Steve Case, the billionaire co-founder of AOL, is not one for driving up and down the US west coast searching for start-ups that may be the next big hit in Silicon Valley. Instead, he is taking planes and a bright blue bus to scour middle America for tech talent.
Mr Case — proclaiming his commitment to “the rise of the rest” — recently completed his sixth tour and is excited about the opportunities to invest in places such as Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. At present, each receives as much venture capital in a year as Silicon Valley raises in a week.
Mr Case was a pioneer of such tours and they have become fashionable for soul-searching techies who aim to unearth the wisdom of the inner states.
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