# DFS Lab: portfolio, investments and team > DFS Lab is an accelerator based in United States. 3 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest May 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/dfs-lab (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # DFS Lab Last cheque observed May 2026; 3 cheques on record. Email Deploying now New fund $2.0M, Mar 2023 Accelerator Pre-seed Seed Series A Fintech Paytech Regtech Follow DFS Lab and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fdfs-lab) Deploying now **100%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 3 on record Since the last cheque **165** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$8.0M** Cheque size, as they say **$25K – $200K** Rounds led **0 of 3** Pitch DFS Lab ## DFS Lab highlights - 01 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-seed Seed Series A Series B - **Sectors:** Fintech Paytech Regtech - **Based in:** Seattle, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **3 appearances** - **2026** 1 round - **May** **[Checker](https://millionrounds.com/company/checker)** Seed · TechCabal **$8.0M** With 12 others - **2023** 1 round - **Feb** **[Terraa](https://millionrounds.com/company/terraa)** Pre-seed · MA · Outlierz Ventures **$1.5M** With 4 others - **2019** 1 round - **May** **[TaniGroup](https://millionrounds.com/company/tanigroup)** Series A · ID · DealStreetAsia **$10M** With 3 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 **5 named** GZ **Guang Zao Deng** Member i Form ADV JK **Jake Kendall** Executive Officer, Director i Filing they signed JG **Jeffrey Grimberg** Authorized person of the manager i Filing they signed QR **Quinn Rotchford** President of the manager i Filing they signed RT **Richard Thoms** Officer of the Issuer's Administrative Manager i Filing 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 **$10.0M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026 **Exempt** reporting adviser venture 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 [Checker](https://millionrounds.com/company/checker)[Chip Mango](https://millionrounds.com/company/chipmango)[GoBEBA](https://millionrounds.com/company/gobeba)[Matta](https://millionrounds.com/company/matta)[Munify](https://millionrounds.com/company/munify)[NALA](https://millionrounds.com/company/nala)[OnePipe](https://millionrounds.com/company/onepipe)[PaySika](https://millionrounds.com/company/paysika)[Rima](https://millionrounds.com/company/rima)[Rivy](https://millionrounds.com/company/rivy)[Sorbet](https://millionrounds.com/company/sorbet)[Stablesea](https://millionrounds.com/company/stable-sea)[Terra Industries](https://millionrounds.com/company/terra-industries)[TuShop](https://millionrounds.com/company/tushop)[Turnstay](https://millionrounds.com/company/turnstay) 500 Chow Airdial Akiba Digital Ando Borderless Bumpa Catlog Hashrails Hulugram Hustlesasa Logistify Luo Maad Orda Pastel PesaKit Shiga Suplias TNKR Terminal 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. New fund on file **$2.0M** raised in Mar 2023 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Pre-seed Seed Series A Median round joined **$8.0M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 3 rounds **0%** - **Said size:** $25K – $200K - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** May 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Pre-seed said *1* - Seed said *1* - Series A said *1* - Series B said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Dec 2023 Nov 2026 **Pitching DFS Lab?** 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 DFS Lab put money into. [**Checker** $8.0M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/checker)[**Terraa** $1.5M · Feb 2023](https://millionrounds.com/company/terraa) ## Mentioned on podcasts Episodes that name DFS Lab in their description, not their title. - [The Flip](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/the-flip) 3 Sept 2020 · 31 min Building for Purpose - China-Africa Tech Mentions [DFS Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dfs-lab)[Justin Norman](https://millionrounds.com/person/justin-norman)[Vincent Li](https://millionrounds.com/person/vincent-li) Apple PodcastsShow page ## Quick answers about DFS Lab ### 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. ### How active is DFS Lab? 3 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in May 2026. ### What has DFS Lab invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Checker (Seed, May 2026), Terraa (Pre-seed, Feb 2023) and TaniGroup (Series A, May 2019). ### How big are DFS Lab's cheques? The median round it joins is $8.0M. It says it writes cheques of $25K to $200K. ### Is DFS Lab investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months. ### What kind of investor is DFS Lab? DFS Lab is an accelerator based in Seattle, United States. ### How much does DFS Lab manage? About $10.0M, as gross assets of its private funds (Oct 2026). ### Has DFS Lab raised a new fund? Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Mar 2023, reporting $2.0M raised. ## 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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