Rise of the Rest
Jeff Bezos and Howard Schultz Join $150M Rise of the Rest Fund
The fund aims to create economic development outside areas like Silicon Valley.
Jeff Bezos and Howard Schultz are two of the biggest names to join a new $150 venture fund that aims to bolster entrepreneurship outside the coastal areas where such economic activity has traditionally clustered. Rise of the Rest is a $150 million seed fund that has grown out of Revolution LLC, a Washington D.C.-based investment…