Founded by Steve Case in 2005, Revolution is a D.C.-based investment firm that backs transformative companies beyond Silicon Valley. Through our funds — Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Revolution Ventures, and Revolution Growth — we partner with founders at every stage of the entrepreneurial journey.
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There's nothing like experiencing #Detroit from the POV of its biggest champions. An incredible community is betting on & building toward its future as a global innovation hub. Our advice: Don’t bet against them. More on our return to #MotorCity: https://lnkd.in/e_n_p57u?
Always proud to call the District — and its growing tech ecosystem — home. As Optoro CEO Amena Ali put it, "D.C. is home to people who tackle the nation’s toughest problems," including so many founders, co-investors, and collaborators across our funds. Congrats to Washingtonian Magazine's 2024 Tech Titans, including Revolution's own Steve Case, Ted Leonsis, Tige Savage, Kristin Gunther, and David Hall.?
You can't discuss today's hospitality landscape without talking about the rise of #bleisure and apartment-style accommodations. At Blueprint: The Future of Real Estate 2024, Alex Shtarkman dove into the data on the rising category and led Airbnb's Eliza Lochner, Greystar's Young Hill, Marriott International's Lisa Sexton and Mint House's Christian Lee in a conversation on how they're thinking about it. Three themes: ?? Legacy hospitality and multifamily players aren't sitting on the sidelines ?? Travelers want convenience and consistency ?? The category has gone through highs and lows, but is still very much in its early innings https://lnkd.in/eb4Vy2bG?
The last quarter took our team to Green Mountains, Great Lakes, state capitals, and high altitudes to visit portfolio companies, co-investors, and ecosystem builders across the country. Catch sights and highlights from more than 13.5K miles traveled: https://lnkd.in/eE7JtzEA
Rise of the Rest is excited to lead the latest round in Knit — the platform NASCAR, the WNBA (Women's National Basketball Association), and T-Mobile trust for rich consumer insights. In David Hall's words, Knit is "making research faster, cheaper, and better, which more fully democratizes insights beyond the auspices of Ph.D. researchers." Kimberly Chin shares more on the Austin-based startup's $9M financing, latest product launch, and plans to accelerate the consumer research process for more brands in Axios: https://lnkd.in/g7mhEdAP
Couldn't hold this one in much longer... We're proud to announce our latest $9M round of funding to help grow our vision of "Researcher-Driven AI." Huge shoutout to all involved to help get us here, but a few special thank you's to our partners at Mars Wrigley, T-Mobile, NASCAR, JBL Audio, & WNBA (Women's National Basketball Association). We're not done yet ?? Read the exclusive from Axios at: https://lnkd.in/g7mhEdAP Find out what "Researcher-Driven AI" is all about: goknit.com
Congratulations to Josh Jacobs, Michael Bowen, and the entire team on Speakeasy Co.'s acquisition! Read how the Rise of the Rest-backed e-commerce solution for the wine and spirits industry is accelerating #bevalc brand growth under the Flaviar umbrella via Forbes: https://lnkd.in/gFF2buip
Get ready for our most exciting news yet! As we ride the wave of BevAlc e-commerce growth, we're thrilled to announce that Speakeasy has been acquired by THE industry titan, Flaviar! Big thank you to Andrew Watman at Forbes for breaking the news: https://lnkd.in/gFF2buip At Speakeasy, we're always pushing the boundaries of logistics, technology, and marketing to help our brand partners reach new heights of success. Our next move with Flaviar will equip our partners with even more tools to elevate their businesses and customer experience. Together with Flaviar, we will: - Power 500+ brands - Facilitate 500k+ orders - Attract 300 million searches - Generate nine-figure annual gross revenues Flaviar is a leading ecommerce innovator in the beverage-alcohol space with over 650K active shoppers and 65M unique visitors across its storefronts (Flaviar.com, Caskers.com, Mash & Grape); facilitating over 19M listings and 300M annual searches on Wine-Searcher.com and providing business solutions with Flaviar For Business. The unification of our two companies will mean bringing the best of and B2B together to create a growth-fueling ecomm powerhouse for the bevalc market. #Speakeasy #Flaviar #Mergersandacquisitions #BeverageIndustry #Innovation #eCommerce #wineandspirits #Partnerships #Growth #BevAlc
With $10.5M in #SeriesA funding, Sigo Seguros is accelerating its mission to leave opaque, inaccessible, and antiquated auto insurance services in the rearview — and Rise of the Rest is proud to be along for the ride. More from Ryan Lawler on how Nestor Hugo Solari and his team plan to expand the purpose-built platform for Spanish-speaking communities in Axios: https://lnkd.in/ecfsZUcT?
Changing the way companies ship requires some thinking outside of the box. TemperPack CEO Peter Wells dives into the art and?*intricate* science of eliminating plastics in cold-chain packaging at scale with Simon Leich: https://lnkd.in/eKjC3RbC
The fastest-growing companies in America come from every corner of the country. ?? Excited to see strong geographic representation on this year's Inc. 5000, including 77% of honorees from states outside of CA, MA, and NY and 95% from ecosystems #BeyondSiliconValley. We're also excited to see a strong showing of Revolution-backed companies on the 2024 list. Congratulations to 120Water, ATLAS Space Operations, Inc., BEMO, Cariloop, Convene, Dispatch, FlavorCloud Inc., FreightWaves, Mad Rabbit, Stord, and Trust & Will.
Old friend, new company. Led by StockX co-founder Josh Luber, ghostwrite is ushering in a new era of collaborations and collectibles with a team uniquely attuned to what's next in current culture. Get details on the Rise of the Rest-backed startup's first launch in Bloomberg:?https://lnkd.in/eq5MTrFh?