Defy Ventures  ·  Defiant for Good®

Building for the ones the system turns away.

We build the technology and the ventures that inclusive finance markets are missing.

What they hear

“We need your husband’s signature to proceed.”

“Come back when you have real money.”

“We need more stable employment records to proceed.”

“Your application does not meet our minimum requirements.”

“Unfortunately we cannot proceed with your request.”

1.3 billion

adults still lack access to financial services.Source: World Bank, Global Findex Database 2025, press release of 16 July 2025.

700 million

women worldwide still have no financial account.Source: World Bank, Global Findex 2025, data blog of 11 November 2025.
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The foundation

Financial identity and ledger. One foundation.

Circular Financial Identity shows who a person is financially. The Global Unified Ledger lets their finances move with them, across institutions and borders. Each completes the other.

Scroll to lockTwo layersEach one completes the other.
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FINANCIAL IDENTITYLEDGER

Locked. Operated by RootFi.

UnconventionalFairness and strengthFor the underdog

How we build

01

Start from the gap

We identify the gaps to achieve national financial inclusion priorities.

02

Build the venture

Each solution becomes a venture, with its own product, team and capital.

03

Open by design

Our solutions are interoperable and open to any authorised partner.

Investors & partners

Build the next layer with us.

We work with investors, technology partners, financial institutions and startups.

Investors & partners