Drive Capital

Drive Capital is a private equity firm based in Columbus, Ohio, founded in 2012. The firm specializes in investing in innovative technology, healthcare, and consumer companies primarily within the Midwest, targeting a region extending from Pittsburgh to Kansas City to Minneapolis. Drive Capital seeks to partner with entrepreneurs who are addressing significant market opportunities and have ambitious goals for building sustainable businesses. The firm is open to investments ranging from $100,000 to several million dollars, focusing on sectors such as technology, technology-enabled services, healthcare, and financial services. Founded by experienced venture capitalists Mark Kvamme and Chris Olsen, Drive Capital aims to support companies that have the potential for substantial growth.

Zunaira Arshad

Partner

Markell Baldwin

Partner

Molly Bonakdarpour

Partner

Marianne Bulger

Partner

Isabel Chirase

VP of Finance

TJ Dembinski

Partner

Annie Dunn

Partner

Caitlin Fiordirosa

Partner

Robert Hatta

Partner

Andy Jenks

Partner

Van Jones

Partner

Masha Khusid

Partner

Mark Kvamme

Partner

Yasmine Lacaillade

Partner

Annie Lapides

Partner

Molly McCartin

Partner

Brandon Mills

Director of Engineering

Chris Olsen

Partner

Christina Perry

Chief Financial Officer

Nils Root

Partner

Nick Solaro

Partner

John Volquez

Partner

Past deals in Minnesota

Landline

Venture Round in 2022
The Landline Company operates a bus transportation network. It provides passengers to book tickets and schedule buses from Mankato and Duluth to Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport. The Landline Company was formerly known as The Rocket Bus Corp. and changed its name to The Landline Company in October 2019. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Hawthorne, California.

Landline

Series A in 2021
The Landline Company operates a bus transportation network. It provides passengers to book tickets and schedule buses from Mankato and Duluth to Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport. The Landline Company was formerly known as The Rocket Bus Corp. and changed its name to The Landline Company in October 2019. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Hawthorne, California.

Rambl

Seed Round in 2017
Rambl provides streamlined, fully-integrated CRM dialing experience and call performance visibility. Developer of a mobile voice to text app designed to turn phone calls into productive follow-ups and notes. The company's Rambl app automatically delivers call details, suggested follow-ups, and notes, enabling users to prepare for the next conversation with search and related phone call notes and follow-ups.

When I Work

Series B in 2016
When I Work is an employee scheduling and communication app using the web, mobile apps, text messaging, social media, and email. The program provides a powerful tool for employers to communicate with employees and ensure schedules are properly communicated. It is a developer of a human resource management platform designed to create transformative, simple products that help hourly employees and managers work better together. Founded in 2010, it improves operational efficiency, drive employee accountability via self-service, and control labor costs.

Leadpages

Series B in 2015
Leadpages provides HTML5 templates for contact pages, webinar pages, sales lead and other types of landing pages that customers use to improve leads and get better conversions. The service runs on Google App Engine and uses technology such as Big Table to analyze the landing page data. Unlike competitors that use WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get), Leadpages does not have to translate into HTML. Instead the HTML pages are already made, which allows for the data to be decoupled and analyzed in the Google cloud stack. The pages are optimized for any mobile device.