Silicon District: Steve Case Is Betting $450 Million on a D.C. Start-Up Hub(theatlantic.com)

Silicon District: Steve Case Is Betting $450 Million on a D.C. Start-Up Hub

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/12/silicon-district-steve-case-is-betting-450-million-on-a-dc-start-up-hub/249371/

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fourspace15년 전

To be clear, this fund is explicitly NOT for startups. According to this Washington Post article, they're targeting firms with $100M in revenue to try and boost them to billion dollar companies.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/leonsis-case-...

waxymonkeyfrog15년 전

Right, it's not just for seed capital, it's for ramping up. Like Case said, most job creation doesn't come from a couple founders in a small office or a 50,000 person multinational company. It comes from getting out of the small office.