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“I’ve talked to almost each and each firm in the valley and thru that, I got to perceive what changed into in actuality critical to me,” Rothenberg said. “Defy has adequate capital to construct focused and meaningful investments but now not so important capital they in actuality feel they want to shove cash into offers.”

Early-stage investor Defy Partners, which recently raised $262 million for its second fund, has tapped former Eventbrite exec Brian Rothenberg as a partner. He joins Co-Founders and Managing Directors Neil Sequeira and Trae Vassallo, who launched the firm in late 2017.

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Some of Silicon Valley’s most prominent venture capital firms were started by former Kleiner Perkins investors, including Khosla Ventures and Defy Partners.

“Scaling the ranks of a firm and getting promoted within is less common than it was 20 or 30 years ago”, Sequeira said. “University degrees and MBAs matter, but not having one is no longer a barrier to entry to VC,”

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Series A investment specialist Defy Partners has hit a $262m final close for its oversubscribed second fundraise.

Defy Partners, a San Francisco-based early stage venture company, announced it has closed a $262 million oversubscribed second fund. With this second fund, Defy Partners is going to continue to lead investments where it commits $3 million to $10 million in initial financing for real ownership while also reserving significant capital for follow-on financing.

Our strategy is exactly the same as when we founded the firm. We invest in compelling, authentic early stage entrepreneurs and partner closely with them to help them scale their businesses. Entrepreneurs choose to work with Defy because we help them raise the right amount of capital, build the right consortium of coinvestors, and because…

Defy Partners announces the close of their $262 million oversubscribed second fund. The focus of the firm remains the same, recognizing the relative scarcity of capital around the early series A with many of the traditional firms investing more capital at later stages. The strategy of the firm is to lead investments where it commits $3-10…