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Defy Partners

Last cheque observed Oct 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietNew fund $262M, Oct 2021VC firm

SeedSeries A

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 4 on record
Since the last cheque2555days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$6.0MRounds led3 of 4
Pitch Defy Partners

Defy Partners highlights

  1. 01

    4 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series A: 100% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Led 3 rounds

What they do

Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Based in
United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first4 appearances

  1. 2019

    4 rounds

  2. Oct
    Searchable.aiSeed · TechCrunch$2.0MLed
  3. Jul
    MixhaloSeries A · US · Foundry Group$11MWith 9 others
  4. Jun
    SkubanaSeries A · US · TechCrunch$5.4MLed
  5. Jun
    SoundCommerceSeed · US · FinSMEs$6.5MLed

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 registration2 named

NSNeil SequeiraManaging DirectoriFiling they signed
TVTrae VassalloManaging DirectoriFiling they signed

Recently backed

The latest companies Defy Partners put money into.

Searchable.ai$2.0M · Oct 2019Mixhalo$11M · Jul 2019SoundCommerce$6.5M · Jun 2019

On podcasts

1 episode naming Defy Partners in the title, and 1 more that mention it.

Mentioned in

Quick answers about Defy Partners

What does Defy Partners invest in?

Defy Partners invests most often at Seed and Series A (100% of the rounds on record).

How active is Defy Partners?

4 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 3. The most recent was in Oct 2019.

What has Defy Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Searchable.ai (Seed, Oct 2019), Mixhalo (Series A, Jul 2019) and Skubana (Series A, Jun 2019).

How big are Defy Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $6.0M.

Is Defy Partners investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2019.

What kind of investor is Defy Partners?

Defy Partners is a VC firm based in United States.

Has Defy Partners raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Oct 2021, reporting $262M raised.

Where does this information on Defy Partners come from?

From 5 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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