Drive Capital
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Oct 27, 2026
Calvin CooperGUEST
That's fantastic.
Jeff MainsHOST
Walk me through Rove, the original pitch, $10 million seed round from Drive Capital, and what it actually felt to be running a company that was a licensed security issuer.
Jeff MainsHOST
It's not a typical fintech story.
Calvin CooperGUEST
Yeah, so I was at the firm loving it, loved working with Rich, Michael, Bill, Lindsey, and the team.
Calvin CooperGUEST
And so that was a really hard choice to make because this is my dream and I liked working with the team, but Ultimately I took that leap of faith and then I was raising money.
Calvin CooperGUEST
It was getting ground put together.
Calvin CooperGUEST
I was in the Bay area when I heard from Chris who manages drive capital.
Calvin CooperGUEST
And he's when you get back to the scrap of coffee and ultimately they ended up backing the concept and we were off to the races, but that was like nine months between Brett and drive, pulling that together.
Chris LueckeHOST
But I'm curious, I mean, are you seeing a lot of Midwestern investors coming into this as well, especially based on your location? Because I still...
Chris LueckeHOST
Yes, we see areas like Columbus and Drive Capital, you know, really kind of planting a flag on Midwestern investment.
Chris LueckeHOST
But it still seems to be the exception to the rule.
Chris LueckeHOST
So I'm curious what you're seeing as the makeup with just the things you observe and whether it's part of your fund or your independent observations in general.