# Defy Partners: portfolio, investments and team > Defy Partners is a vc firm based in United States. 4 investments on record, latest Oct 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/defy-partners (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Defy Partners Last cheque observed Oct 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Quiet New fund $262M, Oct 2021 VC firm Seed Series A Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 4 on record Since the last cheque **2555** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$6.0M** Rounds led **3 of 4** Pitch Defy Partners ## Defy Partners highlights - 01 4 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 100% of its rounds - 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 first **4 appearances** - **2019** 4 rounds - **Oct** **[Searchable.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/searchable-ai)** Seed · TechCrunch **$2.0M** *Led* - **Jul** **[Mixhalo](https://millionrounds.com/company/mixhalo)** Series A · US · Foundry Group **$11M** With 9 others - **Jun** **[Skubana](https://millionrounds.com/company/skubana)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$5.4M** *Led* - **Jun** **[SoundCommerce](https://millionrounds.com/company/soundcommerce)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$6.5M** *Led* 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 **2 named** NS **Neil Sequeira** Managing Director i Filing they signed TV **Trae Vassallo** Managing Director i Filing they signed New fund on file **$262M** raised in Oct 2021 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Seed Series A Median round joined **$6.0M** the round, not its cheque Led 3 of 4 rounds **75%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Oct 2019 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed *2* - Series A *2* **Pitching Defy 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 *→* ## Recently backed The latest companies Defy Partners put money into. [**Searchable.ai** $2.0M · Oct 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/searchable-ai)[**Mixhalo** $11M · Jul 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/mixhalo)[**SoundCommerce** $6.5M · Jun 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/soundcommerce) ## On podcasts 1 episode naming Defy Partners in the title, and 1 more that mention it. - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) 7 Sept 2020 · 53 min 247. Leaving Kleiner Perkins to Start Defy Partners, The State of Venture in the Bay Area, and Maintaining a Beginner's Mind (Trae Vassallo) With [Trae Vassallo](https://millionrounds.com/person/trae-vassallo) Mentions [Defy Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/defy-partners)[Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins)[John Doerr](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-doerr) Apple PodcastsShow page ### Mentioned in - [StrictlyVC Download](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/strictlyvc-download) 4 Apr 2020 · 26 min Funding Strangers in a Strange World Apple Podcasts ## 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. ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. 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