Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund

David Hall is the managing partner leading day-to-day investment activity. The fund operates under Revolution's broader leadership, with chairman and CEO Steve Case engaged in strategic direction and ecosystem-building. Prior to his departure for public office, J.D. Vance was a managing partner involved in sourcing and managing portfolio companies.

Rise of the Rest Seed Fund exclusively makes direct equity investments into operating companies. It does not operate as a fund-of-funds and does not publicly participate in LP commitments to other venture managers. The strategy is built entirely around primary, seed-stage company ownership.

The fund targets seed-stage rounds, often serving as the first institutional capital into a company. This can include pre-seed, seed, and occasionally early Series A rounds in geographies outside the traditional venture hubs. The vehicle looks to lead or co-lead rounds to secure meaningful ownership positions in nascent regional startups.

Rise of the Rest sits inside Revolution, the investment platform Case founded in 2005 alongside Tige Savage. Revolution also operates a growth-stage fund, Revolution Growth, and a later-stage vehicle, Revolution Ventures. The Rise of the Rest Seed Fund is the earliest-stage component of this multi-strategy platform, and portfolio companies can graduate into growth capital from its sister funds.