Listen "#102, Revolution Ventures, Tige Savage cofounded w/ Steve Case"
Episode Synopsis
Episode #102 Fireside with a VC speaking with Tige Savage who cofounded Revolution with Steve Case, founder of AOL – America Online, one of the biggest internet companies in history reaching a peak market cap of $200bn dominating email, internet connectivity, online news, and chat. Tige discusses all things venture capital with a wealth of multi-decade experience covering a wide area of topics on how to run a high-performing VC fund year over year and best practices on investing, governance, legals, portfolio construction, sectors, overall strategy, and today’s exit market.
Discussing the organization of Revolution with 1) Revolution Rise of the Rest – their $150m pre-seed fund, 2) Revolution Ventures – the $150m VC fund Tige manages with a concentrated 15 portfolio companies per fund, and 3) Revolution Growth which continues to invest in Series B and beyond. Discussed the pioneering thesis of investing across the US rather than being concentrated in the Silicon Valley, New York, Boston or other highly evolved tech corridors and why Washington DC matters.
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https://revolution.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tigesavage/
https://www.7bc.vc/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/romans/
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Discussing the organization of Revolution with 1) Revolution Rise of the Rest – their $150m pre-seed fund, 2) Revolution Ventures – the $150m VC fund Tige manages with a concentrated 15 portfolio companies per fund, and 3) Revolution Growth which continues to invest in Series B and beyond. Discussed the pioneering thesis of investing across the US rather than being concentrated in the Silicon Valley, New York, Boston or other highly evolved tech corridors and why Washington DC matters.
Find the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FzartNaPUoY.
Find this and all full episodes for Fireside with a VC on your favorite podcast platform here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/FiresideVC
https://revolution.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tigesavage/
https://www.7bc.vc/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/romans/
Join our Newsletter - Fireside with a VC: https://subscribe.7bc.vc.
Join the conversation, leave comments, and tell us what you think about these topics and this episode.
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