# Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund > Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund is a VC fund backing Software. See 231 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: VC Fund - Location: Washington, United States - Total investments: 231 - Last investment: Jul 2026 - Lead investor: 7% - Fund size: $150M - Last fund: Jul 2019 - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/revolution-llc - X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/RiseOfRest - Website: https://www.revolution.com/entity/rotr/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/riseofrest Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund is an outgrowth of Revolution’s Rise of the Rest platform, a national initiative launched in 2014 to spotlight emerging startup hubs. Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund invests in seed- and early-stage companies located outside of New York City, Silicon Valley, and Boston.By partnering with regionalecosystem leaders and co-investors, Rise of the Rest is helping to build and scale the next wave of transformational companies. The Rise of the Rest Seed Funds are backed by a group of iconic entrepreneurs and business leaders committed to the vision that the next great startups will be located outside of the coastal tech hubs. ## Contacts 5 contacts available for Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. Shizune tracks 12 team members at Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/rise-of-the-rest?utm_source=investor_profile ## Round sizes | Stage | Round size | | --- | --- | | Seed | $1.3M–$6.5M | | Series A | $5.2M–$20M | ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Software | 40 | 17% | | SaaS | 19 | 8% | | Information Technology | 16 | 7% | | Health Care | 14 | 6% | | FinTech | 13 | 6% | 189 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 74 | 32% | | Series A | 56 | 24% | | Funding Round | 17 | 7% | | Series B | 16 | 7% | | Pre-Seed | 8 | 3% | 8 stages tracked in total. ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | United States | 121 | 52% | | Canada | 1 | 0% | | Argentina | 1 | 0% | ## Team | Name | Title | Investments | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Aia Sarycheva | Senior Associate | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aia-sarycheva | | Amira Ouji | Director of Portfolio Engagement | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amira-ouji | | Clint Myers | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clint-myers | | David Hall | Managing Partner | 28 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-hall-3 | | James Barlia | Investment Associate | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-barlia | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Buildforce | Buildforce is building the first-ever marketplace and career lifecycle platform for people in construction, starting with the electrical trade. Its end-to-end career platform enables people in the construction trades to maintain consistent work at fair pay and with the benefits of a W-2 employee. Since its launch in 2020, Buildforce has become thego-to partner helping dozens of construction contractors connect with the construction workforce. | $10M | Series A | Jul 28, 2026 | | | Just Women's Sports | Just Women’s Sports Inc. is a digital-first consumer media brand 100% dedicated to covering women’s sports. Through daily content including podcasts, newsletters, online content and social media, Just Women’s Sports brings you everything you need to see and know in the world of women’s sports. | | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 03, 2026 | | | equipifi | equipifi provides buy now, pay later software for financial institutions. The company offers embedded payment and installment lending tools that integrate with digital banking platforms and core banking systems. Its platform enables banks and credit unions to provide pre-qualified financing offers, split-payment options, and short-term installmentloans through existing checking accounts and debit cards. equipifi also provides loan management, risk configuration, reporting, and customer engagement tools to support digital payment and lending programs. | $34M | Series B | May 14, 2026 | | | Iris Finance | Iris Finance provides operators and investors with the necessary information about a company's financial performance in real-time, enabling them to make informed future plans. | $6.2M | Seed | Sep 16, 2025 | | | Knit | Based in Austin, Texas, Knit is the platform helping brands make customer-centric decisions through agile video feedback. Powered by a one-of-a-kind network of over 60K collegiate Gen Z-ers who are motivated by social causes, Knit enables its customers to make better, customer-centric decisions through Voice of Consumer videos. | $16.1M | Series A | Jul 31, 2025 | | | Cambium | Cambium Carbon is an early stage social enterprise start up focused on implementing systems-level natural climate solutions centered on reforestation and urban wood reuse. | $18.5M | Series A | Feb 24, 2025 | | | Cambium | Cambium Carbon is an early stage social enterprise start up focused on implementing systems-level natural climate solutions centered on reforestation and urban wood reuse. | $18.5M | Series A | Feb 24, 2025 | | | Upwell | Upwell seeks to remove barriers in accounts receivable processing within transportation and logistics companies. | $6.5M | Seed | Feb 20, 2025 | | | Gig Wage | Gig Wage is a fintech payroll company that provides a financial social safety net for gig workers and contractors. Its scalable platform enables businesses to manage contractor payroll, payments, and compliance while delivering greater transparency to their gig workers. Whether they are paying 100 contractors or 100,000 Gig Wage gives the tools toefficiently manage the process while alleviating payments related support.Gig Wage provides an online platform that allows independent contractors to track the amount and type of work they perform for companies, initiate invoices, and receive payments from companies. The partnership also allows Gig Wage the ability to introduce a new debit card with no monthly fee, free online bill pay, and free cash withdrawals at more than 19,000 ATM locations, free cash pick-up at over 7,000 retail locations nationwide, and other products and tools designed for gig workers and their employers. By leveraging Green Dot’s Banking as a Service platform, Gig Wage can now design and deploy its own customized banking and money movement solutions for its customers.Gig Wage is founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, USA. | $8.3M | Series A | Dec 03, 2024 | | | Gig Wage | Gig Wage is a fintech payroll company that provides a financial social safety net for gig workers and contractors. Its scalable platform enables businesses to manage contractor payroll, payments, and compliance while delivering greater transparency to their gig workers. Whether they are paying 100 contractors or 100,000 Gig Wage gives the tools toefficiently manage the process while alleviating payments related support.Gig Wage provides an online platform that allows independent contractors to track the amount and type of work they perform for companies, initiate invoices, and receive payments from companies. The partnership also allows Gig Wage the ability to introduce a new debit card with no monthly fee, free online bill pay, and free cash withdrawals at more than 19,000 ATM locations, free cash pick-up at over 7,000 retail locations nationwide, and other products and tools designed for gig workers and their employers. By leveraging Green Dot’s Banking as a Service platform, Gig Wage can now design and deploy its own customized banking and money movement solutions for its customers.Gig Wage is founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, USA. | $8.3M | Series A | Dec 03, 2024 | | 10 of 231 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Revolution](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/revolution) — VC Fund, 70 deals together - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 16 deals together - [Cultivation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cultivation-capital) — VC Fund, 14 deals together - [Good Growth Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/good-growth-capital) — VC Fund, 12 deals together - [Greycroft](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greycroft) — VC Fund, 11 deals together - [SaaS Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saas-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 11 deals together ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [SVG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/svg-ventures) — VC Fund - [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund - [Omnivore](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/omnivore-partners) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund - [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Transportation Investors in United States](https://shizune.co/investors/transportation-investors-united-states) - [Transportation VC Funds in United States](https://shizune.co/investors/transportation-vc-funds-united-states) - [Transportation Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/transportation-investors) - [Climate Investors in United States](https://shizune.co/investors/climate-investors-united-states) - [Climate VC Funds in United States](https://shizune.co/investors/climate-vc-funds-united-states) - [Manufacturing Investors in United States](https://shizune.co/investors/manufacturing-investors-united-states) ## FAQ ### What does Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund invest in? Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 231 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### What is Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund's check size? Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$6.5M at Seed and $5.2M–$20M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund participates in. ### How do I contact Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund? Public channels for Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox. ### Who are the partners at Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund? The team at Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund includes Aia Sarycheva (Senior Associate), Amira Ouji (Director of Portfolio Engagement) and Clint Myers (Partner), among 12 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links. ### Is Shizune's investor data accurate? Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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