Inspiration Venture Partners, LLC

What is Inspiration Venture Partners, LLC?

Inspiration Venture Partners, LLC, operating under the brand Drive Capital, is a Private Equity Fund headquartered at 629 N.

High Street, Sixth Floor, Columbus, Ohio, 43215, United States. The firm focuses on equity investments, with specialties in Management Buyouts (MBO) and Leveraged Buyouts (LBO). They assert that greatness can be found in what they call America's backyard - indicating a belief in the potential of technological innovation beyond the traditional coastal tech hubs.

Drive Capital’s investment thesis centers on the premise that technology now permeates all aspects of business and industry, creating billion-dollar opportunities throughout the regions that lie east of the Rockies and west of the Hudson River. They are committed to documenting and contributing to the growth of companies in these areas, fostering development from the idea stage all the way to Initial Public Offerings (IPOs).

With a diverse and collaborative team from unlikely backgrounds, Drive Capital takes pride in their unconventional approach, partnering with entrepreneurs to build market-defining companies wherever the best advantages for those companies exist - which they believe includes where the companies' talent and customer base are located.

The firm manages assets amounting to $2 billion and their portfolio is spread across 24 cities, leveraging the insights and contributions of 16 partners.

Drive Capital supports 87 companies, showing a passion for being true partners to entrepreneurs, preferring honest interactions over cheerleading, and providing tools necessary to enable their success. They encourage strong conviction, hard work, and the ability to build world-class technology companies regardless of geography.