Defy, a Series A venture capital fund, has hired its first non-founding partner. : Shortly after closing its second venture fund on $262 million, Defy Partners has hired Brian Rothenberg from Eventbrite to invest in Series A startups. Defy was launched in 2017 by former Kleiner Perkins general partner Trae Vassallo and Neil Sequeira, a managing director at General Catalyst for more than a decade. Rothenberg represents the pair’s first outside addition to the general partnership.