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Rev Ventures

VC
Chicago, ILWebsite

Rev Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Other, SaaS, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $200K–$500K checks and has 53 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$200K – $500K

Portfolio

53+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Rev Ventures is dedicated to supporting the future of automotive software and business services, focusing on B2B solutions tailored for vehicle ecosystems.

How Rev Ventures invests

Rev Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Other, SaaS, Enterprise, AI / ML, Developer Tools. It does not invest in Consumer Electronics.

Rev Ventures typically writes checks of $200K–$500K per investment.

Rev Ventures has backed 53 companies in our records, including AutoSync, Current, EvenUp.

Meet the Team

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David Koch

Venture Partner

Automotive
B2B SaaS
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Tony Askew

Founder Partner

early stage technology businesses
AI
data and analytics

Tony has over thirty years of experience building and financing early stage technology businesses. He was a co-founding partner of REV in 2000. Previously he was at SOFTBANK/News Corporation’s European joint venture fund, eVentures, worked in Arthur Andersen's media and telecoms consulting practice, launched the digital media business of Random House in Europe, and helped create Genie at Cellnet/O2. He is currently a board director at Agworld and Babbel and manages investments including CreativeLive, EdCast, Fingerprint, LegalMation and SingleStore.

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Kevin Brown

Founder Partner

early stage technology
venture capital
AI
data and analytics

Kevin has been involved in early stage technology and venture capital since the late nineties, first as an entrepreneur and then as an investor. He was a founding partner of REV in 2000. Prior to REV he was at SOFTBANK/News Corporation’s European joint venture fund, eVentures, and founded a venture-backed derivatives pricing software company after starting his career in strategy consulting with Arthur Andersen. He serves as a director on the boards of Mode Analytics and Sixgill, and as board observer at Talix. He also managed the firm’s investment in Palantir.

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Daven Nijran-Talwar

Principal

market surveillance
company analysis
deal origination
deal execution
portfolio management

Daven joined REV as an Investment Analyst in 2018 and is responsible for market surveillance, company analysis and deal origination. He also supports both partners with deal execution and portfolio management. Previously, he worked as a management consultant with PwC in London across strategy and implementation in the Capital Markets and Financial Services sectors.

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS
Enterprise
AI / ML
Developer Tools

Does Not Invest In

Consumer Electronics

Portfolio Companies (53)

Other

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AutoSync

B2B SaaS
CU

Current

AI claims intelligence and management for personal injury attorneys

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EvenUp

AI for law firms, professional service providers and the Fortune 500

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Harvey

Industry leading cyber risk management and security ratings

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Bitsight

An AI-powered search experience that puts GPT to work on your business data

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ThoughtSpot

Precision Agriculture As A Service® helps you produce a better crop, while saving time and money.

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Semios

End-to-end, skills-forward, and AI-powered system built for the new way we all work

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Cornerstone OnDemand

Big data spreadsheet designed for security analytics, incident response and threat hunting

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Gigasheet

Leveraging the power of artificial intelligence to transform litigation

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LegalMation

The industry leader in social media and AI driven text analytics

How to pitch Rev Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $200K – $500K check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as David Koch, Venture Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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