Defy Partners Management, LLC
Woodside, CA DEFY.VC Exempt reporting adviser
Defy Partners Management, LLC reports 5 venture funds on Form ADV among 5 private funds, with $1.2B in gross private fund assets.
The numbers
| Began raising | Raised |
|---|---|
| 2017 | $151M |
| 2019 | $262M |
Updates from Defy Partners Management, LLC
Funds on Form D
Venture funds whose Form D filings carry this adviser’s name, matched by name. Amounts are what each fund last reported to the SEC.
| Fund | Began raising | Target | Raised | Investors | Latest filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defy Partners GOALS I, L.P. | 2021 | $100M | — | — | October 22, 2021 |
| Defy Partners III, L.P. | 2021 | $300M | — | — | October 22, 2021 |
| Defy Partners II, L.P. | 2019 | $262M | $262M | 49 | April 11, 2019 |
| DEFY Partners I, L.P. | 2017 | $151M | $151M | 36 | September 27, 2017 |
Track record
A score of 55 out of 100 from 3 of the 4 funds public LPs report, 2 of them in the top half of their vintage. Its ranked funds’ median TVPI is 2.14x and median DPI 0.00x. Pooled where reports give cash flows: 1.91x TVPI, 0.07x DPI. That ranks it 49th of 123 managers with a score.
Each fund once, as the latest of 2 LPs’ reports ranks it by TVPI against funds of the same vintage in those reports; 50 is the median fund, and a short record is pulled toward 50. The full record in LP Intelligence, with each fund’s rank and what usually follows a fund like its latest, or every manager’s.
LPs on the record
3 private foundations list on their latest IRS Form 990-PF, and 2 other LPs report holding Defy Partners Management, LLC’s funds.
- Los Angeles City Employees' Retirement System (LACERS)
- Mimi and Peter Haas Fund
- Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
2 more LPs are in the app. Find LPs that back firms like this one in Hottub’s LP Intelligence: ranked by overlap, with what each holds and how to reach it.
Firms whose LPs overlap
The firms sharing the most LPs on record with Defy Partners Management, LLC, relative to how many LPs each has. A peer set like this is what Find LPs ranks LPs from.
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Registration
- Legal name
- Defy Partners Management, LLC
- Status
- Exempt reporting adviser since September 24, 2017
- CRD number
- 290048
Full Form ADV on the SEC’s Investment Adviser Public Disclosure site
About this data
Registered and exempt reporting advisers that report managing at least one venture capital fund on Form ADV, with the number of private funds and their gross assets as each adviser reports them. Advisers whose business name reads as an individual's are left out. From the roster published for September 2026. Source. Benchmarks for funds like these are in Raise benchmarks.
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