
Purvi Shah
Co-Founder and General Partner
As a founding member and CFO at Defy, responsibilities include overseeing operations since the early days of Fund I, navigating a dynamic environment to support promising founders and startups. Before this, there was an 11-year tenure as a Fund Controller at General Catalyst, with earlier experience in mutual funds at Investors Bank and Trust, as well as State Street Research. Outside of work, interests include spin classes, reading, and spending quality time with family.
Investor scope
Investment criteria breakdown.
Investment stages
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Target regions
USA
Investment ranges
$0 - $100K
$100K - $500K
$500K - $1M
$1M - $3M
$3M - $10M
Focus areas
Web3
Consumer
Deeptech
Enterprise
Related unicorns
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