Cincinnati entrepreneurs take center stage in Inc. profile

A profile about the rise in non-coastal investing reaps praise on the Greater Cincinnati’s pool of entrepreneurs.

It all starts with Steve Case, a billionaire tech pioneer best known as the founder of AOL. In 2014, Case launched a venture capital fund dubbed Rise of the Rest to focus exclusively on investing in startups not located on either the East or West Coasts. His theory was that the cities in between contained just as much talent and innovative energy but at a fraction of the cost.

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Written by Meg Garner.

Originally published April 5, 2021.