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    Rise of the Rest Seed Fund

    Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesFounded 2017

    Rise of the Rest Seed Fund is a seed-stage venture fund managed by Revolution, investing catalytic capital in startups headquartered outside of Silicon Valley, New York, and Boston. It partners with regional ecosystem leaders and co-investors to back high-growth companies across the United States.

    Their most common stage is series-a (42% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $26.6M (across 12 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    11

    Fund Size

    $150M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    David Golden

    David Golden

    Managing Partner, Revolution Ventures

    David Hall

    David Hall

    Managing Partner, Rise of the Rest

    Starling Cousley

    Starling Cousley

    Managing Partner, Rise of the Rest Real Estate

    Todd Klein

    Todd Klein

    Managing Partner, Revolution Growth

    Andy Cloyd

    Andy Cloyd

    Venture Partner, Rise of the Rest

    Clara Sieg

    Clara Sieg

    Operating Partner, Revolution Ventures

    Clint Myers

    Clint Myers

    Partner, Rise of the Rest Real Estate

    Marissa Hopkins Secreto

    Marissa Hopkins Secreto

    Partner, Rise of the Rest

    Ted Leonsis

    Ted Leonsis

    Founder & Partner, Revolution Growth

    TD

    Tom Danilek

    Partner, Rise of the Rest Real Estate

    Hannah Clark

    Hannah Clark

    Director of Communications

    Jimmy Hicks

    Jimmy Hicks

    Director of Finance & Accounting

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    12 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Encantos logoEncantosSeed$3.2MOct 2022
    Class logoClassSeries B$105MJul 2021
    Nickson logoNicksonSeries A$12MJun 2021
    WireWheel logoWireWheelSeries B$20MFeb 2021
    Insightin logoInsightinSeries A$12MFeb 2021
    Hermeus logoHermeusSeries A$16MOct 2020
    Slingshot Aerospace logoSlingshot AerospaceSeries A$8MOct 2020
    Ordway logoOrdwaySeries A$10MFeb 2020
    Ripple Science logoRipple ScienceSeed$2.5MJan 2020
    Catalyte logoCatalyteSeed$27MJan 2018
    Hermeus logoHermeusSeries C$100M—
    equipifi logoequipifiSeed$3M—

    Top Co-Investors

    Last updated: 20 October 2026