Data Drive Capital — Seed & Series A VC Firm ($500K–$150.0M Checks)
Data Drive Capital is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Columbus, Ohio, United States investing in Other, AI / ML, SaaS. The firm typically writes $500K–$150.0M checks and has 7 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$150.0M
- Portfolio
- 7 companies on record
- Partners
- 14 listed
- Stage
- Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- Other, AI / ML, SaaS, Developer Tools
- HQ
- Columbus, Ohio, United States
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-09-11
Seed, Series A
$500K – $150.0M
7+ companies
14 partners
Investment Thesis
They invest in market-defining technology companies across the “Driveway” region of North America (from the Hudson River to the Rocky Mountains), partnering with founders from idea through growth (seed to IPO), and believe the best advantages are where founders already have talent, customers, and local strength.
How Data Drive Capital invests
Data Drive Capital is a vc firm based in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML, SaaS, Developer Tools. It does not invest in Consumer Media.
Data Drive Capital typically writes checks of $500K–$150.0M per investment.
Data Drive Capital has backed 7 companies in our records, including Duolingo, Root Insurance, InsightOps.
Partners & Team
Melissa Bright
Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (7)
Other
Duolingo
Root Insurance
InsightOps
Olive
Olive
Duolingo
Root Insurance
- •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $150.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Nick Solaro, General Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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