defy.vc
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We fund the future by backing exceptional early stage entrepreneurs
Woodside, CA
Joined September 2017
Good Things Come in Threes - it comes with great joy to announce defy III, our latest $300M venture capital fund!! Thank you to @crunchbasenews @geneteare
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Early-stage VC firm Defy.vc has closed on its third fund of $300 million to invest in pre-Series A funding rounds.
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Congratulations to @BirchesHealth for their Series A and bringing to light the need for advancements in behavioral health, namely, gambling addictions. https://t.co/YusDGPYvY5
@axios @thekcpr @mkhandel
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Venture capital firms have invested millions in mental and behavioral health companies, but few of those bets are focused solely on gambling addictions.
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When AI deals move at 2AM, there’s no such thing as “slow summer.” Our founder @neil_sequeira is featured in @WSJ "VCs Had No Time Off This Summer. Blame AI" as he tells us what happened at 2AM where we chased https://t.co/c2xDP9MT8O
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@marcvarta @thekcpr
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No summer lull, no breather on weekends and deals that can get snatched up in an evening: The metabolism of venture has been dialed even higher by fierce competition for AI startups.
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Want to make smarter startup moves? Think like a VC. @bmrothenberg dives into: • False signals vs. real traction • Defensible business models • How to pitch & why job seekers should think like investors ▶ https://t.co/jPN6PQJvM7 Fund/Build/Scale Podcast with Walter Thompson
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Podcast Episode · Fund/Build/Scale · 08/17/2025 · 34m
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New podcast alert! Thank you @Jacksonfordyce for another great listen on Venture Daily featuring @mkhandel on the topic of: "Is Agentic Shopping Right Around the Corner?" https://t.co/jPinFEVB3o
#agents #shopping #pinterest #agentic #AI #buying #shopping #FutureOfCommerce
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Podcast Episode · Venture Daily · 08/12/2025 · 19m
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New from @mkhandel & Noah Lin — practical playbooks for scaling AI-first GTM. Previously published on @crunchbase but here's the full article → https://t.co/1LqV3bkZap
#AI #SaaS #GoToMarket #Innovation #Tech
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For the visual learners, CEO, Garrett Smith speaks more on Reveal Technology and how they help our infantry. https://t.co/OTcZLGvqL7
#situationalawareness #tacticalbiometrics #geospatialintelligence
#ai #revealtechnology #farsight #identifi #missionfocused
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Welcome back @RocksaltAI- we are excited to back 2x @defyvc founders @anitamoorthy @juicemoorthy & Ajoy. Big congrats to the team at Rocksalt on their $9.1M seed round! https://t.co/xDqJbDLY3w
@crunchbase @bayareawriter #AI #marketing #content #search #experts #socialforums
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A pair of San Francisco-based siblings teamed up to found Rocksalt, an agentic AI platform that aims to help B2B companies become influencers of sorts, raising a Lightspeed-led seed round to expand...
Announcement in Crunchbase news: https://t.co/Njsqh8tLbJ. Thanks @bayareawriter!
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Exclusive: Predictive intelligence startup Cred raises $15M seed https://t.co/nAIswIxlVR
@AxiosPro @neil_sequeira @thekcpr
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The startup applies a tool hedge funds have used to corporations.
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NEVER EMAIL A VENUE FOR AVAILABILITY AGAIN We just officially launched the @perfectvenueco Marketplace so you can easily find and book a venue in one place and never need to email a venue for availability again. When I first started Perfect Venue to help people find and book a
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I talked to @bmrothenberg (@defyvc) about the recent cyberattack on Iranian crypto exchange, @nobitexmarket . "We're seeing a new era of cyber warfare around specifically entities and organizations that hold money, whether they be on traditional financial rails or crypto rails,
BREAKING 🔴🔴🔴 Israeli-linked hacker group “Predatory Sparrow” wiped out 95% of assets on Iran’s Nobitex crypto exchange. Nobitex was reportedly used by Tehran to evade sanctions through crypto. Wallet balances plunged from $1.8 billion to just $100 million.
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Congrats and excited to see what @nook_savings has in store for the #crypto world! https://t.co/70PW4mVZVz Join their waitlist: https://t.co/IVZNTLEKDY
#savings #cryptosavings #highyield #decentralized #highearning @FortuneMagazine @FortuneCrypto @CatMcGrath5 @yin_amy @thekcpr
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Adam Park, Associate at Defy, has some thoughts on his new Substack ... first thought: Web Crawling https://t.co/yDiJGU2WI7
#webcrawling #webautomation #CommonCrawl #webdata #infrastructure
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Exciting news from @notdiamond_ai!!
Today we’re launching Prompt Adaptation, a state-of-the-art agentic system that automatically adapts prompts across LLMs. Prompt Adaptation outperforms all other methods and significantly improves accuracy over manual prompt engineering, saving you thousands of hours per year.
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https://t.co/XkUuyDZlHr is back on @TheFullRatchet with @mkhandel "Episode 483 - AI Revenue-Model Transformation, Building an AI Moat, and The Arrival of Agents" https://t.co/wO5v028gLl
#AI #revenuemodel #thearrivalofagents #verticalsoftware #seed #futureofwork
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Medha Agarwal of Defy joins Nick to discuss AI Revenue-Model Transformation, Building an AI Moat, and The Arrival of Agents. In this episode we cover: Revenue Models and Business Models in AI-Driven...
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Don't forget to head to Hangar East at 12pm today at @SaaStrAnnual to hear @mkhandel on stage at her Braindate Workshop! "Pricing Your AI First Product: Why Transactional Models Are on the Rise"
Defy is back this year, @mkhandel is back on stage at @SaaStrAnnual! Find her Braindate Workshop on Thursday at 12pm at Hanger East. "Pricing Your AI First Product: Why Transactional Models Are on the Rise with
https://t.co/84cA7W89bR"
#saastr #saastrannual #AI #model
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Defy is back this year, @mkhandel is back on stage at @SaaStrAnnual! Find her Braindate Workshop on Thursday at 12pm at Hanger East. "Pricing Your AI First Product: Why Transactional Models Are on the Rise with
https://t.co/84cA7W89bR"
#saastr #saastrannual #AI #model
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Great podcast @bmrothenberg discussing AI in Marketplace strategy! Full podcast here: https://t.co/zwYtApiSIF Thank you @TractionConf_io! #AI #marketplace #scale #startup #entrepreneurship #product #innovation #GenerativeAI
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Podcast Episode · Traction · 05/07/2025 · 42m
AI works best when humans stay in control. It’s not a replacement. It’s fuel. @bmrothenberg of @defyvc explains why AI is an accelerant, not a substitute. “It’s fuel on the fire .” Link below. #VentureCapital #Entrepreneurship #StartUp #GenerativeAI #AI
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Congratulations to @HakimoInc and thank you @Forbes and @VentureBeat for fantastic features! @HakimoInc has injected physical security with AI and we are beyond excited to see it advance! @davidprosserind @MichaelFNunez @neil_sequeira @thekcpr
🚨 Big news from Hakimo! We’ve raised $10.5M Series A to transform physical security through AI. Our AI Operator prevents threats in real-time — even helped save a life. Grateful to our team & investors. We’re hiring! #AI #SecurityTech #SeriesA #Hakimo
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