Jefferies

ActiveVenture Capital

Updated: Jan 6, 2026 ·

About

Jefferies is a leading pure-play investment banking and capital markets firm, recognized globally for the quality and applicability of its thinking, analyses, and vision.

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Jul 1, 2025	Foundation EGI	$23.0M Series A	—	Alumni Ventures, Angel Labs, ENIAC Ventures, Kamran Ansari, Ludlow Ventures, RRE Ventures, Silicon Badia
Apr 1, 2025	TAU Systems	$20.0M Seed	—	Alumni Ventures, Angel Labs, ENIAC Ventures, Kamran Ansari, Ludlow Ventures, RRE Ventures, Silicon Badia, Team Global
Apr 1, 2024	Perplexity	$63.0M Series C	—	20VC, 2.12 Angels, 355 Capital, Kevin Hartz, Accomplice VC, Ambush Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angel investor, Asylum Ventures, C2 Investment, Catalio Capital, Cedar Capital Group, Costanoa Ventures, DTCP, E1 Ventures, EQT Ventures, Family Office, Felicis Ventures, Fifty Years, Floodgate, Founders Fund, GSV Acceleration, Hanabi Capital, Hardware Club, Haun Ventures, Heroic Ventures, HOF Capital, Infinite Niches, Inflection, Insight Partners, Kindred Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lux Capital, Matchstick Ventures, Maven Ventures, Mustard Seed, NFX, Northzone, Race Capital, Rakuten Ventures, Refactor Capital, Sherpalo Ventures, Spark Capital, Susa Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thrive Capital, Uncork Capital, Union Square Ventures, UpHonest Capital, Wayra UK, Y Combinator, Aaron Harris, Amjad Masad, Andy Coravos, Anne Wojcicki, Arash Ferdowsi, Balaji Srinivasan, Charlie Songhurst, Chintan Patel, Fidji Simo, Jared Sleeper, Jonathan Lenson, Justin Kitch, Jutta Steiner, Mike Vernal, Mike Volpe, Miras Mami, Peter Sonsini, Sahin Boydas, Scott Belsky, Varsha Rao
Dec 1, 2023	Catio	$3.0M Seed	—	Alumni Ventures, Angel Labs, Array Ventures, Brighter Capital, DCM, ENIAC Ventures, Kamran Ansari, Lerer Hippeau, Ludlow Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Rally Ventures, RRE Ventures, Silicon Badia, Mark Ghermezian, Ahmed Mhiri, Headline (formerly e.ventures), ISAI, Trust Ventures
Mar 1, 2023	Catio	$1.0M Seed	—	Alumni Ventures, Angel Labs, ENIAC Ventures, Kamran Ansari, Ludlow Ventures, RRE Ventures, Silicon Badia
Feb 1, 2023	Blip	$2.0M Seed	—	Accomplice VC, Ambush Capital, Asylum Ventures, Fifty Years, Haun Ventures, Inflection, Susa Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator, Aaron Harris, Charlie Songhurst, Justin Kitch, Jutta Steiner, Mike Volpe
Jan 1, 2023	Sovereign Labs	$7.0M Seed	—	Accomplice VC, Ambush Capital, Asylum Ventures, Fifty Years, Haun Ventures, Inflection, Susa Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator, Aaron Harris, Charlie Songhurst, Justin Kitch, Jutta Steiner, Mike Volpe
Oct 1, 2022	Crowd Street	$43.0M Series C	—	Avenir, Grotech Ventures, QVentures, Rally Ventures, Sixty8 Capital, Techstars, Daren Cotter, Doug Berg, Noam Bardin
Oct 1, 2022	Celestia	$55.0M Series A	—	Accomplice VC, Ambush Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Asylum Ventures, Avalanche VC, Bain Capital Crypto, Bling Capital, BR Capital, Dunce Capital, Equal Ventures, Fifty Years, Haun Ventures, High Alpha, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Inflection, KR1, Lazerow Ventures, Maven 11 Capital, Not Boring Capital, Placeholder, Ravelin Capital, Runa Capital, Susa Ventures, Tusk Venture Partners, Union Square Ventures, Village Global, Y Combinator, Aaron Harris, Balaji Srinivasan, Bradley Horowitz, Charlie Songhurst, Justin Kitch, Jutta Steiner, Kyle Vogt, Mike Volpe, Trent McConaghy
Oct 1, 2022	Zerion	$12.0M Series B	—	Accomplice VC, Ambush Capital, Anthemis Group, Asylum Ventures, Fifty Years, Haun Ventures, Inflection, Mosaic Ventures, Notion Capital, SCOR Ventures, #SecretFund, Susa Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator, Aaron Harris, Charlie Songhurst, Justin Kitch, Jutta Steiner, Mike Volpe, Richard Laxer, Thijn Lamers
Sep 1, 2022	Integral Treasury	$9.0M Venture Round	—	Accomplice VC, Alumni Ventures, Ambush Capital, Asylum Ventures, Electric Capital, Fifty Years, Greylock, Haun Ventures, Inflection, iNovia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Susa Ventures, Tribe Capital, Union Square Ventures, Valar Ventures, Y Combinator, Aaron Harris, Charlie Songhurst, Justin Kitch, Jutta Steiner, Mike Volpe, Scott Belsky, Stewart Butterfield, Tobias Lutke
Aug 1, 2022	Alloy	$52.0M Series C	—	9Yards Capital, Atlassian Ventures, Avenir, Avid Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bond, Business Growth Fund, Darling Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Fika Ventures, First Round Capital, F-Prime Capital Partners, General Catalyst, Grotech Ventures, Indicator Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Moonfire Ventures, Mucker Capital, Next47, Partech Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Seedcamp, Sequoia Capital, Stellar Capital, Theory Ventures, Uncork Capital, Azeem Azhar, Freddy Macnamara, Mandeep Singh, Mathilde Collin, Mike Hudack, Oscar Pierre, Paul Veugen, Sean Behr, Tim Sadler, Tom Blomfield
May 1, 2022	CropSafe	$3.0M Seed	—	Accomplice VC, Ambush Capital, Asylum Ventures, Fifty Years, Haun Ventures, Inflection, Pareto Holdings, Susa Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator, Aaron Harris, Justin Kitch, Jutta Steiner, Mike Volpe
May 1, 2022	Deel	$50.0M Series D	—	Accomplice VC, Ambush Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Asylum Ventures, C2 Investment, Cambrian Ventures, Coatue, Electric Capital, Fifty Years, Founders Fund, Franklin Templeton Investments, General Catalyst, Gradient Ventures, Green Bay Ventures, Haun Ventures, Incisive Ventures, Inflection, LGF, Ribbit Capital, Roosh Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Spark Capital, Susa Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator, Aaron Harris, Alexandre Scialom, Ben Lang, Charlie Songhurst, Elad Gil, Eric Ries, Jeffrey Wilke, Justin Kitch, Justin Mateen, Jutta Steiner, Mike Volpe, Vinay Hiremath, William Hockey
Apr 1, 2022	Privy	$8.0M Seed	—	ABB Technology Ventures, Accel, Accomplice VC, Ambush Capital, Amino Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Angel Invest, Asylum Ventures, Blackhorn Ventures, BoxOne Ventures, CapitalG, Construct Capital, Fifty Years, FJ Labs, Founder Collective, Golden Ventures, Haun Ventures, Heartcore Capital, Highline Beta Inc., High Line Venture Partners, Index Ventures, Inflection, iNovia Capital, Intuit Ventures, Kindred Ventures, Latitud, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Northside Ventures, Rainfall Ventures, Root Ventures, Sarona Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Shilling Capital, Spark Capital, Susa Ventures, SV Angel, The Hit Forge, Third Sphere, Twenty Seven Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Visionaire Ventures, Wave Financial, Y Combinator, Yes VC, Aaron Harris, Baris Gultekin, Bob Pasker, Charlie Songhurst, Claire Hughes Johnson, Dharmesh Shah, Gokul Rajaram, Hugo Arevalo, Jeff Bezos, Joshua Schachter, Justin Kitch, Jutta Steiner, Karim Atiyeh, Micah Siegel, Michael Hyatt, Mike Volpe, Nirav Tolia, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Ron Pragides, Ryan Melohn, Ryan Shea, Sue Xu
Oct 1, 2021	Deel	$430.0M Series D	—	Accomplice VC, Ambush Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Asylum Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, C2 Investment, Cambrian Ventures, Coatue, Cultivation Capital, Electric Capital, Fifty Years, Founders Fund, Franklin Templeton Investments, General Catalyst, Gradient Ventures, Green Bay Ventures, Hanabi Capital, Haun Ventures, Incisive Ventures, Inflection, iNovia Capital, Insight Partners, LGF, Next47, Ribbit Capital, Yousuf Khan, Roosh Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Spark Capital, Susa Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator, Aaron Harris, Alexandre Scialom, Ben Lang, Charlie Songhurst, Elad Gil, Eric Ries, Jeffrey Wilke, Justin Kitch, Justin Mateen, Jutta Steiner, Mandeep Singh, Mike Krieger, Mike Volpe, Vinay Hiremath, William Hockey
Jul 1, 2021	Zerion	$8.0M Series A	—	305 Ventures, Accomplice VC, Ada Ventures, AirAngels, Alchemy Ventures, Ambush Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Anthemis Group, Archetype, Asylum Ventures, Audacity, Awesome People Ventures, Battery Ventures, Blockchain Capital, Blockchain.com Ventures, Chapter One Ventures, CoinFund, Divergence Ventures, dlab, Electric Ant, Electric Capital, Ethereal Ventures, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Fifty Years, Founders Fund, Framework Ventures, Future Perfect Ventures, Grasshopper Capital, Hack VC, Hashed, Haun Ventures, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Inflection, Kearny Jackson, Kleiner Perkins, LAUNCHub Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, M34 Capital, Makers Fund, MatterBlock, Mosaic Ventures, Mouro Capital, Nascent, Not Boring Capital, Notion Capital, ParaFi Capital, Passion Capital, Piton Capital, Placeholder, Robot Ventures, SCOR Ventures, #SecretFund, Seed Club Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, SID Venture Partners, Solana Ventures, SOSV, Sound Ventures, Susa Ventures, The Hit Forge, Timespan Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Union Square Ventures, Version One Ventures, Weekend Fund, WPP Ventures, Y Combinator, Aaron Harris, Adam Jackson, Alex Pack, Aliaksandr Hudzilin, Alice Lloyd George, Andrew Steinwold, Anthony Pompliano, Balaji Srinivasan, Biz Stone, Bo Shao, Brad Holden, Charlie Songhurst, David Nage, Do Kwon, Eric Wu, Imran Khan, James Meekings, Jeff Morris, Jess Sloss, Johnny Boufarhat, Justin Kitch, Jutta Steiner, Luis Cuende, Mariano Conti, Michael Dunworth, Mike Volpe, Nathaniel Whittemore, Regan Bozman, Rene Reinsberg, Richard Laxer, Scott Belsky, Sina Habibi, Stani Kulechov, Steve Weinstein, Tegan Kline, Thijn Lamers, Trevor McFedries, Tyler Scott Ward
Apr 1, 2021	Deel	$160.0M Series C	—	1776, 8090 Industries, 8VC, Abstract Ventures, Accomplice VC, Acrew Capital, Ambush Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Asylum Ventures, C2 Investment, Cambrian Ventures, Chapter One Ventures, Coatue, cofounder, Craft Ventures, Creandum, Electric Capital, Eunoia Capital Partners, Fifth Wall, Fifty Years, Fika Ventures, Flucas Ventures, Founders Fund, Franklin Templeton Investments, General Catalyst, Global Founders Capital, Gradient Ventures, Green Bay Ventures, Greycroft, Haun Ventures, Incisive Ventures, Inflection, Ironspring Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Lakestar, LGF, Liquid 2 Ventures, MaC Venture Capital, Menlo Ventures, Moonshots Capital, Moving Capital, Next47, Next Play Ventures, Oak HC/FT, Oyster Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Roosh Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Social Capital, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Soma Capital, Sound Ventures, Spark Capital, Susa Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thirdbase Capital, Third Kind Ventures, TQ Ventures, Tribe Capital, Union Square Ventures, Weekend Fund, WorkLife Ventures, Y Combinator, Aaron Harris, Alexandre Scialom, Austin Ogilvie, Ben Lang, Bob Meese, Brad Garlinghouse, Bradley Horowitz, Charlie Songhurst, Elad Gil, Eric Ries, Howard Schultz, Jeff Morris, Jeffrey Wilke, Jeff Seibert, Jim Pallotta, Jon Runyan, Josh Mohrer, Justin Kitch, Justin Mateen, Jutta Steiner, Karl Mehta, Kathleen Hale, Marc Benioff, Michael Ma, Mike Volpe, Peter Ackerson, Ralph Gootee, Russell Cook, Ryan Chan, Sahin Boydas, Shervin Pishevar, Sung ho Choi, Tracy Young, Valentin Gui, Vinay Hiremath, Wayne Chang, William Hockey
Sep 1, 2020	Deel	$30.0M Series B	—	Accomplice VC, Ambush Capital, Asylum Ventures, Bullpen Capital, C2 Investment, Differential Ventures, Dig Ventures, Fifty Years, Fin Capital, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Haun Ventures, Inflection, Laconia Capital Group, LocalGlobe, Mischief Venture Capital, Oak HC/FT, Olima Ventures, QED Investors, Seedcamp, Seven Seven Six, Spark Capital, Susa Ventures, The Hit Forge, Union Square Ventures, ValueStream Ventures, Vouch Insurance, Y Combinator, Aaron Harris, Al Goldstein, Charlie Cheever, Charlie Songhurst, Eric Ries, Justin Kitch, Jutta Steiner, Michael Stoppelman, Mike Volpe, Tobias Lutke
Dec 1, 2019	Zerion	$2.0M Seed	—	305 Ventures, Accomplice VC, Ambush Capital, Asylum Ventures, Blockchain Capital, Blockchain.com Ventures, Fifty Years, Grasshopper Capital, Haun Ventures, Inflection, Mouro Capital, Susa Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator, Aaron Harris, Charlie Songhurst, Justin Kitch, Jutta Steiner, Mike Volpe
Nov 1, 2019	Crowd Street	$12.0M Series C	—	Avenir, Grotech Ventures, QVentures, Rally Ventures, Sixty8 Capital, Techstars, Daren Cotter, Doug Berg, Noam Bardin
Oct 1, 2019	NeighborSchools	$4.0M Seed	—	Accomplice VC, Alumni Ventures, Ambush Capital, Asylum Ventures, Fifty Years, Fusion Fund, Haun Ventures, Inflection, Susa Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator, Aaron Harris, Alain Hanover, Charlie Songhurst, Justin Kitch, Jutta Steiner, Mike Volpe, Steve Chen
Apr 1, 2019	Deel	$4.0M Seed	—	11.2 Capital, Accomplice VC, AllerFund, Ambush Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Asylum Ventures, Band of Angels, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bling Capital, Bond, C2 Investment, E1 Ventures, Electric Capital, Fifty Years, Foundation Capital, General Catalyst, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Greycroft, M.G. Siegler, Haun Ventures, Christian Miele, Incisive Ventures, Index Ventures, Inflection, Innovation Endeavors, Kima Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Left Lane Capital, Long Journey Ventures, Motier Ventures, PivotNorth Capital, Plug & Play Ventures, Point Nine Capital, Primetime Partners, Quassar Capital, Soma Capital, Susa Ventures, Tribe Capital, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator, Aaron Harris, Anjney Midha, Charlie Songhurst, Dylan Field, Hiten Shah, Jared Leto, Justin Kitch, Jutta Steiner, Louis Beryl, Mathilde Collin, MG Siegler, Mike Krieger, Mike Vernal, Mike Volpe, William Miller, Yoshinari Yoshikawa
Mar 1, 2019	Deel	$150K Seed	—	Accomplice VC, Ambush Capital, Asylum Ventures, Fifty Years, Haun Ventures, Inflection, Susa Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator, Aaron Harris, Charlie Songhurst, Justin Kitch, Jutta Steiner, Mike Volpe
Jul 1, 2018	Crowd Street	$8.0M Series B	—	Avenir, BlueRun Ventures, CRV, Grotech Ventures, OurCrowd, QVentures, Rally Ventures, Sixty8 Capital, Techstars, Daren Cotter, Doug Berg, Noam Bardin

Financial History

Total Raised

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Valuation

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Leadership Team

Key people at Jefferies.

Paxton Scott

Senior Associate, Equity Research - Healthcare Facilities & Services

Andrew Solomon

Investment Banking Associate

Nick Laszlo

Vice President

Cameron Lester

Managing Director and Co-Head of Global Technology Investment Banking

Brandon Alster

Investment Banking Analyst

Leadership Team

Key people at Jefferies.

Paxton Scott

Senior Associate, Equity Research - Healthcare Facilities & Services

Andrew Solomon

Investment Banking Associate

Nick Laszlo

Vice President

Cameron Lester

Managing Director and Co-Head of Global Technology Investment Banking

Brandon Alster

Investment Banking Analyst

Jason Gabriel

Investment Banking Analyst

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. is a leading global investment bank and capital markets firm focused on serving institutional clients with a broad range of financial services including investment banking, sales and trading, and asset management. Its mission centers on delivering client-first solutions with an entrepreneurial culture that emphasizes talent, drive, and long-term partnerships. Jefferies invests across key sectors such as technology, healthcare, energy, and financial services, supporting mid-market companies and large institutions. The firm has a significant impact on the startup and broader financial ecosystem by providing capital markets access, advisory services, and liquidity solutions that enable growth and innovation globally[1][3][6][7].

Origin Story

Founded in 1962 by Boyd Jefferies in Los Angeles with just $30,000 in borrowed capital, Jefferies pioneered the “third market,” enabling institutional investors to trade listed securities directly in an over-the-counter style, providing liquidity and anonymity. The firm grew rapidly, formalizing as Jefferies & Company in 1969 and moving its headquarters to New York City by the 2000s. Despite a setback in 1987 involving a scandal with its founder, Jefferies rebounded by hiring talent from Drexel Burnham Lambert and expanding its services globally. The 2012 merger with Leucadia National Corporation (now Jefferies Financial Group) provided a diversified capital base that accelerated its growth into a full-service global investment bank[1][3][4][5].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Entrepreneurial, client-focused approach with a “one firm” mentality integrating sales, trading, research, and investment banking teams.
Network Strength: Deep relationships with institutional investors and mid-market clients worldwide, supported by a global footprint.
Track Record: Consistent growth from a niche third market trader to a top independent U.S.-headquartered full-service investment bank.
Operating Support: Strong capital base from the merger with Leucadia, enabling strategic investments and expansion.
Culture: Emphasis on talent retention, long-term partnerships, and a commission-based, meritocratic environment fostering innovation and client service[3][5][6].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Jefferies rides the trend of increasing demand for specialized, mid-market investment banking services amid a complex global capital markets environment. Its timing is advantageous as startups and growth companies seek sophisticated advisory and capital solutions beyond traditional bulge bracket banks. Market forces such as globalization, technological innovation, and regulatory complexity favor firms like Jefferies that combine agility with scale. By providing capital markets access and advisory services, Jefferies influences the tech ecosystem by enabling startups and growth companies to scale, innovate, and navigate public and private financing landscapes[1][7][8].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Jefferies is poised to deepen its industry-focused investment banking capabilities and expand its global reach, leveraging its strong capital base and entrepreneurial culture. Trends such as digital transformation, ESG investing, and evolving capital markets structures will shape its journey. Its influence may grow as it continues to serve as a critical bridge between innovative companies and global investors, maintaining its position as a leading independent investment bank with a unique client-centric approach[3][6][8]. This trajectory ties back to its founding ethos of prioritizing clients and talent to drive long-term success.

Sources

High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Entrepreneurial, client-focused approach with a “one firm” mentality integrating sales, trading, research, and investment banking teams.
Network Strength: Deep relationships with institutional investors and mid-market clients worldwide, supported by a global footprint.
Track Record: Consistent growth from a niche third market trader to a top independent U.S.-headquartered full-service investment bank.
Operating Support: Strong capital base from the merger with Leucadia, enabling strategic investments and expansion.
Culture: Emphasis on talent retention, long-term partnerships, and a commission-based, meritocratic environment fostering innovation and client service[3][5][6].