Rise of the Rest

Biography

The Rise of the Rest is the name given to an investment fund, bus tour and campaign focused on entrepreneurship outside of the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City and Boston. The campaign began in 2013.

The concept has been championed by Aol founder and Revolution investor Steve Case. The term had been previously used to describe the emerging economies of fast-developing countries.

Technical.ly Coverage

  • Carbon Reform raised a $3M seed round as it preps for a move to Philly

  • Rise of the Rest: The Steve Case interview

  • ReturnLogic raised an $8.5M Series A as online sales soar

  • With a $3.25M raise, Arlington’s Recurate is using software to reduce fast fashion waste

  • Shorties Roundup: Meet these 5 Black-owned startups at Revolution’s Rise of the Rest virtual tour

  • This national org aims to grow the number of Black VCs. Now it has a Baltimore-DC chapter

  • DC, meet your nominees for the 2020 Technical.ly Awards

  • Revolution’s Rise of the Rest virtual tour is investing $2M in Black founders

  • How the COVID-19 virus is affecting the DC tech community

  • Ordway plans to double its team this year after securing $10M in Series A funding

  • Tech-enabled convenience store chain Foxtrot is expanding to DC with $17M growth round

  • Revolution’s next Rise of the Rest road trip is heading to 4 states in April

  • Revolution closes second Rise of the Rest Seed Fund with $150M to invest in early-stage companies

  • This Virginia-based satellite startup just secured $5.2M in seed funding

  • Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund is investing in another NC-based startup

  • Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund is investing in this NC-based startup

  • Where Baltimore factored into that ’60 Minutes’ feature on Rise of the Rest

  • Revolution’s next Rise of the Rest Bus Tour is heading to Florida, Puerto Rico

  • Catalyte CEO Jacob Hsu told President Barack Obama about Baltimore’s tech talent this week

  • Here are the details on Revolution’s $150M Rise of the Rest Seed Fund

  • Steve Case is raising a Rise of the Rest seed fund

  • It’s ‘kind of a mystery’ how Rise of the Rest landed on Central Pa.

  • The next Rise of the Rest Tour is heading for the Rust Belt

  • Steve Case’s Rise of the Rest Summit will be in DC March 30-31

  • Why Steve Case thinks 2017 will be a big year for the rise of the rest

  • Steve Case wants you to help edit his book

  • Virginia Velocity Tour wants to help Va. cities be better versions of themselves

  • Village Capital is bringing its education startups to Baltimore next month

  • This group is putting resources behind Baltimore’s promising health-tech scene

  • Why the Steve Case visit was such a big deal for Philadelphia

  • Here’s Steve Case’s vision for making Baltimore a thriving tech hub

  • Sisu Global Health wins Baltimore Rise of the Rest pitch competition