Drive Capital

The page recounts an early venture called Wagon Express, where the narrator and twin brother Benjamin transported renters’ belongings on Fire Island.

Founders are so inspirational to me. I find their energy and determination contagious.

I’m driven by the intersection of culture, community and capital.

Drive Capital is a venture capital firm in Columbus that invests in founders building companies.

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Drive Capital co-founder Chris Olsen discusses how the firm’s contrarian approach to fund size, ownership stakes, and geographic focus is generating returns while other firms struggle. In a StrictlyVC Download interview with TechCrunch editor-in-chief Connie Loizos, Olsen also talks about Drive’s composition after separating from co-founder Mark Kvamme, Silicon Valley billionaires choosing Columbus, and the industry’s “venture reckoning.”

Jul 2025 · TechCrunchNews article

Drive Capital, the Columbus-based venture firm led solely by co-founder Chris Olsen after a co-founder split, returns $500 million to investors in a single week through exits and Root Insurance shares. Olsen credits a contrarian strategy focused on startups outside Silicon Valley and meaningful ownership stakes; he describes the sale of Thoughtful Automation as near fund-returning despite its sub-$1 billion valuation. The firm reports $2.2 billion in assets under management and more than 4x net returns on its most mature funds, with 30% of its current $1 billion fund left to invest.

Jul 2025 · TechCrunchNews article

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