# DEFTA Partners: portfolio, investments and team > DEFTA Partners is a vc firm based in United States. 11 investments on record, latest Nov 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/defta-partners (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # DEFTA Partners Last cheque observed Nov 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Email Quiet New fund $63M, Jun 2019 VC firm Seed Series A Series B Healthcare Ict Biotechnology Follow DEFTA Partners and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fdefta-partners) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 11 on record Since the last cheque **2546** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$9.6M** Cheque size, as they say **$500K – $3.0M** Rounds led **0 of 11** Exits **3 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 100%** Pitch DEFTA Partners ## DEFTA Partners highlights - 01 11 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Series A and Series B: 82% of its rounds - 03 3 exits from the portfolio ## What they do > Since the 1980s, DEFTA Partners has identified, nurtured, and funded companies with innovative technologies. From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** $500K – $3.0M as they say - **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth - **Sectors:** Healthcare Ict Biotechnology - **Based in:** San Francisco, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **11 appearances** - **2019** 4 rounds - **Nov** **[Actuate](https://millionrounds.com/company/actuate)** Series B · US · Prweb **$6.5M** With 2 others - **Jun** **[BioEclipse Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/bioeclipse-therapeutics)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$7.7M** With 4 others - **May** **[Actuate Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/actuate-therapeutics)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$22M** With 3 others - **Apr** **[Savonix](https://millionrounds.com/company/savonix)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$9.6M** With 4 others - **2018** 1 round - **Jan** **[Immusoft](https://millionrounds.com/company/immusoft)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$20M** With 4 others - **2015** 1 round - **Aug** **[1World Online](https://millionrounds.com/company/1world-online)** Series A · US **$2.5M** With 3 others - **2007** 1 round - **Sept** **[MeeVee](https://millionrounds.com/company/meevee)** Series D · US · venturebeat.com **$3.5M** With 5 others - **2006** 1 round - **Feb** **[MeeVee](https://millionrounds.com/company/meevee)** Series B · US · findarticles.com **$6.5M** With 3 others - **2005** 1 round - **Feb** **[MeeVee](https://millionrounds.com/company/meevee)** Series A · US **$7.0M** With 2 others - **2004** 1 round - **Mar** **[Fortinet](https://millionrounds.com/company/fortinet)** Venture · US **$50M** With 3 others - **2003** 1 round - **Feb** **[BroadWare Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/broadware-technologies)** Series A · US **$7.5M** With 5 others An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **1 named** GH **George Hara** MR. HARA IS THE FUND MANAGER i Filing they signed We also hold **5** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **1** of 9 we have independently watched raise [Qolo](https://millionrounds.com/company/qolo) Alio_Logo_edited Bacchus_Logo_edited CMED_Logo_edited Cambrian_Biopharma_Logo2_edited PhotoQ3 Rtf Startribune anamne_main_edited Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded. ## Exits from the portfolio Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **3 in all** **[Fortinet](https://millionrounds.com/company/fortinet)** Listed **$156M** Nov 2009 **[MeeVee](https://millionrounds.com/company/meevee)** Bought by LiveUniverse **Undisclosed** May 2008 **[BroadWare Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/broadware-technologies)** Bought by [Cisco](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco) **Undisclosed** May 2007 An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records. New fund on file **$63M** raised in Jun 2019 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Seed Series A Series B Median round joined **$9.6M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 11 rounds **0%** - **Said size:** $500K – $3.0M - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Nov 2019 - **Exits:** 3 from the portfolio Rounds by stage said on their site - Series A said *5* - Series B said *4* - Series D *1* - Venture *1* - Seed said *-* - Growth said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2003 2019 Often in the room with - [Edmond de Rothschild Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/edmond-de-rothschild-venture-capital) 3 - [Walden Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/walden-venture-capital) 3 - [Bios Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bios-partners) 2 - [Kairos Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kairos-ventures) 2 - [Labrador Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/labrador-ventures) 2 **Pitching DEFTA Partners?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as DEFTA Partners. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Edmond de Rothschild Venture Capital** Growth equity **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/edmond-de-rothschild-venture-capital)[**Walden Venture Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/walden-venture-capital)[**Bios Partners** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bios-partners)[**Kairos Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kairos-ventures)[**Labrador Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/labrador-ventures) ## Recently backed The latest companies DEFTA Partners put money into. [**Actuate** $6.5M · Nov 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/actuate)[**BioEclipse Therapeutics** $7.7M · Jun 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/bioeclipse-therapeutics)[**Actuate Therapeutics** $22M · May 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/actuate-therapeutics)[**Savonix** $9.6M · Apr 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/savonix)[**Immusoft** $20M · Jan 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/immusoft) ## Quick answers about DEFTA Partners ### What does DEFTA Partners invest in? DEFTA Partners invests most often at Series A and Series B (82% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Healthcare, Ict and Biotechnology. ### How active is DEFTA Partners? 11 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Nov 2019. ### What has DEFTA Partners invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Actuate (Series B, Nov 2019), BioEclipse Therapeutics (Series A, Jun 2019) and Actuate Therapeutics (Series B, May 2019). ### How big are DEFTA Partners's cheques? The median round it joins is $9.6M. It says it writes cheques of $500K to $3.0M. ### Does DEFTA Partners lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 11 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does DEFTA Partners invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%). ### Is DEFTA Partners investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Nov 2019. ### Who does DEFTA Partners invest alongside? Most often Edmond de Rothschild Venture Capital (3 rounds together), Walden Venture Capital (3 rounds together) and Bios Partners (2 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. 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