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Rebel Fund
Venture capital investor; participated in Perseus Defense's $6M seed round, per the primary Tectonic Defense funding report.
Rebel Fund is a San Francisco-based, data-driven seed fund founded by Jared Heyman that invests exclusively in Y Combinator startups, aiming for the top ~10% of each YC batch. It uses a proprietary machine-learning model (Rebel Theorem) built by its partner network to screen deals and has made 240+ investments, often securing allocations pre-Demo Day.
Overview
- Firm
- Rebel Fund
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA
- Founded
- 2019
- AUM
- Stages
- Thesis
- Invests exclusively in Y Combinator-backed startups at seed stage, using data-driven screening to identify top-decile companies pre-Demo Day.
- X / Twitter
- x.com/rebelfund_vc
- Website
- www.rebelfund.vc/
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Rebel Fund participated in Perseus Defense's $6M seed round
Tectonic Defense: Exclusive: YC-backed Perseus Defense Closes $6M Seed RoundVerified2025-09-18