. Investors include Citibank, Headline and Northzone. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/defacto (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

France · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Defacto*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 4 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

B2B

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$30M** raised across 2 rounds since 2023, from 2 sources

**$11M** Series A **$19M** Venture

- **Latest round:** Venture, $19M Sept 2025
- **Step-up i:** 1.7×
- **Investors:** 4

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2024 2025

**$11M** Series A

**$19M** Venture

- **First round:** Series A, $11M
- **Biggest round:** $19M
- **Between rounds:** 22 months

[**Defacto** B2B 1 / 15 Their pitch deck **Defacto's pitch deck, 15 slides** Each slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.](https://millionrounds.com/decks/defacto)

## The rounds

- **Sept 2025** Venture **$19M** *3 returning* [Citibank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi) [Headline](https://millionrounds.com/fund/headline) [Northzone](https://millionrounds.com/fund/northzone) Source recorded
- **Nov 2023** Series A **$11M** *4 new* [Citibank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi) [Global Founders Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-founders-capital) [Headline](https://millionrounds.com/fund/headline) [Northzone](https://millionrounds.com/fund/northzone) Source recorded

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Series A** 2023 **Venture** 2025 [Citibank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi) [Headline](https://millionrounds.com/fund/headline) [Northzone](https://millionrounds.com/fund/northzone) [Global Founders Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-founders-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

[Citibank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi) Growth equity **2** rounds

[Headline](https://millionrounds.com/fund/headline) VC firm **2** rounds

[Northzone](https://millionrounds.com/fund/northzone) VC firm **2** rounds

[Global Founders Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-founders-capital) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Defacto as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Scientipole Ile-de-France Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scientipole-capital) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Defacto

### Who invested in Defacto?

Defacto's investors include Citibank, Headline, Northzone and Global Founders Capital.

### How much has Defacto raised?

Defacto has raised $30M across 2 rounds since 2023.

### When did Defacto last raise?

Defacto's most recent round was a Venture of $19M in Sept 2025.

### What was Defacto's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $19M in Sept 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Defacto first?

Defacto's first round on record, in Nov 2023, was backed by Citibank, Global Founders Capital and Headline and 1 others.

### What stage is Defacto at?

Defacto's latest named round is a Venture, in Sept 2025.

### Where is Defacto based?

Defacto is based in France.

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