Defy Ventures

Type

Non-Profit

Status

Active

Location

New York, United States

Total investments

4

Average round size

9M

Portfolio companies

4

Rounds per year

0.36

Areas of investment
SoftwareFinTechFinanceSaaSPersonal FinanceCloud InfrastructureBankingCloud ManagementCloud SecurityCannabis

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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Analytics

Total investments
4
Lead investments
0
Rounds per year
0.36
Investments by industry
  • Software (2)
  • Cannabis (1)
  • Banking (1)
  • Personal Finance (1)
  • Finance (1)
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Investments by region
  • United States (3)
Peak activity year
2020

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
3
Group Appearance index
1.00

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
18 Jun 2020 Software Seed 950K
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