Defined
About Defined
Defined, based in Northbrook, Illinois, is a K-12 education technology company founded in 2009. The company focuses on connecting classroom learning to real-world careers through career-connected, project-based learning. Its mission is to provide students with meaningful learning experiences that prepare them for future success.
Defined offers an integrated ecosystem of four primary platforms. The Defined Learning platform provides standards-aligned project-based tasks for K-12 students across various subjects. Defined Careers allows students to explore different careers through virtual exper Per Crunchbase, Defined has made 21 investments, 1 as lead investor across 19 portfolio companies, with 2 exits.
Crunchbase lists Joel Jacobson, Johnjoe Farragher and Rob Eifler as founders of Defined Learning, LLC. Johnjoe Farragher is listed as CEO and President. The same sources describe Defined as a K-12 education technology company. I found no public record of a separate venture fund team, fund names, or named partners who lead AI investing. Founders should ask Defined directly who makes investment decisions before pitching.
Lounge's summary describes Defined as a thesis-driven firm backing founders at the AI frontier. Defined has not published an AI thesis that I could find. Its clearest public AI deal is Mueon, a Portland, Oregon semiconductor systems company building Cubelets, modular three-dimensional compute and memory blocks meant to fit more AI compute into the same rack space. Defined is named as an investor in Mueon's $65M Series A, which was announced on 15 October 2026 and led by Maverick Silicon. Intel Capital, IQT and others also took part. Crunchbase counts 21 investments, 1 as lead, across 19 portfolio companies, with 2 exits. These figures cover all sectors, not only AI. The pattern in the public record is participation alongside other investors rather than leading rounds.
Lounge tags Defined as a seed investor. Its listed AI rounds are mostly seed rounds of $4.6M to $11.5M, plus the Mueon Series A. These are total round sizes, not Defined's own checks. Defined has not published check sizes, ownership targets, or fund sizes, so none are given here.
- Mueon: modular 3D compute and memory for AI systems; $65M Series A, October 2026, led by Maverick Silicon, with Defined participating.
- Channel Robotics: Seed, $4.6M, June 2026 on the Lounge deals desk.
- ViewsML: Seed, $4.9M, listed on the deals desk in April and July 2026, which may be one round recorded twice.
- Inner Logic: Seed, $11.5M, July 2026 on the deals desk.
- Pinch AI: Seed, $5M, January 2026 on the deals desk.
Investing activity
Defined has made 21 investments according to Crunchbase across 19 portfolio companies, and has led 1 round and seen 2 exits.
Defined appears in 6 AI deals tracked by the AI Lounge deals desk, rounds totalling $77M. The rounds are mostly Seed and Series A, with a median round size of $5M and the largest at $65M. The most recent are Mueon (Series A, $65M, Oct 2026), Inner Logic (Seed, $11.5M, Jul 2026) and ViewsML (Seed, $4.9M, Jul 2026).
Defined most often invests alongside Wittington Ventures, Continuum Health Ventures, Debiopharm Group and RiSC Capital, and the companies it backs on AI Lounge are mostly in AI and AI semiconductors / data center infrastructure.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Defined
Does Defined invest in AI startups?
Yes. Defined is named as an investor in Mueon's $65M Series A, and the Lounge deals desk lists it on several AI seed rounds, including Channel Robotics, ViewsML, Inner Logic and Pinch AI.
What stage does Defined invest at?
Lounge tags Defined as a seed investor. It also took part in Mueon's Series A in October 2026. Defined has not published a stage policy.
How large are Defined's checks?
Defined has not made its check sizes public. The round sizes on the deals desk are the total amounts raised by each company, not Defined's share.
Who are the partners at Defined?
No investing partners are named publicly. Crunchbase lists Joel Jacobson, Johnjoe Farragher and Rob Eifler as founders of Defined Learning, and Johnjoe Farragher as CEO.
How many investments has Defined made?
Per Crunchbase, Defined has made 21 investments, 1 as lead investor, across 19 portfolio companies, with 2 exits.
What AI companies has Defined invested in?
Defined's AI investments include Mueon, Inner Logic, ViewsML, Channel Robotics and Pinch AI. The 6 rounds on AI Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
Where is Defined based?
Defined is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Who does Defined co-invest with?
Defined's most frequent co-investors on AI Lounge are Wittington Ventures (2 deals), Continuum Health Ventures (2 deals), Debiopharm Group (2 deals), RiSC Capital (2 deals) and Mayo Clinic (2 deals).
How can founders reach Defined?
Founders on AI Lounge can see Defined's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with the firm under Warm Paths, and add Defined to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.