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Defy Ventures

Founders Catherine Hoke

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Total investments 4
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$9M
Portfolio companies 4
Rounds per year 0.36
Lead investments 0
Key employees 7

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Cannabis
  • Banking
  • Personal Finance
  • Finance
Summary

In 2010 was created Defy Ventures, which is appeared as VC. The company was established in North America in United States. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the New York.

This organization was formed by Catherine Hoke.

Deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The top activity for fund was in 2019. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually.

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Cloud Data Services, Cloud Computing. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Shujinko. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 1 and less years to get the investment from the fund.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2 participants. Despite the Defy Ventures, startups are often financed by Vulcan Capital, Vast Ventures, VAS Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Unusual Ventures.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

TruePlan.io

Software
$950K18 Jun 2020 -

Empower

Banking
Finance
FinTech
Personal Finance
$20M05 Mar 2020 San Francisco, California, United States

Shujinko

Cloud Computing
Cloud Data Services
Cloud Infrastructure
Cloud Management
Cloud Security
SaaS
Software
$7M07 Oct 2019 Seattle, Washington, United States
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Pawlicy Advisor Raises $6.5M in Series A Funding

– Pawlicy Advisor is a NYC-based pet insurance marketplace.
– The company raised $6.5m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Rho Capital Partners and existing investor Defy Partners, with investment from Slow Ventures.
– The new investment will be used to develop the company’s platform, expand its team, and pursue partnerships and educational outreach to consumers and veterinary offices.
– Founded in 2018, the company assesses insurance policies based on breed-specific health risks, pet age, location, and the fine print in each provider’s policy – to arrange insurance policies across top providers by projected lifetime cost and coverage value for each unique pet.

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Total investments 4
Average round size 9M
Rounds per year 0.36
Peak activity year 2020
Lead investments 0
Group Appearance index 1.00

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

TruePlan.io

Software
$950K18 Jun 2020 -

Empower

Banking
Finance
FinTech
Personal Finance
$20M05 Mar 2020 San Francisco, California, United States

Shujinko

Cloud Computing
Cloud Data Services
Cloud Infrastructure
Cloud Management
Cloud Security
SaaS
Software
$7M07 Oct 2019 Seattle, Washington, United States
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