Chris Olsen is the co-founder and sole managing partner of Drive Capital in Columbus. He previously worked as an investor at Sequoia Capital before co-founding the venture firm.
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Drive Capital writes $500K to $30M checks, larger than 71% of firms in the atlas.
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- Sequoia Capital · investor
- Drive Capital · sole managing partnerNow
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Who is Chris Olsen?
Chris Olsen is the co-founder and sole managing partner of Drive Capital in Columbus. He previously worked as an investor at Sequoia Capital before co-founding the venture firm.
How much does Chris Olsen invest?
Chris Olsen invests through Drive Capital, which writes checks of $500K to $30M at pre-seed, seed, series a, series b.
How do I pitch Chris Olsen?
Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Chris in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Drive Capital backed works better.
What did Chris Olsen do before Drive Capital?
investor at Sequoia Capital.
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