Investing Profile

Neil Sequeira

VCInvestor

Founder and Managing Director at Defy.vc

defy.vc/team_member/neil-sequ...Palo Alto, California

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Networks Neil is a member of

Goldman Sachs Network

1026 CONNECTIONS

Self-Employed Network

762 CONNECTIONS

Accenture Network

409 CONNECTIONS

General Catalyst Network

133 CONNECTIONS

University of California, Santa Barbara Network

102 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Defy.vc Managing Director

Investment Range

$3.0M - $10.0M

Sweet Spot

$6.5M

Investments On Record

Neil Sequeira is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Sales & CRM (Seed)Security (Seed)Cloud Infrastructure (Series A)Cloud Infrastructure (Seed)Sales & CRM (Series A)Security (Series A)Consumer Internet (Seed)San Francisco Bay Area Security (Pre-seed)Sales & CRM (Pre-seed)Cloud Infrastructure (Pre-seed)Consumer Internet (Pre-seed)Consumer Internet (Series A)

Neil Sequeira's Investments On Record (33)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Hakimo	Series UnknownJul 2026$12M Series AMar 2025$11M Series AApr 2023$6M	$33M
Co-investors: Anand Rajaraman (Milliways Ventures), Ryan Orley (Zigg Capital), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Prasanna Srikhanta, Ameet Patel
Reveal Technology	Series BJul 2025$30M	$30M
Co-investors: Kevin Mandia (Ballistic Ventures)
CRED	SeedJun 2025$15M	$740M
Co-investors: Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Alex Tran (General Catalyst), Wesley Yiu (Alumni Ventures ), Saurabh Gupta (DST Global), Nami Zarringhalam (Truecaller), Amit Mital (TeamWork), Sriram Krishnan (Monarch Collective), Akshay Kothari (Sdl Ventures), Kunal Shah
KOSHERCO	Series AMay 2025$1M SeedApr 2023$500K	$1.5M
Co-investors: Tim Porter (Madrona Ventures)
Senvo	SeedSep 2024$3M	$3M
Co-investors: Carson Nye (Techstars)
Rivet Work	Series UnknownApr 2024$6M SeedFeb 2023$6M	$13M
Co-investors: Sam Ellis (WPMC), Brian Lee (Lowell Milken Institute of Business Law and Policy), Kaustubh Pandya (Brick & Mortar Ventures), Prem Bodagala (Invest Detroit Ventures)
Genemod	SeedMay 2023$5M SeedOct 2020$2M	$7M
Giadzy	SeedMar 2023$5M	$5M

Neil Sequeira's Experience

Manager CMGIPresent

Founder and Managing Director defy.vcPresent

Early Employee AEG PresentsPresent

Manager Steel ConnectPresent

Senior Manager Andersen ConsultingPresent

Director, Ventures Self-EmployedPresent

Early Employee Goldenvoice PresentsPresent

Senior Manager AccenturePresent

Manager CmgiPresent

Director, Ventures AOLPresent

Managing Director, Technology - TW Investments Time WarnerPresent

Managing Director General CatalystPresent

Founder and Managing Director Defy.vcPresent

Pre-matriculation Associate Goldman SachsPresent

Early Employee AEG LivePresent

Managing Director General Catalyst PartnersPresent

Managing Director, Technology - TW Investments WarnerMediaPresent

Neil Sequeira's Education

University of California, Santa Barbara BA Business / Economics

UC Santa Barbara BA Business / Economics

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