Defined

Defined is an early-stage venture capital firm established in 2014 and based in Vancouver, Canada. The company specializes in investing in founders who are pushing the boundaries of automation, particularly within the fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data. By supporting innovative startups, Defined aims to foster advancements that can transform industries and enhance operational efficiencies.

Mark Trevitt

Founder and Managing Partner

13 past transactions

Phaselab

Seed Round in 2025
Phaselab develops an AI-driven eDiscovery tool that automates the redacting of documents based on defined rules. This enables organizations to efficiently review and redact large volumes of records during litigations, regulatory requests, or privacy-related matters.

Potato AI

Seed Round in 2025
AI research assistant for biology.

Kosli

Series A in 2025
Kosli provides a cloud‑based change‑management platform that automates compliance across software development and operations pipelines. By recording immutable audit trails for every change, it reduces lead time for releases, streamlines operations, and strengthens threat mitigation. The solution delivers speed, security, and audit‑ready proof at scale, helping enterprises maintain governance while accelerating delivery.

Ranger AI

Pre Seed Round in 2025
Ranger AI helps manufacturers decrease response time to win new business, increase bid throughput.

Nexera Robotics

Seed Round in 2025
Nexera Robotics develops a revolutionary robotic arm grasper designed for diverse applications. Their innovative technology combines hardware and software systems to enable robots to reliably grasp various objects without causing damage, thereby enhancing operational efficiency, speed, accuracy, and inventory management across industries.

Tembo

Series A in 2024
Tembo develops a background engineering platform that automates routine tasks for software teams. Its always-on agents monitor systems, fix bugs automatically, and complete assigned tasks, enhancing pull request velocity and reducing manual workload.

Arcanna.ai

Seed Round in 2023
Arcanna.ai develops an AI-powered cybersecurity platform that augments security operations by scaling SOC analyst capacity. It enables security experts to train context-aware AI models that encode their cybersecurity and organizational knowledge through a continuous human feedback loop, NLP, and deep learning. The company also offers an automation and big data analytics platform for threat intelligence, designed to be scalable and to gather data from infrastructure, applications, and security tools and devices. By applying advanced analytics and automation, Arcanna.ai supports decision-making and helps organizations strengthen detection and response capabilities. In aggregate, the solutions aim to automate security workflows, synthesize diverse data sources, and improve threat intelligence through expert-informed AI.

Inverted AI

Seed Round in 2023
Inverted AI, a spinout from the University of British Columbia, specializes in developing proprietary software that predicts human driving behavior. The company focuses on creating AI agents that mimic human drivers for use in simulators designed to train self-driving cars. By employing probabilistic programming, Inverted AI's technology enables the creation of AI agents capable of safe and efficient vehicle control. This innovation provides vital data and insights necessary for advancing self-driving technology to higher levels of autonomy, specifically targeting 'level 4' and above. Through its research and product development, Inverted AI aims to enhance the capabilities of vehicle manufacturers in the autonomous driving sector.

Datalogz

Series A in 2023
Datalogz is a company that specializes in a platform designed for data discovery and understanding, focused on reducing data ambiguity from various sources. Its platform offers a suite of features, including a data catalog, data lineage, data governance, and a data glossary. These tools empower data scientists and analysts to utilize AI-driven recommendations, thereby enhancing project quality and minimizing inefficiencies in workflows. By streamlining the data management process, Datalogz aims to facilitate better decision-making and foster a clearer understanding of data across organizations.

Quandri

Series A in 2023
Quandri is a company that develops robotic software to create digital workforces specifically for insurance brokers and agencies. It focuses on automating repetitive and time-consuming business processes, allowing these organizations to streamline operations by employing software robots as digital workers. This automation enables insurance agencies and brokers to reduce recurring annual costs associated with human labor while enhancing efficiency in their workflows. By specializing in technologies that alleviate manual tasks, Quandri positions itself as a valuable partner for the insurance sector seeking to optimize productivity and operational effectiveness.

Zyphra

Seed Round in 2023
Zyphra, headquartered in Palo Alto, California, specializes in full-stack artificial intelligence. It develops an autonomous agent platform for enterprises, enhancing conversational, automation, and personal assistant capabilities. The platform leverages advanced AI technologies, including next-generation model architectures, long-term memory, and reinforcement learning, to boost agent reliability. This enables users to concentrate on test-time computing and reasoning, supporting cloud, on-premises, and on-device deployments.

Charli AI

Seed Round in 2023
Charli AI is an AI-powered mobile app designed to enhance productivity by automating administrative tasks such as scheduling, invoicing, and customer communications. It aims to reduce time spent on these tasks, enabling users to focus on more meaningful work.

DarkVision Technologies

Venture Round in 2023
Founded in 2013, DarkVision Technologies specializes in developing and commercializing ultrasound-based imaging technology for oil and gas wells. Its high-resolution system enables operators to identify and address downhole issues such as tubing defects, casing corrosion, and obstructions, leading to improved well integrity, increased production efficiency, and reduced environmental impacts.
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