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What does DFS Lab invest in?
DFS Lab invests most often at Pre-seed and Seed (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Fintech, Paytech and Regtech.
DFS Lab highlights
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1 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02
Mostly Pre-seed and Seed: 67% of its rounds
What they do
- Type
- Accelerator (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $25K – $200K as they say
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries B
- Sectors
- FintechPaytechRegtech
- Based in
- Seattle, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first3 appearances
- 2026
1 round
- May
- 2023
1 round
- Feb
- 2019
1 round
- May
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 registration5 named
GZGuang Zao DengMemberiForm ADV
JKJake KendallExecutive Officer, DirectoriFiling they signed
JGJeffrey GrimbergAuthorized person of the manageriFiling they signed
QRQuinn RotchfordPresident of the manageriFiling they signed
RTRichard ThomsOfficer of the Issuer's Administrative ManageriFiling they signed
We also hold 17 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
$10.0Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- DFS LAB LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 322102
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
15 of 35 we have independently watched raise
CheckerChip MangoGoBEBAMattaMunifyNALAOnePipePaySikaRimaRivySorbetStableseaTerra IndustriesTuShopTurnstay500 ChowAirdialAkiba DigitalAndoBorderlessBumpaCatlogHashrailsHulugramHustlesasaLogistifyLuoMaadOrdaPastelPesaKitShigaSupliasTNKRTerminal
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.