Drive Capital

Venture Capital
82investments
9exits
$49.8Mraised by its portfolio in 12 months
614open roles in its portfolio

Overview

Drive Capital is a venture capital firm focused on backing technology founders building companies outside the traditional coastal startup hubs. It invests from early to growth stages in software, healthcare and consumer businesses, with a particular emphasis on the American Midwest. The firm was founded in 2012 by former Sequoia Capital partners Chris Olsen and Mark Kvamme and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
82
47 of them startups
Hiring now
39
614 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
6
$49.8M raised
Exits
9
Focusshare of its companies
Artificial Intelligence 32%Software 18%Financial Services 18%Health Care 15%Education 12%Professional Services 6%Cybersecurity 6%Information Technology 5%
Where its companies are
United States 54%Canada 10%Italy 1%Armenia 1%
Stage of its companies
Series B 32%Series A 30%Series C and later 23%Pre-seed & seed 15%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 82 investments
SELLIT9Venture round $4.1M · 4 mo ago ClusterTruckConvertible Note $426k · 5 mo ago Land LineVenture round $5.6M · 8 mo ago · 5 roles CircuitAngel $30M · 8 mo ago · 6 roles YolandoVenture round $8.5M · 9 mo ago WaystarVenture round $620.8M · 13 mo ago · 5 roles Gecko RoboticsVenture round $125M · 16 mo ago · 22 roles HumanlyVenture round $7M · 17 mo ago Cofactor AIVenture round $4M · 23 mo ago Vecna RoboticsVenture round $14.5M · 23 mo ago CirrusMDConvertible Note $31k · 2 yr ago · 1 role Scout OS, Inc.Venture round $10.6M · 2 yr ago
614 open roles at 39 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Normal Computing27 new roles in 30 days Path Robotics20 new roles in 30 days Duolingo16 new roles in 30 days Telnyx15 new roles in 30 days Hopper9 new roles in 30 days FireMon8 new roles in 30 days
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Techstars 5 shared Y Combinator 4 shared Plug and Play 4 shared NEA 3 shared General Catalyst 3 shared Golden Ventures 3 shared Endeavor 3 shared TTV Capital 3 shared Garage Capital 2 shared N47 2 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
Y Combinator General Catalyst Abstract Ventures Soma Capital First Round Capital Andreessen Horowitz Bessemer Venture Partners Felicis
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 8; 2 rounds in the press that name it

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Columbus United States
HQ
1-10 est. staff