Defy.vc is an early-stage venture capital firm that focuses on seed and Series A investments across diverse sectors like enterprise SaaS, fintech, AI, healthcare, and consumer businesses. The firm employs a hands-on strategy, actively partnering with "authentic entrepreneurs" to help them mature, scale, and become industry leaders by providing strategic guidance and significant capital for initial and follow-on funding.
Their most common stage is seed (48% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $11.0M (across 21 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
23
Fund Size
$1.3B
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
3
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
23 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | $3.5M | Nov 2025 | |
| Series A | $20M | Sep 2025 | |
| Seed | $15M | Jun 2025 | |
| Series A | $10.5M | Mar 2025 | |
| SSafara | Unknown | — | Dec 2024 |
| Series A | $11.2M | Dec 2024 | |
| Seed | $3.8M | Apr 2024 | |
| Seed | $3M | Feb 2024 | |
| Seed | $9M | Feb 2023 | |
| AArena Club | Series A | $10M | Dec 2022 |
| Seed | $6.2M | Nov 2022 | |
| Seed | $6M | Aug 2022 | |
| Series B | $40M | Feb 2022 | |
| Series A | $20M | Dec 2021 | |
| Seed | $4.5M | Dec 2021 | |
| Seed | $4M | Nov 2021 | |
| GGajiGesa | Seed | $2.5M | Feb 2021 |
| Series B | $20M | Nov 2018 | |
| Series A | $18M | Feb 2018 | |
| RRocksalt | Seed | $3.5M | — |
| Series B | $14M | — | |
| Series A | $7.3M | — | |
| GGiadzy | Unknown | — | — |
Top Co-Investors
Lightspeed Venture Partners3 shared
Tiger Global Management3 shared
Gaingels3 shared
M132 shared
Y Combinator2 shared
Redpoint Ventures2 shared
Breyer Capital2 shared
Defy2 shared
Alumni Ventures Group2 shared
Elysian Park Ventures1 shared
Neotribe1 shared
Firebolt Ventures1 shared
Quest1 shared
Next Billion Ventures1 shared
Greylock Partners1 shared
Quiet Capital1 shared
Olive Tree Ventures1 shared
Rebel Fund1 shared
J2 ventures1 shared
Cathexis Ventures1 shared
Last updated: 12 April 2026
