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Views on the Ground: Scenes from Our Chicago Founder Fly-In

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Portfolio company leaders from across the country touched down in the Windy City to connect with fellow Rise of the Rest-backed founders on tactical tools for turbulent times. VP of Platform and Portfolio Success, Amira Ouji, and Head of Community, Liz Westhouse, recap the event below. If you’re building a company in 2025, the headlines are loud: market whiplash, trade realignments, AI acceleration, geopolitical shockwaves.

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To the Class (and Future Entrepreneurs) of 2025

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When I graduated from college, most of my classmates were headed to graduate school or diving into corporate America, taking roles at big established companies like Citibank, General Electric, or IBM. That was the path we were expected totake. Though I had spent most of college starting new businesses, when it came time to choose what was next, I followed the crowd and joined corporate America, moving to Ohio to work for P&G.

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Steve Case Testifies on Expanding Access to Capital Across America

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Steve Case Testifies at U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Hearing, Beyond Silicon Valley: Expanding Access to Capital AcrossAmerica On March 25, 2025, Revolutions Chairman and CEO, Steve Case, testified before the Committee during a session examining policy proposals to improve capital access. Watch the hearing and read his full testimony here andbelow.

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Bark Tank and the Spirit of D.C.: The Future of Entrepreneurship in our Nation’s Capital

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Reflections on Georgetowns 2025 pitch competition from TedLeonsis Last week, Georgetown Universitys McDonough School of Business once again became a launchpad for the next generation of bold thinkers and doers. At this years Bark Tank Pitch Competition , eight teams took the stage to pitch their ventures to a panel of expert judges, competing for a record $150,000 in prizes.

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Headwinds, Tailwinds, and Crosswinds Ahead for Rising Startup Ecosystems

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Its that time of year again: prediction season. There are some known unknowns founders and investors will adapt toforemost, a change in administration. But if the last five years have taught us anything, its that far more unknown unknowns will play out in the months tocome. In 2025, startups beyond the coasts and outside of the traditional tech hubs will face new challenges and, with customary resourcefulness, also seize new opportunities.

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Revolution Growth’s Latest Investment in Healthcare and AI: Pathos, the Company Re-Engineering the…

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Revolution Growth’s Latest Investment in Healthcare and AI: Pathos, the Company Re-Engineering the Drug Development Process The oversubscribed $62M Series C will be used to expand the team, accelerate platform development, and advance its clinical-stage pipeline of precision oncology therapeutics. Meet Pathos  — the clinical-stage, AI-enabled biotech company that is re-engineering the drug development process to bring novel drugs to market.

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Revolution Ventures Invests in Palla, the Cross-Border Payments Platform Powering the Future of…

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Revolution Ventures Invests in Palla, the Cross-Border Payments Platform Powering the Future of Global MoneyMovement The $14.5M Series A will fuel geographic expansion within LatAm and across new payment corridors. Meet Palla the fintech redefining how money moves across borders, enabling financial institutions and fintechs to embed instant, flexible, and secure international payments directly into their products.

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