Defy Ventures
Silicon Valley · Invests in Silicon Valley
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🔒 $•• – $••How they invest
- Assets under mgmt
- $262M
Partners & team
2 contacts on file
Notable investments
- Aggregate Knowledge, Dropcam, eero, Nest Labs, Opower, Verse.io
Defy Ventures in the news
fintechfutures.com
Nubank-backed Tilt lands in Brazil via Blipay acquisition
2 months ago
Fortune
Defy Ventures teaches entrepreneurship in prisons. It changed how I think about founders
6 months ago
Here are the 55 US AI startups that raised $100M or more in 2025
7 months ago
Why LegalZoom (LZ) Stock Is Trading Up Today
9 months ago
Redefining reentry: How Defy Ventures Illinois empowers entrepreneurs with empathy
Sep 2025
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - CDCR (.gov)
CRC hosts first Defy Ventures coaching day
Jun 2024
CTF Defy Ventures graduation celebrates 31
Jan 2024
Mimecast acquires human risk management solutions startup Elevate Security
Jan 2024
Unlocking inclusive entrepreneurship: Uplifting non-traditional entrepreneurs
Aug 2023
Unlocking inclusive entrepreneurship: Uplifting non-traditional entrepreneurs
Aug 2023
The Funded: 7 Bay Area startups raised over $130M at week's end
Mar 2020
inc.com
Defying the Odds: Prison Inmates Are Taught How to Be the CEO of Their Own Lives
Jul 2018
Union Bank Donates $50,000 To Defy Ventures to Start the “CEO of Your New Life” Program at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility
Jun 2018
Defy Ventures helps inmates make the shift from prison to small business owners
Jul 2017
Program to help outlook for Tecumseh inmates
Jun 2017
How To Tap Inmates’ Entrepreneurial Spirit? A Boulder Man’s Trying
May 2017
'Transform Your Hustle': 'Shark Tank'-Style Re-Entry Program Coming to State
Mar 2017
Bloomberg.com
Startup Gets Tech-Industry Experts to Mentor Convicts
Jan 2017
Solano State Prison inmates compete in business pitch contest
Apr 2016
California State Prison-Solano compete in Business Pitch Competition
Apr 2016
Christian Venture Capitalist Defies Sex Scandal With God's Calling
Oct 2015
Can the VC Community Disrupt Serial Incarceration?
Sep 2014
How One Nonprofit Is Transforming Ex-Convicts And Former Drug Dealers Into Entrepreneurs
Aug 2014
Catherine Rohr helps ex-cons return to society by learning to start businesses
Nov 2013
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