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defy.vc portfolio

defy.vc has 10 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 1 investment in the last 12 months.

Website: defy.vc.
Type: Venture capital.
Portfolio on Recent Funding: 10.
Deals, last 12 months: 1.
Rounds led: 2 of 9.
Capital in their rounds: $148.5M.
Latest deal: Agentiq · Oct 7, 2026.
About this page

It is a venture capital firm based in Woodside, US, founded in 2016. It led 2 of the 9 rounds it joined. Its most recent investment on record is Agentiq's $4M Seed round in October 2026, which it led. By category, its portfolio leans toward Data and analytics (3) and Developer tools and cloud (3). It has co-invested with NEXT Frontier Capital, Greylock and Foundry Group, most often NEXT Frontier Capital (2 rounds).

About defy.vc

Firm type: Venture capital.
Headquarters: Woodside, US.
Founded: 2016.
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A.
Sectors: AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, Media & Entertainment, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
Check size: $3M to $10M.
Leads rounds: Yes.
Portfolio companies: 78.
Exits: 8.
Rounds led: 7.

Fund returns

FundVintageSizeNet IRRTVPIDPIAs of
Defy Partners III2021—-7.1%0.91x0.00xJun 30, 2025
Defy Partners II2019—28.6%2.64x0.00xJun 30, 2025
Defy Partners I2017—15.7%2.15x0.24xJun 30, 2025

What defy.vc invests in

defy.vc recent investments

CompanyRoundDateAlongside
AAgentiqSeed · $4M · leadnone named
RReveal TechnologySeries B+ · $30MMadison Valley Partners, Shield Capital, Booz Allen Ventures +2
BBeamableSeries A · $13.5MSolana Foundation, 2 Punks Capital, GrandBanks Capital +5
RReveal TechnologySeries A · $11M8VC, NEXT Frontier Capital (lead)
PPuppyGraphSeed · $5M · leadnone named
NNovi ConnectSeries B+ · $40MSiam Capital, Tiger Global Management (lead), Greylock +1
MMixhaloSeries B+ · $24MFounders Fund, 359 Capital, Another Planet Entertainment +3
NNovi ConnectSeries A · $10.3MYannis Skoufalos, Greylock (lead), Thomas Layton

How defy.vc invests

StageDealsCapital in rounds
Series A 4 44%$45.5M
Series B+ 3 33%$94M
Seed 2 22%$9M
YearDealsCapital in rounds
2019 1 11%$10.7M
2021 2 22%$34.3M
2022 1 11%$40M
2024 2 22%$16M
2025 2 22%$43.5M
2026 1 11%$4M

defy.vc portfolio companies

CompanyRound with defy.vcTotal raisedLatest raise
AAgentiq
Fintech
 Seed · $4M · lead$4MOct 7, 2026
Seed
RReveal Technology
Cybersecurity
 Series B+ · $30M$41MJul 1, 2025
Series B+
BBeamable
Developer tools and cloud
 Series A · $13.5M$13.5MFeb 4, 2025
Series A
PPuppyGraph
Data and analytics
 Seed · $5M · lead$15MNov 10, 2026
Series A
NNovi Connect
AI agents
 Series B+ · $40M$50.3MFeb 4, 2022
Series B+
MMixhalo
In-person and live experiences
 Series B+ · $24M$34.7MDec 14, 2021
Series B+
BBirches Health
Insurance
 backer · source$20MSep 16, 2025
Series A
SSafara
Logistics and mobility
 backer · source$14MDec 19, 2024
Seed
EEudia
Foundation models and research
 backer · source$105MSep 29, 2025
Series A
HHakimo
Cybersecurity
 backer$12MJul 8, 2026
Series B+

Most frequent co-investors

Similar investors

Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Data and analytics).

How this is counted

Net returns as reported by the public-pension and foundation LPs invested in each fund.

Firm profile and fund returns: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.

Share is of the 9 rounds on Recent Funding that name defy.vc. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.

Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists defy.vc, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/defy-vc (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.