Distory

Distory

Distory was founded in 2021 by Calanthia Mei and Lindsey Li to address a core inefficiency in venture capital: the fragmentation of fund, firm, and performance data across disparate sources. The firm builds software that aggregates and analyzes VC data, aiming to give allocators and fund managers a unified view of the market. The founding team's background bridges technology and financial services, with prior experience in building platforms for institutional workflows. The firm's product serves as a data layer for the venture ecosystem, compiling information on fund performance, partner track records, and market trends. The platform covers early-stage through growth-stage venture funds, organizing data that has historically been locked in pitch decks, spreadsheets, and institutional memory. By structuring this information, Distory positions itself as the operating system for venture capital diligence rather than a traditional market intelligence tool. The business is based in New York and operates as an independent technology company rather than a fund itself. Distory's customers include institutional LPs, family offices, and fund-of-funds who use the platform to benchmark managers and discover emerging firms. The company has publicly discussed its focus on data quality and coverage breadth, emphasizing a model that relies on direct fund relationships and automated data ingestion. Distory's structural distinction lies in its focus on the private-market data layer rather than on operating as a data vendor for public equities or a research platform for investment banking. The firm competes with a mix of legacy data providers and newer entrants, but builds its architecture specifically around the venture capital use case — connecting LP allocation workflows with GP fundraising and reporting cadences.