Ohio’s Drive Capital spent 2 years convincing Duolingo to accept their $25 million investment. Their efforts have now paid off with a stake worth over $173 million.

July 28, 2021
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Ohio’s Drive Capital spent 2 years convincing Duolingo to accept their $25 million investment. Their efforts have now paid off with a stake worth over $173 million.

When Drive Capital partner Chris Olsen met Duolingo founder Luis von Ahn at a bar in 2015, he knew instantly that von Ahn was someone to bet on.
The Guatemalan entrepreneur had set up his company in Pittsburgh, thousands of miles from tech’s epicenter,…

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