# Defy: portfolio, investments and team > Defy is a vc firm based in United States. 16 investments on record, 2 in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/defy-vc (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Defy Last cheque observed Aug 2026; 16 cheques on record. Email VC firm Deploying now Last fund $5.3M, Dec 2021 Pre-seed Seed Series A Social Impact Impact Social Good Follow Defy and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fdefy-vc) Deploying now **50%** of best year **2** **cheques in 12 months**, 16 on record Since the last cheque **94** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$6.5M** Cheque size, as they say **$3.0M – $10M** Rounds led **4 of 16** Sole investor **1 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 94%** Pitch Defy ## Defy highlights - 01 2 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 86% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $12M ## What they do > We fund the future by backing exceptional early-stage entrepreneurs. From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** $3.0M – $10M as they say - **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth - **Sectors:** Social Impact Impact Social Good - **Based in:** Woodside, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **16 appearances** - **2026** 2 rounds - **Aug** **[Avatar Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/avatar-robotics)** Seed · US · Defy **$6.5M** *Led* - **May** **[Champ AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/champ-ai)** Seed · US · Defy **$8.5M** With 3 others - **2025** 2 rounds - **Jul** **[Rocksalt](https://millionrounds.com/company/rocksalt)** Seed · US · Crunchbase News **$3.5M** With 4 others - **May** **[Haast](https://millionrounds.com/company/haast)** Seed · AU · Startup Daily **$6.0M** With 3 others - **2024** 2 rounds - **Dec** **[Reveal Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/reveal-technology)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$11M** With 2 others - **Dec** **[Safara](https://millionrounds.com/company/safara)** Venture · US · TechCrunch **$7.3M** *Led* - **2023** 1 round - **May** **[Genemod](https://millionrounds.com/company/genemod)** Seed · US · Firms' own news pages **$4.5M** *Led* - **2020** 1 round - **Sept** **[Elevate Security](https://millionrounds.com/company/elevate-security)** Seed · US · Foundry Group **Undisclosed** With 2 others - **2019** 1 round - **Oct** **[Shujinko](https://millionrounds.com/company/shujinko)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$7.5M** With 1 other - **2018** 6 rounds - **Nov** **[Nifty Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/nifty-games)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$3.0M** With 2 others - **Nov** **[Airspace](https://millionrounds.com/company/airspace)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$20M** With 3 others - **Oct** **[Shujinko](https://millionrounds.com/company/shujinko)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$2.8M** With 4 others - **Jun** **[Boom Fantasy](https://millionrounds.com/company/boom-fantasy)** US · FinSMEs **$4.5M** With 1 other - **Apr** **[Agentology](https://millionrounds.com/company/agentology)** US · TechCrunch **$12M** *Led* - **Feb** **[Owl](https://millionrounds.com/company/owl)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$18M** With 6 others - **2017** 1 round - **Dec** **[PullRequest](https://millionrounds.com/company/pullrequest)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$2.3M** 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** NF **Neil Francis Sequeira** Manager of Defy Partners Management, LLC i Form ADV We also hold **6** 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 the register says From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law **$1.2B** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026 **Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds - **Legal name:** DEFY Partners Management, LLC - **SEC number:** CRD 290048 ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **0** of 1 we have independently watched raise Investor Portal 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. Latest fund on file **$5.3M** raised in Dec 2021 From its SEC filing. Nothing newer is on file yet. ## The cheque Pre-seed Seed Series A Median round joined **$6.5M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$12M** Led 4 of 16 rounds **25%** - **Said size:** $3.0M – $10M - **Sole investor:** 1 rounds - **Last cheque:** Aug 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *9* - Series A said *3* - Series B said *1* - Venture *1* - Pre-seed said *-* - Growth said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Dec 2023 Nov 2026 **Pitching Defy?** 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 put money into. [**Avatar Robotics** $6.5M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/avatar-robotics)[**Champ AI** $8.5M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/champ-ai)[**Rocksalt** $3.5M · Jul 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/rocksalt)[**Reveal Technology** $11M · Dec 2024](https://millionrounds.com/company/reveal-technology)[**Genemod** $4.5M · May 2023](https://millionrounds.com/company/genemod)[**Elevate Security** Sept 2020](https://millionrounds.com/company/elevate-security) ## Quick answers about Defy ### What does Defy invest in? Defy invests most often at Seed and Series A (86% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Social Impact, Impact and Social Good. ### How active is Defy? 16 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 4. The most recent was in Aug 2026. ### What has Defy invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Avatar Robotics (Seed, Aug 2026), Champ AI (Seed, May 2026) and Rocksalt (Seed, Jul 2025). ### How big are Defy's cheques? The median round it joins is $6.5M. It says it writes cheques of $3.0M to $10M. ### Does Defy lead rounds? Yes: it led 4 of its 16 investments on record (25%). ### Where does Defy invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (94%) and Australia (6%). ### Is Defy investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months. ### What kind of investor is Defy? Defy is a VC firm based in Woodside, United States. ## 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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