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

Revolution

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. If you’re building a company in 2025, the headlines are loud: market whiplash, trade realignments, AI acceleration, geopolitical shockwaves.

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The Entrepreneurial Path: Essential Tips for First-time Founders

American Entrepreneurship

Two prominent entrepreneurs share their views on starting a business plus 10 tips every first-time founder should have. A founders journey when taking on the challenge of launching a startup is filled with highs and lows.Their path to success will have challenges, setbacks, and moments of doubt.

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The Veteran Fund Announces Oversubscribed Fund and $100K Competition Winner

American Entrepreneurship

Head of Global Operations of The Founder Institute, the world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator, and the Co-Founder & COO of the Vet-Tech Startup Accelerator. The Fund’s team values the unique experience that veterans bring to startup ventures.

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Taste Tomorrow Ventures’ New $30M Fund Makes First Investment in Just Ice Tea

American Entrepreneurship

The venture firms newly launched Fund will fuel food, beverage, and snack innovation. Taste Tomorrow Ventures (TTV), a new early-stage venture capital firm dedicated to investing in the next generation of consumer food, beverage, and snack brands, announced the closing of its $30 million TTV Fund I.

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General Galactic Launches to Advance Fossil-Free Fuel Revolution

American Entrepreneurship

Seed funding came from venture firms committed to deep tech. Co-founders Halen Mattison and Luke Neise announced the closing of an $8 million seed round for their startup G eneral Galactic , a pioneer in fossil-free fuel generation technology. We started General Galactic to be the energy company of the future.

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Qolab’s Funding from Applied Ventures Advances Quantum Computing Manufacturing

American Entrepreneurship

a pioneering company in quantum computing hardware, has secured a significant investment from Applied Ventures, LLC, the venture capital arm of Applied Materials, Inc. This is a critical step toward accelerating the development of large-scale quantum computing. Qolab, Inc.,

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Google’s early-stage AI Fund Gradient Invests in Cake’s Open-Source AI Platform for All Businesses

American Entrepreneurship

Companies in every sector are investing in the latest technologies with an eye toward winning in their markets with AI, said Misha Herscu, CEO and co-founder of Cake. Unfortunately, the cutting-edge has historically been the exclusive domain of large ML engineering teams.