Defy.vc
Venture Capital
Active
Woodside, United States
92
10M
60
11.50
20
0.35
2
- Stages of investment
- Areas of investment
Summary
The venture was found in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the San Mateo.
The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 participants. Despite the Defy.vc, startups are often financed by Trevor Wright, Y Combinator, Fika Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Unusual Ventures, Schematic Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Y Combinator, VAS Ventures, Unusual Ventures.
Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Nifty Games, Visor, Grove. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Music Streaming, Security.
The current fund was established by Neil Sequeira, Trae Vassallo. The overall number of key employees were 4.
Considering the real fund results, this VC is 42 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The high activity for fund was in 2018. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The typical startup value when the investment from Defy.vc is 50-100 millions dollars. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2019.
Investor highlights
- Industry focus
- Stage focus
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Investments analytics
Last fund
- Fund size
- USD 300000000
- Fund raised date
- 2023-02-10
Analytics
- Total investments
- 92
- Lead investments
- 20
- Exits
- 2
- Rounds per year
- 11.50
- Follow on index
- 0.35
- Investments by industry
- Software (39)
- SaaS (15)
- E-Commerce (10)
- Artificial Intelligence (10)
- Health Care (9) Show 106 more
- Investments by region
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- United States (80)
- Pakistan (2)
- United Kingdom (3)
- Indonesia (2)
- Peak activity year
- 2021
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- Avg. startup age at the time of investment
- 4
- Avg. valuation at time of investment
- 3M
- Group Appearance index
- 0.87
- Avg. company exit year
- 8
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Latest deals
| Company name | Deal date | Industry | Deal stage | Deal size | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pensight | 26 Jul 2021 | Information Technology, Video, Consulting | Seed | 3M | England, London, United Kingdom |
| SendOwl | 16 Feb 2023 | Software, Social Media, Digital Media, Blogging Platforms | Seed | 9M | England, London, United Kingdom |
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