# Medha Agarwal

> Medha Agarwal is a seed investor at Defy.vc (Boston) backing SaaS, Retail and Fashion. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Defy.vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/defy-partners)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/medhakagarwal
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/mkhandel
- Website: https://x.com/mkhandel

Medha Agarwal is a General Partner at Defy.vc

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Retail | 1 | 20% |
| Fashion | 1 | 20% |
| FinTech | 1 | 20% |
| Internet | 1 | 20% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Series A | 2 | 40% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ChampAI | Champ is your AI operations teammate that automates SOP-driven work across browsers, documents, and internal systems. | $8.5M | Seed | May 13, 2026 |  |
| Synthpop | Synthpop is a healthcare SaaS development company. | $15M | Series A | Feb 03, 2026 |  |
| Synthpop | Synthpop is a healthcare SaaS development company. | $5.6M | Seed | Jun 27, 2024 |  |
| Proper | Proper provides software & APIs to help companies manage their payments data across providers. We connect banks, APIs providers, and payment networks in a single platform and provide tools for reconciliation and payment operations. We help companies maintain financial accuracy at scale and expedite the development of their financialinfrastructure. | $4.3M | Seed | Jun 08, 2022 |  |
| 11 Honore | 11 Honoré is a size-inclusive shopping site that for the first time ever, gives more women the option to experience the best designer clothing and celebrate and honor their bodies, beauty and style.Through listening to you, we are building an exciting new space that is reflective of the fact that style has no size and that everyone whoappreciates luxury and designer clothing should and now does have access to it.Welcome to the new runway. One where the traditional fashion playbook is being re-written and where we are working hard to create a platform for change and the wardrobe you’ve been waiting for. |  | Series A | Mar 19, 2018 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Peterson Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peterson-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ansa Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ansa-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BoxGroup](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boxgroup) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Canvas Prime](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canvas-venture-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Forerunner](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forerunner-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Greycroft](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greycroft) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Defy.vc

VC Fund · San Mateo, United States

Defy is a seed-stage venture fund focused on emerging high-potential opportunities. It is driven by a passion for working closely with entrepreneurs, especially through the transformative time after seed funding. The firm invests in people and in their conviction and talent for creating real change.Defy was founded in 2016 by Neil Sequeira andTrae Vassallo and is based in San Mateo, California, United States.

5 contacts available at Defy.vc.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bob Rosin | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bob-rosin |
| Brian Rothenberg | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-rothenberg |
| Kamil Saeid | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kamil-saeid |
| Madison McIlwain | Partner, Seed | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/madison-mcilwain |
| Medha Agarwal | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/medha-agarwal |

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## FAQ

### What does Medha Agarwal invest in?

Medha Agarwal invests primarily in SaaS, Retail and Fashion startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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.

### When did Medha Agarwal last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Medha Agarwal closed in May 2026. 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?

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