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| 24.08.2026 | Palona AI Revolutionizes Physical Businesses with Multimodal AI Operating Layer | Palona AI unveils a groundbreaking multimodal AI operating layer for physical businesses. It recently secured $20 million in Series A funding. This innovative platform connects customer demand, live operations, and intelligent actions. Palo... |
| 18.08.2026 | Palona AI Unveils the Multimodal AI Operating Layer for Physical Businesses | unveiled its multimodal AI operating layer for physical businesses, proven first in restaurants. Palona works with operators including Din Tai Fung, Mountain Mike’s Pizza, Giordano’s, Rooted Hospitality and Cali BBQ to connect customer dema... |
| 17.08.2026 | Palona AI Closes Series A Funding | Palona AI, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of a multimodal AI operating layer for physical businesses, closed its Series A financing.
Backers included Ardenwood Ventures, CrimsonOx, UpHonest, Turbo, Llama Ventures, Neo, Fusion Fund, Defy, an... |
| 06.08.2026 | Avatar Robotics Raises $6.5M in Seed Funding | Avatar Robotics, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an industrial labor platform, raised $6.5M in Seed funding.
The round was led by AlleyCorp alongside a Pre-Seed led by defy.vc, with participation from Headline, Henry Ford III, Refashi... |
| 12.07.2026 | Hakimo Raises $12 Million Growth Round To Scale AI Physical Security Platform | Hakimo, a Menlo Park, California-based AI physical security monitoring company, has closed a $12 million growth round led by existing investor Zigg Capital, with participation from Neotribe Ventures, Vertex Ventures, Defy.vc and Rocketship.... |
| 09.07.2026 | Hakimo Secures Major Funding Amidst AI Security Boom | Hakimo secured $12M in new funding, raising its total to $32M. This capital fuels AI physical security innovation and market expansion. The company tripled revenue, expanded its customer base to over 300, and doubled its team. Its AI platfo... |
| 09.07.2026 | AI-powered physical security startup Hakimo raises $12M | Hakimo, a California-based AI-driven physical security company, has raised $12 million in a growth funding round led by existing investor Zigg Capital, a New York venture capital firm focused on technology transforming the built environment... |
| 08.07.2026 | Hakimo Raises $12M in Funding | Hakimo, a Menlo Park, CA-based provider of an AI-powered physical security platform, raised $12M in funding
The round was led by Zigg Capital, with participation from existing investors Neotribe Ventures, Vertex Ventures, Defy.vc, and Rocke... |
| 05.02.2026 | Synthpop: $15 Million Series A Closed For Healthcare-Focused Multi-Agent Workflow Automation | Synthpop, a healthcare AI company focused on agentic automation for payer, provider, and patient operations, raised a $15 million in Series A funding to scale automation across administrative workflows throughout the patient journey. The fi... |
| 04.02.2026 | Synthpop Secures $15M to Supercharge Healthcare Automation with Agentic AI | Synthpop secured $15M in Series A funding, bringing its total to $23M, to revolutionize healthcare administration. Its agentic AI platform automates complex tasks like prior authorizations and claims processing. The technology combines docu... |
| 03.02.2026 | Synthpop Raises $15M in Series A Funding | Synthpop, Inc., a Cambridge, MA-based developer of agentic AI for healthcare operations, raised $15m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Ansa Capital, with participation from Defy.vc, Peterson Ventures, Storm Ventures, and Bruce Brous... |
| 27.11.2025 | Interface: $3.5 Million Seed Funding Raised To Build AI Operations Layer For Energy Companies | Interface, a startup developing an AI-powered operations platform for the energy sector, has closed a $3.5 million seed round led by Defy.vc with participation from Precursor Ventures, Rock Yard Ventures, Entrepreneurs First, Transpose Plat... |
| 18.09.2025 | Birches Health Secures $20M to Confront America's Addiction Crisis | Birches Health, a leading national virtual care provider, just secured $20 million in combined Series A and Seed funding. This crucial capital directly confronts America's surging gambling addiction and broader behavioral health crisis. The... |
| 18.09.2025 | Birches Health Raises $20M in Combined Series A and Seed Funding | Birches Health, a NYC-based national provider of gambling addiction treatment, raised $20M in combined Series A and Seed funding.
The Series A was led by AlleyCorp, and the Seed was led by General Catalyst, with participation from Will Vent... |
| 07.08.2025 | Reveal: $30 Million Series B Raised For Defense Technology | Reveal Technology, a veteran-founded defense tech company, has completed a $30 million Series B funding round led by Ballistic Ventures, with participation from several investors, including defy.vc and Booz Allen Ventures.
Founded by former... |
| 29.07.2025 | Reveal Technology Raises $30M in Series B Funding | Reveal Technology, a Bozeman, MT-based defense technology company, raised $30M in Series B funding.
The round was led by Ballistic Ventures, with participation from defy.vc, Booz Allen Ventures, Shield Capital, Next Frontier Capital, and Ma... |
| 01.07.2025 | Streaming Faith and Predictive Intelligence: A New Era in Content and Business | The landscape of entertainment and business is shifting. Two recent developments highlight this transformation: the launch of a faith-focused streaming channel by Wonder Project on Amazon Prime Video and the emergence of CRED, an AI-driven ... |
| 01.07.2025 | CRED Raises $15M to Revolutionize Business Predictive Insights | CRED, the AI-powered predictive intelligence platform, announced it has raised a $15 million seed round led by defy.vc with participation from HOF Capital, Alumni Ventures, LDV Partners, Streamlined Ventures, SilverCircle Ventures, Octopus ... |
| 20.05.2025 | Not Diamond Launches Prompt Adaptation, an Agentic System for Multi-Model Enterprise AI | Not Diamond, a leading multi-model AI infrastructure platform provider, announced the official launch of Prompt Adaptation, a breakthrough agentic system designed to unlock the full power of enterprise AI. The new system was unveiled as par... |
| 28.03.2025 | Hakimo's $10.5 Million Funding: A New Dawn for Physical Security | In a world where security is paramount, Hakimo is making waves. The Menlo Park-based company has just secured $10.5 million in funding to revolutionize physical security monitoring. This is not just another tech startup; it’s a beacon of ho... |
| 28.03.2025 | Hakimo: $10.5 Million Raised For Building Physical Security Monitoring AI Agents | Hakimo – a leader in AI-powered physical security monitoring – announced a $10.5 million funding round and the launch of AI Operator, an autonomous security agent that monitors existing security hardware, detects threats in real time, and e... |
| 28.03.2025 | Hakimo Raises USD 10.5 Mn Series A Extension to Advance AI-Powered Physical Security Monitoring The fresh capital will be deployed to scale the launch of AI Operator, Hakimo's new autonomous security ... | Amid rising crime rates, severe security staffing shortages, and increasing false alarms, Hakimo has secured USD 10.5 million in a Series A extension round to accelerate its mission of modernising physical security. The round was led by Ver... |
| 27.03.2025 | The watchful AI that never sleeps: Hakimo’s $10.5M bet on autonomous security | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
Hakimo announced today that it has secured $10.5 million in Series A funding to expand its autonomous security mo... |
| 27.03.2025 | Hakimo Secures $10.5Million to Transform Physical Security With Human-Like Autonomous Security Agent | AI-powered platform eliminates critical blind spots in traditional security systems, preventing thousands of incidents across hundreds of businesses
With surging crime rates, acute security staffing shortages, and mounting false alarms, org... |
| 19.02.2025 | Beamable: $13.5 Million (Series A) Raised For Funding Decentralized Gaming Infrastructure | Beamable, a leading developer behind decentralized gaming infrastructure, announced the completion of a $13.5 million Series A funding round led by BITKRAFT Ventures. This funding will support the development and scaling of the Beamable Net... |
| 13.02.2025 | Eudia Raises Up to $105M in Series A Funding | Eudia, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of an augmented intelligence platform for Fortune 500 legal teams, closed a Series A funding round for up to $105M.
The round was led by General Catalyst with participation from Floodgate, Sierra Ventur... |
| 13.02.2025 | Eudia Secures up to $105M in Series A Funding, Led by General Catalyst, to Transform Legal Work Through AI-Powered Augmented Intelligence | Eudia, a groundbreaking Augmented Intelligence platform for Fortune 500 legal teams, announced the close of its Series A funding round for up to $105 million, led by General Catalyst with participation from Floodgate, Sierra Ventures, Haklu... |
| 05.04.2023 | Genemod Raises $4.5M to Expand Central Research Platform for Biopharma Companies | What You Should Know:
Genemod, a cloud-based workspace collaboration software for biopharma R&D teams, today announced it raised $4.5 million in seed funding, co-led by defy.vc and LDV Partners, with participation from Dolby Family Vent... |
| 22.02.2023 | Sequoia Capital-Backed Safara Curates New Gen Z Travel Booking | Hotel booking startup, Safara, is hoping to use curated lists and invite-only memberships to meet the high expectations of millennials and Gen Z travelers.
“Our view is that over the next 10 years, there’s going to be a generational shift i... |
| 21.02.2023 | 5 tactics for managing paid customer acquisition during a downturn | Brian Rothenberg Contributor
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| 17.02.2023 | UK’s SendOwl bags €8.4M to help creators sell digital products directly to their audience | London-based SendOwl, a software company that develops tools for selling digital products online, announced on Thursday, February 16, that it has raised $9M (approximately €8.45M) in a Seed round of funding.
The round was led by new investo... |
| 30.01.2023 | Is venture funding already back? | Despite continuing talk about a possible recession, slumping tech stocks and a slowdown in the world of startup investing, the business of funding was positively humming last week. After slowing way down last spring, venture outfits disclos... |
| 01.07.2022 | Profasee raises $2.3M seed round, launches Amazon price optimization platform | Facebook
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| 21.06.2022 | AELER wins the TC Sessions: Climate Virtual Pitch-Off | TechCrunch is pleased to announce the winner of the TechCrunch Sessions: Climate virtual pitch-off — AELER. As a part of the prize, AELER gets free exhibition space at TechCrunch Disrupt, a spot in the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 and... |
| 03.02.2022 | Novi is building a B2B marketplace for brands that care about sustainability | It’s that old chestnut: You are a fancy-pants brand wanting to make a product that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside because you only use fair-trade, sustainably grown ingredients and materials, but you don’t know where to turn. Next... |
| 04.11.2021 | Amazon vets land $10M for WhyLabs, a Seattle startup that monitors machine learning models | WhyLabs CEO Alessya Visnjic. (WhyLabs Photo)
The news: WhyLabs, a spinout from the Seattle’s Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2), raised $10 million and released a new tool to support machine learning applications.
The problem... |
| 04.11.2021 | WhyLabs Raises $10M from Andrew Ng, Defy Partners To Bring AI Observability To Every AI Practitioner | WhyLabs, the leading provider of observability for AI and data applications announced today the close of a $10 million Series A co-led by Defy Partners and Andrew Ng’s AI Fund, with participation from existing investors including Madrona Ve... |
| 04.11.2021 | WhyLabs raises $10M Series A for its AI observability platform | WhyLabs, a machine learning startup that was spun out of the Allen Institute last year, helps data teams monitor the health of their AI models and the data pipelines that fuel them. Last year, the startup raised a $4 million seed round and ... |
| 20.09.2021 | Aircover Raises $3M Seed Funding Led By Defy Partners | The Real-Time, in-Meeting Sales Intelligence Platform for Customer Facing Teams Will Use the Funding to Accelerate Product Development
Aircover, a real-time sales intelligence platform for customer facing teams, announces its $3M Series See... |
| 18.09.2021 | Aircover raises $3 Million Seed Funding Led by Defy Partners | Aircover, a real-time sales intelligence platform for customer facing teams, announces its $3 Million Series Seed funding. The round was led by Defy Partners, with participation from Firebolt Ventures, Flex Capital, and Ridge Ventures. Addi... |
| 17.09.2021 | Aircover : raises $3M Seed Funding Led by Defy Partners | SAN MATEO, Calif., Sept. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Aircover, a real-time sales intelligence platform for customer facing teams, today announces its $3M Series Seed funding. The round was led by Defy Partners, with participation from Firebolt... |
| 17.09.2021 | Defy Partners leads $3M round into sales intelligence platform Aircover | Aircover raised $3 million in seed funding to continue developing its real-time sales intelligence platform.
Defy Partners led the round with participation from Firebolt Ventures, Flex Capital, Ridge Ventures and a group of angel investors.... |
| 07.09.2021 | 5 factors that can make or break a startup’s growth journey | Brian Rothenberg Contributor
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| 12.08.2021 | Aalto’s Homeowner Marketplace Launches from Stealth with $13M Series A to Grow the Housing Market | We built Aalto’s homeowner marketplace to give sellers a way to enter the market that’s actually designed to fit into their lives, on a timeline that suits them.
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| 08.03.2021 | Defy Partners Enhances Team | Left to right: Madison McIIwain, Kamil Saeid, Purvi Shah
Defy Partners, a Woodside, Calif.-based early stage venture capital firm, announced several team additions and promotions.
Defy has hired Kamil Saeid as Partner and Creation Lead. In ... |
| 14.01.2021 | Predictive healthcare analytics company Lumiata raises $14M | The company uses AI to help payers and providers identify and manage high-risk individuals
For payers and providers, healthcare is all about risk. That means, basically, understanding how likely are patients to get sick, how much will that ... |
| 14.01.2021 | Lumiata Nabs $14M to Scale Healthcare Specific AI Platform | Lumiata CEO, Dilawar Syed
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– Healthcare specific AI platform Lumiata raises $14M to scale its enterprise-grade AI platform and invest in customer acquisition and success.
– No-code products speedily predict underwriting... |
| 03.09.2020 | How to craft the perfect email — and 29 greetings you should avoid | Not sure how to start an email? Here's what the experts say. mentatdgt/Shutterstock
The perfect way to start an email, especially when writing to a stranger, is to keep it simple.
Staying authentic and conversational can help you write more... |
| 03.04.2020 | Longtime VC Neil Sequeira: Funding founders without in-person meetings is ‘quite difficult’ | Neil Sequeira was a managing director with General Catalyst for more than 13 years before co-founding early-stage firm Defy several years ago with another veteran of the industry, Trae Vassallo, who’d spent the dozen years prior with Kleine... |
| 31.10.2019 | Why Is Scaling So Important In Business? | Business development to success and growing growth concept. Businessman pointing arrow graph ... [+] corporate future growth planGetty |
| 27.06.2019 | Skubana Raises $5.4M Series A led by Defy Partners | Skubana, the world’s first commerce operations platform with a built-in app store, today announces the close of a $5.4 million Series A and the appointment of Brian Lee, one of the world’s leading experts in building consumer and commerce b... |
| 15.05.2019 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, May 15 | THE UNICORN PARADE
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The online grocery category is red hot right now. Digital food retailing is expected t... |
| 10.04.2019 | Defy Partners raises $262M to close the Series A gap | Defy Partners, a Silicon Valley investment firm launched in 2017 by a pair of seasoned venture capitalists, has secured $262 million for its sophomore fund.
The firm leads investments in Series A startups, providing between $3 million and $... |
| 10.04.2019 | Defy Closes $262M Second Venture Capital Fund | Defy Partners, a Woodside, California-based venture capital firm, closed its second fund, at $262m.
Led by Neil Sequeira and Trae Vassallo, Defy invests in entrepreneurs and companies looking to solve complex problems using leading-edge tec... |
| 01.04.2019 | Early-stage investment firm Defy updates the venture partner model | Defy, the early-stage venture investment firm founded by Neil Sequeira and Trae Vassallo, is putting a new twist on the venture partner model as it brings Brian Lee and Sujal Patel on board to help out with investing and guiding companies i... |
| 27.11.2018 | Nifty Games raises $3 million for mobile and digital console sports games | Nifty Games has raised $3 million in funding to make high-quality sports games on mobile and digital platforms. Game veterans Jon Middleton and Pete Wanat started the San Francisco company to make head-to-head sports games for passionate sp... |
| 27.11.2018 | Nifty Games raises $3 million for mobile and digital console sports games | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Nifty Games has raised $3 million in funding to make high-quality sports games on mobile and digital platforms. Game veterans Jon Middl... |
| 20.11.2017 | Early Stage Venture Capital Firm Defy Partners Launches After Raising $151M Initial Fund | Defy Partners, a Woodside, Calif.-based early stage venture firm, has launched after raising a $151m initial fund.
Investors include endowments, foundations and non-profits.
Led by long-time venture capitalists Neil Sequeira and Trae Vassal... |
| 16.11.2017 | Veteran VCs Trae Vassallo and Neil Sequeira attract $151 million to their new firm, Defy Partners | They’re back.
After staying heads down for the past year, Trae Vassallo and Neil Sequeira, two longtime venture capitalists whose individual brands are well-known to Bay Area startup founders, are finally taking the wraps off their new vent... |
| 29.09.2017 | Term Sheet — Friday, September 29 | ASSEMBLY REQUIRED
THE NIKE OF SLEEP: Casper struck a partnership with American Airlines to make flights slightly more comfortable. On Thursday, the mattress startup announced that it will design eight new bedding products, including a mattr... |
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