Chris Olsen
Co-Founder & Partner @ Drive Capital
Columbus, United States
Chris Olsen is a Series B investor at Drive Capital in Columbus focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Chris Olsen is the Co-Founder and Partner at Drive Capital. Chris earned his bachelor's degree from Yale University.
- Total investments:
- 26
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 58%
Last updated:
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Industries Chris Olsen invests in
Stages Chris Olsen invests in
Countries Chris Olsen invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 7 (27%)
- Artificial Intelligence 6 (23%)
- FinTech 4 (15%)
- Financial Services 4 (15%)
- Payments 2 (8%)
Stage
- Series B 6 (23%)
- Series A 5 (19%)
- Series E 3 (12%)
- Seed 2 (8%)
- Series C 2 (8%)
Country
- United States 12 (46%)
- Canada 4 (15%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| KOHO Financial provides an application based banking platform intended to simplify financial products available to everyone. Its platform helps users to complete their day to day banking operations while offering tools such as goals, cash flow projections, group spending, spending insights, and categorizations, enabling users to manage theirexpenses and banking operations on the go. | $93.2M / Series E / Jun 10, 2026 | ||
| VAST Data is a software company bringing an end to complex storage tiering and unlocking the ability to use flash across the enterprise. Its managed storage software unlocks the value of data and modernizes data centers in preparation for the era of AI computing. It delivers real-time performance to all data and overcomes the historic cost barriersto building all-flash data centers.The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York. | $1B / Series F / Apr 09, 2026 | ||
| Alpaca is a financial technology company that provides developer-first APIs and brokerage infrastructure for programmatic access to stock, options, and cryptocurrency markets, enabling businesses and individual traders to integrate trading and investing capabilities into their applications. Its platform offers REST, WebSocket, and event-driveninterfaces that support algorithmic trading, automated strategy execution, real-time market data, backtesting, and portfolio management workflows. Alpaca’s services also include brokerage account functionality, clearing and settlement services, and tools that allow firms to embed investing features into their products or to build custom trading systems on top of its API-centric architecture. The company supports global fintech partners with solutions such as tokenization, high-yield cash programs, multi-leg options trading, and advanced order types that align with diverse trading and investment use cases. Its technology is used by developers, quant traders, fintech platforms, and financial institutions seeking programmable market access and integrated financial services. | $150M / Series D / Jan 14, 2026 | ||
| KOHO Financial provides an application based banking platform intended to simplify financial products available to everyone. Its platform helps users to complete their day to day banking operations while offering tools such as goals, cash flow projections, group spending, spending insights, and categorizations, enabling users to manage theirexpenses and banking operations on the go. | $29.6M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 01, 2024 | ||
| Kindo elevates the workforce by providing the only truly open AI platform for all businesses. | $20.6M / Series A / Jul 15, 2024 | ||
| Alexi empowers law firms to build an enduring competitive advantage with AI | $10.9M / Series A / Jun 07, 2024 | ||
| EngineEars operates as a marketplace for audio engineers. | $7.5M / Seed / Feb 20, 2024 | ||
| Allstar enables every gamer to be a short-form video creator through next generation creator tools & infrastructure. With Allstar's technology, gamers can easily capture, personalize, and share their greatest gaming and esports moments as high quality "snackable" videos across platforms and devices. | $12M / Series A / Dec 12, 2023 | ||
| KOHO Financial provides an application based banking platform intended to simplify financial products available to everyone. Its platform helps users to complete their day to day banking operations while offering tools such as goals, cash flow projections, group spending, spending insights, and categorizations, enabling users to manage theirexpenses and banking operations on the go. | $63.2M / Series D / Dec 07, 2023 | ||
| AI to automate microchip design | $2.9M / Pre-Seed / Oct 17, 2023 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Drive Capital
Drive Capital invests in innovative technology, healthcare, and consumer companies in the Midwest. The firm is looking for innovative entrepreneurs addressing big market opportunities. Its goal is to partner with entrepreneurs that have audacious goals and strive to build large sustainable companies. The firm seeks to invest in information technology, financial services, and mobile sectors. It was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
Drive Capital Contacts
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Chris Olsen
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John Volquez
Partner
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Andy Jenks
Partner
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Isabel Chirase
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LaVandez Jones
Partners
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What does Chris Olsen invest in?
Chris Olsen invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and FinTech startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Chris Olsen closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 26 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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