Comeback Capital is poised to take advantage of a Midwest VC boom Gus Chan Scott Shane, pictured at his Shaker Heights home, is Comeback Capital's managing partner and founder. Buying into a sense of untapped opportunity in America's heartland, venture capitalists looking beyond coastal hubs in Silicon Valley and Boston for lucrative gains are hungering for a piece of young and innovative Midwestern startups. Offering them a seat at the dining table is Cleveland's Comeback Capital. "There are many more people outside this region who want to invest in early stage companies here than actually do because we don't have good vehicles for doing so," said Comeback founder Scott Shane. "Comeback is the vehicle for that. The idea is you get coastal VCs and others using us as a scout fund, which is a model that doesn't really exist through much of Ohio or Northeast Ohio today."