Where does Steve Case work?

Steve Case is Chairman & CEO at Revolution and Chairman & CEO at DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG) and Board director at Sweetgreen and Board director at Revolution Foods.

What check size does Steve Case write?

Steve Case typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

Where did Steve Case go to school?

Steve Case studied at Williams College.

What awards has Steve Case received?

Serves as a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship. Author of the New York Times bestseller The Rise of the Rest and the book The Third Wave. Case received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement in 1999. Case was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 2009. Case received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Georgetown University in May 2014. Steve and Jean Case were honored as Citizens of the Year by the National Conference on Citizenship in 2011.

Steve Case

InvestorFounder

Chairman & CEO at Revolution · Chairman at The Case Foundation · Chairman & CEO at DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG) · Board director at Sweetgreen · Board director at Revolution Foods

Washington, DC

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Steve Case co-founded America Online, the company that brought much of the United States online, and led it through the AOL-Time Warner merger. He now chairs Revolution, the Washington, DC investment firm whose Rise of the Rest funds back startups outside the coastal tech hubs, a thesis he has laid out in two books.

Beyond investing

Founded: Co-founded America Online in 1985. Co-founded the investment firm Revolution LLC in 2005. Established the Case Foundation with his wife Jean in 1997. Case founded the Washington, D.C.-based investment firm Revolution LLC in 2005. Case launched Revolution's Rise of the Rest initiative in 2014 and the Rise of the Rest Seed Fund in 2017 to invest in companies outside San Francisco, New York, and Boston.
Education: Studied at Williams College (political science, 1980) Studied at Punahou School (1976) Studied at Hawaii Preparatory Academy
Boards: Was the founding chair of the Startup America Partnership, launched at the White House to accelerate high-growth entrepreneurship. Chairs UP Global, formed in 2013 when Startup America Partnership joined forces with Startup Weekend. Case was appointed a Citizen Regent of the Smithsonian Institution in 2011 and became Chair of the Board of Regents in 2020. Case chairs the Case Foundation, which he and his wife Jean created in 1997. Case was a co-chair of the Democracy Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center.
Charities: Joined The Giving Pledge with his wife Jean in 2010, committing to give away the majority of their wealth.
Communities: Case was the founding chair of the Startup America Partnership, launched at the White House in 2011, and served on President Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness where he chaired the subcommittee on entrepreneurship.
Awards: Serves as a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship. Author of the New York Times bestseller The Rise of the Rest and the book The Third Wave. Case received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement in 1999. Case was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 2009. Case received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Georgetown University in May 2014. Steve and Jean Case were honored as Citizens of the Year by the National Conference on Citizenship in 2011.
Family: Is married to Jean Case, with whom he founded the Case Foundation. Case was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, and controls tens of thousands of acres of land in the state, including interests in Maui Land & Pineapple Company and Grove Farm. Case is married to Jean Case and has five children.
More: Was born and raised in Hawaii and retains active ties to his home state.

Mentioned above: the Williams College mafia → · the Revolution mafia →

From Steve's own website — common ground for a warm intro.

Chairman & CEO at DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG)

Intro paths

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In turn, Steve can intro founders to DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG)'s investors below.

DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG)'s investors · 21

Co-founders at DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG)

Paul LibermanExecutive Officer, Director

Matthew KalishExecutive Officer, Director

Tige SavageCo-founder

Matt KalishFounder

Board director at Sweetgreen

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In turn, Steve can intro founders to Sweetgreen's investors below.

Sweetgreen's investors · 6

Collaborative FundNew York · $500K – $1M checks Evolution VC PartnersNew York Red Sea VenturesNew York · $300K – $1M checks RevolutionWashington, D.C. · $100K – $1M checks · since 2015 S2G InvestmentsChicago · $1M – $5M checks True VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $3M checks

Co-founders at Sweetgreen

Nathaniel RuExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

Jonathan NemanExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

Board director at Revolution Foods

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In turn, Steve can intro founders to Revolution Foods's investors below.

Revolution Foods's investors · 5

DBL PartnersPalo Alto NGEN PartnersNew York · $5M – $20M checks Oak Investment PartnersWilton RevolutionWashington, D.C. · $100K – $1M checks · since 2020 The Westly GroupMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks

Co-founders at Revolution Foods

Kristin Groos RichmondCo-founder

Kirsten Saenz TobeyCo-founder

Experience

RevolutionChairman & CEOcurrent2005 — presentWashington, DC
The Case FoundationChairmancurrent1997 — present
Exclusive ResortsBoard Membercurrent2003 — present
Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc.Board Directorcurrent2008 — present
TechNet: The Voice of the Innovation EconomyExecutive Council Membercurrent2021 — present
U.S. Economic Development AdministrationCo-chair, National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship2022 — 2024
Smithsonian InstitutionChair of Board of Regents2020 — 2023
Smithsonian InstitutionMember, Board of Regents2012 — 2023
sweetgreenBoard Member2013 — 2022
Accelerate Brain Cancer CureChairman2008 — 2019
U.S. Economic Development AdministrationMember, National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship2014 — 2016
BigCommerceBoard Member2013 — 2015
Startup America PartnershipChairman2011 — 2013
U.S. Economic Development AdministrationFounding Co-chair, National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship2010 — 2012
The White HouseMember, President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness2009 — 2012
AOLCo-founder & CEO1985 — 2001

Education

Williams College1976 — 1980

Skills & more

Corporate Development7Entrepreneurship8Start-ups11Strategic Partnerships6Strategy6Social Media3Nonprofits3Venture Capital6

From Steve's professional profile.

Investments

Investor

AddThisAndurilBedrock ManufacturingBenchPrep BigcommerceBloomscapeBookerBusbudCavaCLEARCustom InkDraftKingsEcho360Exclusive ResortsFedBidFramebridgeGrove FarmHandyHelloWalletHermeusHomesnapInsiktInteractionsLDiscoveryLiving SocialLolly Wolly DoodleMaui Land & PineappleMemberSuiteOptoroOrchard OrderUpParoPolicyGeniusPunta CaciqueResonateRevolution FoodsRevolution MoneyRunkeeperSparefootSportradar Sweetgreen TalaTalkSpaceTempusUptakeZipcar

Sources: curated public sources · the firm's website · the investor's own website.

Books by Steve Case

The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur's Vision of the Future

Simon & Schuster, 2016

The Rise of the Rest: How Entrepreneurs in Surprising Places are Building the New American Dream

Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, 2022

Podcasts & interviews

featuring Steve Case

Steve Case, Chair & CEO of Revolution and Co-Founder of America Online on revolutionizing the world

Alt Goes Mainstream (AGM)

Revolution CEO Steve Case on how the AI boom is, and isn't, like the internet's rise | StrictlyVC DC

TechCrunch

Revolution Chairman & CEO Steve Case touches on the focus on open source in AI | StrictlyVC

TechCrunch

Entrepreneurial Revolution with Steve Case, Chairman and CEO of Revolution

Walker & Dunlop

Colleagues at Revolution

Alex Shtarkman

Operating Partner at Revolution

Amira Ouji

Vice President of Platform & Portfolio Success, Rise of the Rest at Revolution

Andrew Wallace

Vice President, Revolution Growth at Revolution

Andy Cloyd

Venture Partner, Rise of the Rest at Revolution

Anna Mason

Investor at Revolution

Ansley Erdel

Senior Policy Advisor, Revolution Growth at Revolution

Carl Leacock

Senior Associate at Revolution

Clara Sieg

Operating Partner, Revolution Ventures at Revolution

Network8

Anna MasonScout

Managing Partner at Ingeborg Investments

Chris StallmanScout

Managing Partner at Fontinalis Partners

Clara SiegScout

Operating Partner, Revolution Ventures at Revolution

Clint ChaoScout

General Partner at Moment Ventures, Llc

David GoldenScout

Managing Partner, Revolution Ventures

David HorowitzScout

Partner at Cerity Partners Ventures

Don RaineyScout

General Partner at Grotech Ventures

Thiago OlsonScout

Managing Partner at EVE Atlas

Investors connected to Steve in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Steve Case?: Steve Case co-founded America Online, the company that brought much of the United States online, and led it through the AOL-Time Warner merger. He now chairs Revolution, the Washington, DC investment firm whose Rise of the Rest funds back startups outside the coastal tech hubs, a thesis he has laid out in two books.
Where does Steve Case work?: Steve Case is Chairman & CEO at Revolution and Chairman & CEO at DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG) and Board director at Sweetgreen and Board director at Revolution Foods.
What check size does Steve Case write?: Steve Case typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
What companies has Steve Case invested in?: Investments tracked here include AddThis, Anduril, Bedrock Manufacturing, BenchPrep, Bigcommerce, Bloomscape, Booker, Busbud, Cava, CLEAR, Custom Ink, DraftKings, and 34 more.
Where did Steve Case go to school?: Steve Case studied at Williams College.
What awards has Steve Case received?: Serves as a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship. Author of the New York Times bestseller The Rise of the Rest and the book The Third Wave. Case received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement in 1999. Case was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 2009. Case received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Georgetown University in May 2014. Steve and Jean Case were honored as Citizens of the Year by the National Conference on Citizenship in 2011.