Jefferies Financial Group
VC Fund
New York, United States
Jefferies Financial Group is a VC fund in New York focused on FinTech and Apps. Jefferies is a diversified financial services company engaged in investment banking and capital markets, asset management and direct investing. Jefferies Group offers a full range of investment banking, equities, fixed income, asset and wealth management products and services.
- Total investments:
- 32
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
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Industries Jefferies Financial Group invests in
Stages Jefferies Financial Group invests in
Countries Jefferies Financial Group invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
1 more contact available
Round size
- Series A
- $11M–$70M
- Series B
- $8M–$24M
- Debt Financing
- $93M–$865M
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 7 (22%)
- Apps 4 (13%)
- Manufacturing 4 (13%)
- Financial Services 4 (13%)
- Energy 2 (6%)
Stage
- Debt Financing 6 (19%)
- Series A 5 (16%)
- Series B 3 (9%)
- Funding Round 3 (9%)
- Seed 2 (6%)
Country
- United States 20 (63%)
- China 1 (3%)
- Canada 1 (3%)
- Argentina 1 (3%)
- Hong Kong 1 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Brian Friedman
President
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President | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
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Joe Steinberg
Co-founder
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Co-founder | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Richard Handler
CEO
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CEO | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
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Boyd Jefferies
Founder
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Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
FDH Aero
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FDH Aero is a distributor of c-class hardware and replacement parts to commercial and defense aircraft manufacturers, subcontractors, component distributors, and MRO/aftermarket solution providers. | Debt Financing / Jun 08, 2026 | |
Decision Science Advisors
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Decision Science Advisors is an Applied AI and Data advisory firm. | Series A / Apr 13, 2026 | |
Erad
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Erad offers expansion capital to online enterprises. | $125M / Debt Financing / Nov 27, 2025 | |
Offerpad
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Offerpad operates as a tech-enabled, real estate company. Its platform is revolutionizing the industry with an innovative end-to-end real estate experience for those looking to buy or sell a home. Offerpad streamlines the process for consumers, making the process convenient and hassle-free.The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered inChandler, Arizona. | $100M / Post-IPO Equity / Aug 28, 2025 | |
aTyr Pharma
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aTyr Pharma is a biotherapeutics company that discovers and develops protein biologics for human therapeutics. The company has established a dominant intellectual property estate surrounding Physiocrine-based compositions and potential therapeutic applications. aTyr’s key programs are focused on immunomodulation disorders in the areas ofinflammation and immunity and are in preclinical development. The company's primary focus is ATYR1923, a clinical-stage product candidate which binds to the neuropilin-2 receptor and is designed to down-regulate immune engagement in interstitial lung diseases.The privately held biotech was founded by The Scripps Research Institute Professor Paul Schimmel, a leading aminoacyl tRNA synthetase scientist, and is backed by top life sciences investors Alta Partners, Cardinal Partners, Domain Associates and Polaris Ventures. | $30.7M / Post-IPO Equity / Aug 07, 2025 | |
Seel
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Seel is the leading post purchase platform. Trusted by 2,000+ merchants, from starting DTC brands to multibillion dollar marketplaces. | Series B / May 09, 2025 | |
Aetos Imaging
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Aetos leverages advanced 3D technology to give facility personnel the information they need to do the job. Our visual management platform captures and presents the institutional knowledge of your operations. Unlock the power of implementing virtual equipment databases, customized site-specific training, and remote collaboration. Consolidate andstreamline all of your operations into one visual platform with Aetos. | $4M / Seed / Feb 11, 2025 | |
Quorum Software
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Quorum offers an industry-leading portfolio of finance, operations and accounting software that empowers energy companies of all sizes to conquer their most complex business challenges. From the field to the back office, defying complexity is coded in our DNA and our software. This unmatched experience is why Quorum is the choice of eight of thelargest public energy companies worldwide, 75 percent of LNG exporters throughout North America and 80 percent of all midstream companies in the United States. Designed for digital transformation, the myQuorum software platform delivers open standards, mobile-first design and cloud technologies to empower innovation at the speed of thought. At Quorum, we’re helping visionary leaders transform their business, and the energy industry, for a digital world. | $865M / Debt Financing / Nov 18, 2024 | |
Parafin
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Parafin is a financial infrastructure company that provides platforms with embedded financial products for their small businesses by abstracting the complexity of capital markets, underwriting, servicing, compliance, and customer support. Small businesses can run and grow themselves despite uncertain economic conditions by powering the financialservices of marketplaces and payment processors. In less than three years, Parafin has launched on Amazon, Walmart, DoorDash, TikTok, and more platforms to serve hundreds of thousands of businesses and extended over $8 billion in offers. | $93M / Debt Financing / Aug 28, 2024 | |
Locus Fermentation Solutions
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Locus Fermentation Solutions has a suite of game-changing, bio-based additives and ingredients that are more effective and less expensive than chemical alternatives. They are customized to successfully address compelling global pain points, including replacing toxic chemical ingredients, supercharging carbon sequestration, minimizing greenhouse gasemissions, decreasing water use and contamination, reducing rainforest deforestation related to palm oil, and improving the food supply. | $117M / Debt Financing / Apr 05, 2023 | |
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Co-Investors
Canaccord Genuity Group
3 deals together
Virtu Financial
3 deals together
Lightspeed Venture Partners
2 deals together
Red Ventures
2 deals together
Soros Fund Management
2 deals together
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FAQ
What does Jefferies Financial Group invest in?
Jefferies Financial Group invests primarily in FinTech, Apps and Manufacturing startups, most often at Debt Financing and Series A stage. Most of the 32 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 Jefferies Financial Group's check size?
Jefferies Financial Group typically joins rounds of $11M–$70M at Series A, $8M–$24M at Series B and $93M–$865M at Debt Financing. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Jefferies Financial Group participates in.
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Who are the partners at Jefferies Financial Group?
The team at Jefferies Financial Group includes Brian Friedman (President), Joe Steinberg (Co-founder) and Richard Handler (CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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