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    Rise of the Rest Seed Fund

    Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesFounded 2017
    www.revolution.com/venture-capitalLinkedIn
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    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 (56% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $31.7M (across 9 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    8

    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

    Amira Ouji

    Amira Ouji

    Vice President of Platform & Portfolio Success, Rise of the Rest

    Isabelle Styslinger

    Isabelle Styslinger

    Senior Associate, Rise of the Rest

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    9 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    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
    Hermeus logoHermeusSeries C$100M—

    Top Co-Investors

    Bling Capital2 shared
    Canaan Partners2 shared
    Khosla Ventures2 shared
    Slow Ventures1 shared
    Emergence Capital1 shared
    GSV Ventures1 shared
    Learn Capital1 shared
    Chimera Capital1 shared
    SWaN & Legend Venture Partners1 shared
    Owl Ventures1 shared
    Daher Capital1 shared
    SoftBank Vision Fund1 shared
    Sound Ventures1 shared
    Insight Partners1 shared
    Maven Ventures1 shared
    Reach Capital1 shared
    137 Ventures1 shared
    GSBackers1 shared
    Cox Enterprises1 shared
    In-Q-Tel1 shared

    Last updated: 7 September 2026