Steve Case

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) was selected to be Donald Trump's running mate in the 2024 presidential election, bringing a short political career into one of the most important political positions in the U.S. Prior to his political career, Vance was in the venture capital sector. Vance's time there is...

Former President Donald Trump has selected Senator J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) to be his running mate in the 2024 presidential election. The Senator has grown in popularity in the Republican Party in recent years, but many across the nation may be unfamiliar with his history. Here's a look at five things...

Before every cell phone had text messaging and social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) existed, there was AOL Instant Messager, better known as AIM. Here’s a look at how AIM helped pave the way for social media platforms and even influenced Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL...

Data and analytics company FiscalNote is going public in a SPAC merger announced Monday morning. The SPAC Deal: FiscalNote is valued at a pro forma market capitalization of $1.3 billion in a merger with Duddell Street Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: DSAC). The SPAC merger includes a $100 million PIPE...

AppHarvest, which has attracted strong names in terms of investors and board members, is going public with a SPAC deal.  The SPAC Deal: AppHarvest will go public via Novus Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: NOVS). The deal targets $475 million in gross proceeds for AppHarvest. This...

AOL co-founder Steve Case is launching another $150-million fund to back startups outside of Silicon Valley and New York. What Happened At the Forbes Under 30 event in Detroit on Monday, Case announced the launch of a new $150-million Rise of the Rest fund roughly two years after the launch of the...

Steve Case, chairman and CEO of Revolution and the former CEO of AOL, joined Mark Cuban in a panel at the SALT Conference covering the startup landscape. The businessmen shared their views on Silicon Valley and beyond in a conversation with Recode executive editor Kara Swisher. Opportunity In...

Any tech investor knows Silicon Valley is the hub for technology innovation in America. However, in a new interview with Crunchbase News, AOL co-founder Steve Case discussed all the investment opportunities outside of the Silicon Valley bubble. Nationwide ‘Revolution’ Case is the...

A Detroit tech business took home the Game Changer award and $50,000 in venture capital money at Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)’s Demo Day with Movement — the first automated video ad tool of its kind. Waymark, a tech start-up that was founded in San Francisco in 2012...

Groupon Inc (NASDAQ: GRPN) co-founders Brad Keywell and Eric Lefkofsky have a new business venture that's already valued at $2 billion. The company, Uptake Technologies Inc., recently received $40 million as part of a Series C financing round that was led by Revolution Growth, an investment...

As part of of the ”Rise of the Rest” road tour, Detroit-based Stik.com received a $100,000 check from former AOL (NYSE: AOL) CEO Steve Case. “Rise of the Rest” is a four-day, four-city bus tour put on by UP Global, Revolution and Google for Entrepreneurs. It features pitch competitions by local...

Like so many of the world's most well-known billionaires, Mark Zuckerberg has taken the first step in becoming a grand-scale philanthropist. The Wall Street Journal reports that Zuckerberg has signed onto the Giving Pledge, which asks its signatories to commit publicly to give away the majority of...