# Defiance Capital

> Defiance Capital is a VC fund in New York backing Video Games and Financial Services. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Nov 2021
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.defiancecap.com

Defiance Capital is an investment company aiming to increase ethnic, gender and sexuality diversity.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.2M–$9M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Video Games | 2 | 40% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 40% |
| Apps | 1 | 20% |
| Gaming | 1 | 20% |
| Computer | 1 | 20% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 1 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 40% |
| Thailand | 1 | 20% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MetaSoccer | MetaSoccer is a blockchain-based fútbol manager game where users can own clubs, scout and train players, manage teams, and compete in leagues, all while earning rewards. It combines elements of sports management, NFTs, and web3 gaming, creating a digital football ecosystem where assets like players and stadiums are tokenized and tradable. | $2.2M | Seed | Nov 22, 2021 | https://metasoccer.com/ |
| Zentry | GuildFi is a gaming platform that empowers all gamer communities and creates interoperability across the Metaverse. | $6M | Seed | Nov 10, 2021 | https://guildfi.com/ |
| Superfluid | Superfluid Finance is on a mission to transform the way assets move in decentralized finance. | $9M | Seed | Jul 13, 2021 | https://www.superfluid.finance/ |
| DODO Exchange | DODO is a liquidity protocol powered by the Proactive Market Maker (PMM) algorithm and built for capital efficiency. DODO offers a low barrier-to-entry, pain-free token issuance mechanic for long-tail assets. | $5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 13, 2020 | https://dodoex.io/ |
| Sevion Therapeutics | Sevion is a biopharmaceutical company which discovers, develops and acquires innovative product candidates for the treatment of cancer and immunological diseases. The Company is advancing a pipeline of proprietary and partnered product candidates that leverages its unique antibody technology platforms. The Company’s antibody pipeline is beingdeveloped from technology that allows for the discovery of innovative biologic therapies to previously inaccessible targets, such as multispanning membrane proteins and ion channels that play an important role in multiple diseases. The Company also developed the first protein nanocage system allowing delivery of nucleic acids and other payloads to target cells. | $11.5M | Post-IPO Equity | Mar 29, 2010 | http://www.seviontherapeutics.com/ |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alameda Research](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alameda-research) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kyros Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kyros-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Pantera Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pantera-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Play Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/play-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alpha Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpha-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Defiance Capital invest in?

Defiance Capital invests primarily in Video Games, Financial Services and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Post-IPO Equity stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Defiance Capital's check size?

Defiance Capital typically joins rounds of $2.2M–$9M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Defiance Capital participates in.

### When did Defiance Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Defiance Capital closed in Nov 2021. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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