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Defy
Woodside, California, United StatesFounded 2016
Defy is an early-stage venture capital firm that primarily invests in Pre-Seed to Seed stage companies, with selective Series A follow-ons. Their strategy focuses on backing authentic and tenacious entrepreneurs who are building enduring companies across diverse sectors like enterprise software, AI/ML, consumer, fintech, and healthcare, rather than chasing hype.
Average disclosed round size is $17.5M (across 26 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
26
Fund Size
$412M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
0
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
26 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Eudia | Series D | $105M | Feb 2025 |
 Airspace | Series C | $70M | May 2022 |
 Perfect Venue | Seed | $3.6M | Apr 2022 |
 Apploi | Series B | $25M | Mar 2022 |
 WhyLabs | Series A | $10M | Nov 2021 |
 Aircover | Seed | $3M | Sep 2021 |
 Novi Connect | Seed | $10.3M | Sep 2021 |
 Nifty Games Inc. | Series B | $26M | Aug 2021 |
 Bazaar | Series A | $30M | Aug 2021 |
 Aalto | Series A | $13M | Aug 2021 |
 Prima | Seed | $9.2M | May 2021 |
| WhyLabs | Seed | $4M | Sep 2020 |
| SSearchable.ai | Seed | $4M | Jun 2020 |
| TThe Dipp | Seed | $2.3M | Apr 2020 |
 Empower Finance | Series A | $20M | Mar 2020 |
 Empower | Series A | $20M | Mar 2020 |
| SSearchable.ai | Seed | $2M | Oct 2019 |
| SSkubana | Series A | $5.4M | Jun 2019 |
 SoundCommerce | Seed | $6.5M | Jun 2019 |
| EElevate Security | Series A | $8M | Feb 2019 |
| SSecurly | Series B | $16M | Dec 2018 |
 Airspace Technologies | Series A | $8M | Aug 2018 |
 Owl | Series A | $18M | Feb 2018 |
 Shujinko | Seed | $2.8M | — |
 Fable | Series A | $7.3M | — |
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Top Co-Investors
Madrona Venture Group2 shared
Bezos Expeditions2 shared
Qualcomm Ventures2 shared
Vulcan Capital2 shared
Gaingels2 shared
Susquehanna2 shared
Sequoia Capital2 shared
Icon Ventures2 shared
Nubank2 shared
defy.vc2 shared
Owl Ventures2 shared
DBL Partners1 shared
Telstra Ventures1 shared
HarbourVest Partners1 shared
Scale Venture Partners1 shared
Prologis1 shared
Courtside Ventures1 shared
NextView Ventures1 shared
m]x[v1 shared
Advancit Capital1 shared
Last updated: 16 April 2026