Comeback Capital

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Updated: Jan 22, 2026 ·

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Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Jul 1, 2025	Estes Energy	$11.0M Seed	—	BMW i Ventures
Apr 1, 2022	BriteCo	$9.0M Series A	—	Kevin Hartz, Alumni Ventures, Brand Foundry Ventures, Broadway Angels, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Lazerow Ventures, Listen, NextGen Venture Partners, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, Saints Capital, SemperVirens Venture Capital, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, Spark Capital, WGI Group, Adam D'Angelo, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, David Chang, Diane Hessan, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kim Perell, Mark Gerson, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Faber, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson
Dec 1, 2020	Qualytics	$3.0M Seed	—	BMW i Ventures
Jul 1, 2020	Ergatta	$5.0M Seed	—	Kevin Hartz, Afore Capital, Courtney Robinson, Basecamp Fund, Broadway Angels, Canaan Partners, Cedar Capital Group, Convective Capital, Convoz, Curie.Bio, Designer Fund, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Founder Collective, Gradient Ventures, Greycroft, Greylock, High Alpha, Imagination Capital, Insight Partners, Lakestar, Lazerow Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, MZ, Hans Tung, Operator Partners, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, Saints Capital, Scale Venture Partners, Shine Capital, SignalFire, Simon Equity Partners LLC, Slow Ventures, SNR, Soma Capital, Spark Capital, Stellar Capital, Techstars, The Finger Group, Tribe Capital, Two Sigma Ventures, Upfront Ventures, Vitalize Venture Group, WGI Group, WorkLife Ventures, Adam D'Angelo, Amr Awadallah, Ben Porterfield, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Chris M. Willliams, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, George Morrison, Jarl Mohn, Jay Weintraub, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kevin Lin, Kim Perell, Larry Gadea, Mark Gerson, Mark Pincus, Michael Ma, Nate Mitchell, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Belsky, Scott Faber, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson, William Hockey
Nov 1, 2019	Alpaca	$6.0M Series A	—	Kevin Hartz, Banter Capital, Broadway Angels, Dig Ventures, DNX Ventures, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Flex Capital, Hustle Fund, Lazerow Ventures, LombardStreet Ventures, Mucker Capital, Oyster Ventures, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, Saints Capital, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, Social Leverage, Spark Capital, WGI Group, Adam D'Angelo, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Dean Bartosh, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Jay Weintraub, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kim Perell, Mark Gerson, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Faber, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson
Sep 1, 2019	Inspo Network	$3.0M Seed	—	75 & Sunny, Kevin Hartz, ACME Capital, BILL, Broadway Angels, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Lazerow Ventures, Madrona Ventures, Maveron, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, Saints Capital, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, Spark Capital, WestRiver Group, WGI Group, Adam D'Angelo, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Jay Weintraub, Jeff Bezos, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kim Perell, Mark Gerson, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Faber, Shervin Pishevar, Tien Tzuo, Travis May
Aug 1, 2019	Time Study	$2.0M Seed	—	Kevin Hartz, Broadway Angels, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Lazerow Ventures, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, Saints Capital, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, Spark Capital, WGI Group, Adam D'Angelo, Charlie Songhurst, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Jay Weintraub, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kim Perell, Mark Gerson, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Faber, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson
Jul 8, 2019	Notion	$10.0M Series A	—	A.Capital Ventures, Brewer Lane Ventures, C2 Investment, DNX Ventures, Felicis, First Round Capital, Highbury Group, LGF, LombardStreet Ventures, Next Play Ventures, Offline Ventures, Section Partners, Sherpalo Ventures, Various, 8-Bit Capital, Afore Capital, Amazon Alexa Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, Broadway Angels, Bungalow Capital, Byers Capital, Caffeinated Capital, Cambrian Ventures, Canaan Partners, Coatue, Coelius Capital, Cota Capital, Creandum, Curated, Electric Capital, f7 Ventures, Flex Capital, Floodgate, Founders Fund, FPV Fund, Franklin Templeton Investments, Fuel Capital, General Catalyst, Gradient Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Green Bay Ventures, Harrison Metal, Heavybit, Incisive Ventures, Lazerow Ventures, Ligature, Long Journey Ventures, Makers Fund, Maverick Capital, Merus Capital, Not Boring Capital, Otherwise Fund, Polychain Capital, Precursor Ventures, Quiet Capital, Recursive Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Richmond Global Ventures, Roosh Ventures, RRE Ventures, Saints Capital, Seven Seven Six, Shrug Capital, SignalFire, Sinai Ventures, Slow Ventures, SNR, Spark Capital, Susa Ventures, Test Kitchen Capital, Webb Investment Network, WGI Group, Y Combinator, Zetta Venture Partners, Adam Foroughi, Alexander Ljung, Alexandre Scialom, Ben Lang, Eric Quidenus-Wahlforss, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Gokul Rajaram, Greg Brockman, Jason Lemkin, Jay Weintraub, Jeffrey Wilke, Jeremy Glassenberg, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Justin Mateen, Kim Perell, Louis Beryl, Mark Gerson, Mark Pincus, Matt Macinnis, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Sam Altman, Scott Banister, Scott Faber, Siqi Chen, Tien Tzuo, Vinay Hiremath, Warren Jenson, William Hockey
Feb 1, 2019	Anomalie	$14.0M Series A	—	Kevin Hartz, Andreessen Horowitz, Asylum Ventures, Broadway Angels, Divergent Capital, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Goat Capital, Goodwater Capital, Lazerow Ventures, Oak HC/FT, Pareto Holdings, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, Saints Capital, SignalFire, Signia Venture Partners, Slow Ventures, SNR, Spark Capital, WGI Group, Y Combinator, Adam D'Angelo, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Jay Weintraub, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Justin Rosenstein, Kim Perell, Kyle Vogt, Mark Gerson, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Faber, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson
Oct 1, 2018	Alpaca	$3.0M Seed	—	Kevin Hartz, Broadway Angels, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Lazerow Ventures, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, Saints Capital, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, Spark Capital, WGI Group, Adam D'Angelo, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Jay Weintraub, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kim Perell, Mark Gerson, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Faber, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson
May 1, 2018	Pelago	$3.0M Seed	—	Kevin Hartz, Atreides Management, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Broadway Angels, Matt Ocko, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Forward Deployed VC, Hummingbird Ventures, Hyperplane Venture Capital, Insignia Ventures Partners, Lazerow Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lionheart Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, Pear VC, Picus Capital, Plum Alley Investments, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, Saints Capital, SignalFire, Sinai Ventures, Slow Ventures, SNR, Soma Capital, Spark Capital, The Engine, Vine Ventures LP, WGI Group, Y Combinator, Aaron Harris, Adam D'Angelo, Alexandre Prot, Andreas Ehn, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Emmett Shear, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Jay Weintraub, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kim Perell, Marc McCabe, Mark Gerson, Pierpaolo Barbieri, Rob May, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Faber, Steve Anavi, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson
Jan 1, 2018	understand.ai	$3.0M Seed	—	Kevin Hartz, Broadway Angels, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Lazerow Ventures, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, Saints Capital, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, Spark Capital, WGI Group, Adam D'Angelo, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Jay Weintraub, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kim Perell, Mark Gerson, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Faber, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson
Jan 1, 2018	Wealthfront	$75.0M Series E	—	Kevin Hartz, Addition, Ambridge Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Benchmark, BoxGroup, Brand Foundry Ventures, Broadway Angels, Cervin Ventures, Coatue, Craft Ventures, Dell Technologies Capital, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Founders Fund, FTX Ventures, General Catalyst, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Greylock, Hanabi Capital, IVP, K2 Global, Khosla Ventures, Lazerow Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Liquid 2 Ventures, Luv Ventures, M13, Meritech Capital Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures, Glenn Solomon, Pelion Venture Partners, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Renegade Partners, Richmond Global Ventures, Saints Capital, Samsung NEXT Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Shine Capital, SignalFire, Signia Venture Partners, Slow Ventures, SLVC, SNR, Social Capital, Spark Capital, SV Angel, Telstra Ventures, Transmedia Capital, Tribe Capital, TriplePoint Capital, Village Global, WGI Group, Zetta Venture Partners, Adam D'Angelo, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Jay Weintraub, Jeff Bezos, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, John Pestana, Josh Yguado, Kim Perell, Marc Benioff, Mark Gerson, Robert Hohman, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Belsky, Scott Faber, Shervin Pishevar, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson
Jan 1, 2018	FoodMaven	$9.0M Series A	—	Kevin Hartz, Broadway Angels, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Lazerow Ventures, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, Saints Capital, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, Spark Capital, WGI Group, Adam D'Angelo, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Jay Weintraub, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kim Perell, Mark Gerson, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Faber, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson
Jun 1, 2017	HelloSign	$16.0M Series B	—	10100, Kevin Hartz, ACME Capital, Act One Ventures, Addition, Altair Capital Management, Anthemis Group, Betaworks Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, BoxGroup, Broadway Angels, Browder Capital, Buckley Ventures, CapitalX, Coelius Capital, Composite Ventures, Craft Ventures, Crosscut Ventures, Kevin Ding, DNX Ventures, Drive Capital, Flex Capital, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, General Atlantic, Highbury Group, Khosla Ventures, Lazerow Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Lytical Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, Scott Sandell, Next47, Pareto Holdings, Precursor Ventures, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Revolution Growth, Richmond Global Ventures, Saints Capital, SCOR Ventures, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, Spark Capital, Springdale Ventures, The Hit Forge, Venture Highway, Vertex Ventures, WGI Group, Y Combinator, Adam D'Angelo, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Clark Landry, Daren Cotter, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Halle Tecco, Immad Akhund, Jay Weintraub, Jeff Hammerbacher, Jeremy Lizt, Jiake Liu, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kim Perell, Lev Ekster, Ligaya Tichy, Mark Gerson, Mark Solon, Othman Laraki, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Ryan Wyatt, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Banister, Scott Belsky, Scott Faber, Shervin Pishevar, Travis May, Warren Jenson
Mar 1, 2017	Carbon Health	$4.0M Seed	—	Kevin Hartz, Broadway Angels, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Lazerow Ventures, MS&AD Ventures, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, Saints Capital, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, Spark Capital, WGI Group, Adam D'Angelo, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Jay Weintraub, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kim Perell, Mark Gerson, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Faber, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson, William Adams
Jan 1, 2017	Alpaca	$2.0M Seed	—	Kevin Hartz, Broadway Angels, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Lazerow Ventures, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, Saints Capital, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, Spark Capital, WGI Group, Adam D'Angelo, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Jay Weintraub, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kim Perell, Mark Gerson, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Faber, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson
Jan 1, 2017	Merit	$4.0M Seed	—	AAF Management Ltd., Kevin Hartz, ACME Capital, Adverb Ventures, Album VC, TJ Nahigian, BASS Investment, B Capital Group, Bolt, Broadway Angels, DBL Partners, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Founder Collective, Future Africa, Future Perfect Ventures, GFT Ventures, GSV Acceleration, Khosla Ventures, Lakeside Capital, Lazerow Ventures, Locus Ventures, NFX, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Revolution, Richmond Global Ventures, Rivet Ventures, Rock Ventures, Saints Capital, Sequoia Capital, Serena Ventures, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Sony Innovation Fund, Spark Capital, Susa Ventures, Thrive Capital, TLcom Capital, UpHonest Capital, WGI Group, Y Combinator, Aaron Peterman, Adam D'Angelo, Adam Pisoni, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Chris Hughes, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Jay Weintraub, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kim Perell, Leonardo DiCaprio, Marc Benioff, Mark Gerson, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Sahin Boydas, Scott Banister, Scott Faber, Shervin Pishevar, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson, Wiley Cerilli
Jan 1, 2017	Market Realist	$4.0M Venture Round	—	Kevin Hartz, Broadway Angels, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Lazerow Ventures, quadratura.it, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, Saints Capital, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, Spark Capital, WGI Group, Adam D'Angelo, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Jay Weintraub, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kim Perell, Mark Gerson, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Faber, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson
Oct 1, 2016	Wove	$3.0M Seed	—	Kevin Hartz, Accelerator Ventures, AngelPad, Balderton Capital, Bling Capital, Broadway Angels, Catapult Capital, CP Ventures, DNX Ventures, Energy Capital Ventures, EQT Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Fifth Wall, FJ Labs, Flex Capital, Granatus Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Index Ventures, Javelin Venture Partners, Kain Capital, Lazerow Ventures, Outlander Labs, Partech Ventures, quadratura.it, Racers Edge Investments, Rainfall Ventures, Recursive Ventures, Relay Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, RPM Ventures, Saints Capital, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, Social Starts, Spark Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Tekton Ventures, ThirdLove, TSVC Capital, Unpopular Ventures, WGI Group, Y Combinator, Adam D'Angelo, Ali Kutay, Avid Larizadeh, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Clark Landry, Ding Zhou, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Erik Moore, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Jay Weintraub, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, John Kobs, Kim Perell, Marek Olszewski, Mark Gerson, Mark Goines, Oskar Hartmann, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Faber, Tien Tzuo, Tikhon Bernstam, Travis May, Warren Jenson
Aug 1, 2016	Upgraded	$1.0M Seed	—	10100, 2048 Ventures, 2xN, 7percent Ventures, 8VC, Kevin Hartz, ACME Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Anorak Ventures, Atomic, Bam Ventures, Benchmark, Better Tomorrow Ventures, BoxGroup, Brainchild, Broadway Angels, Bullpen Capital, Cota Capital, Craft Ventures, Matt Ocko, Zachary Bogue, Kevin Ding, DNX Ventures, DST Global, ENIAC Ventures, Expa, First Round Capital, FJ Labs, Flex Capital, Foundation Capital, Founder Collective, Founders Fund, FPV Fund, General Atlantic, General Catalyst, Graph Ventures, David Krane, M.G. Siegler, High Alpha, Highland Capital Partners, Innovation Endeavors, Shawn Modarresi, K2 Global, Kapor Capital, Kleiner Perkins, LAUNCH, Lazerow Ventures, Lead Edge Capital, Learn Capital, Long Journey Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, Maverick Capital, Menlo Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners, NKM Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, Otherwise Fund, Pelion Venture Partners, Polaris Partners, Primitive Ventures, quadratura.it, Quiet Capital, Recursive Ventures, Revolution, Richmond Global Ventures, Saga, Saints Capital, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, Sherpalo Ventures, SignalFire, Silicon Valley Connect, Slow Ventures, SNR, Sound Ventures, Spark Capital, Stellar Capital, Henry Fertik, Structure Capital, Summit Partners, Susa Ventures, Techstars, The Hit Forge, The House Fund, Union Square Ventures, Vayner RSE, Webb Investment Network, WGI Group, Y Combinator, Adam D'Angelo, Babak Nivi, Bill Ackman, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Esther Dyson, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Gautam Gupta, Gianni Martire, Jay Weintraub, Jay Z, Jeff Arnold, Jeff Bezos, Jeff Hammerbacher, Jeremy Lizt, Jeremy Stoppelman, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, JOHN FANNING, John Kobs, Josh Spear, Joshua Reeves, Joshua Schachter, Kim Perell, Lisa Gansky, Mark Gerson, Megan Quinn, MG Siegler, Mikhail Seregine, Peter Fishman, Rashaun Williams, Ron Hirson, Russell Cook, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Sam Altman, Scott Banister, Scott Belsky, Scott Faber, Shane Neman, Shervin Pishevar, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Troy Carter, Warren Jenson
May 1, 2016	Braze	$20.0M Series C	—	Kevin Hartz, Amplify Partners, Brighter Capital, Broadway Angels, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Heavybit, IDG Ventures, Lazerow Ventures, Lobby Capital, Mohr Davidow Ventures, PruVen Capital, quadratura.it, Rally Ventures, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, Alexander Rosen, Ridge Ventures, Saints Capital, Scrum Ventures, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, Spark Capital, TSVC Capital, WGI Group, Adam D'Angelo, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Clark Landry, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Jay Weintraub, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Justin Kitch, Kim Perell, Manish Chandra, Mark Gerson, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Scott Faber, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson
Apr 1, 2016	Pilotworks	$2.0M Seed	—	8VC, 9Yards Capital, Kevin Hartz, A* Capital (A Star Capital), Accel, Acre Venture Partners, Acrew Capital, Adverb Ventures, Alpha Capital Acquisition Company, Ambridge Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, Astanor Ventures, Audrey Capital, Benchstrength, Bessemer Venture Partners, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Blitzscaling Ventures, Bond, Broadway Angels, C2 Investment, Canaan Partners, CapitalG, Catapult Capital, Citi Ventures, Coatue, Cota Capital, CP Ventures, Craft Ventures, Daffy, DNX Ventures, Dragoneer Investment Group, DST Global, FJ Labs, Flex Capital, Footwork, Foundation Capital, FPV Fund, Future Perfect Ventures, Geek Ventures, General Catalyst, Greylock, Hardware Club, Heretic Ventures, IDG Ventures, Incite Ventures, Lazerow Ventures, LOI Venture, Long Journey Ventures, Maveron, Mosaic Ventures, Pear VC, quadratura.it, Quiet Capital, Recursive Ventures, Redpoint eventures, Redpoint Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, Alexander Rosen, Gil Penchina, Saints Capital, SciFi VC, Scrum Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Sherpalo Ventures, Sherpa Ventures, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Sound Ventures, South Park Commons, Spark Capital, SV Angel, Teamworthy Ventures, TQ Ventures, Tribe Capital, WGI Group, Y Combinator, Aaron Levie, Aaron Patzer, Adam D'Angelo, Adrian Aoun, Aston Motes, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Cheever, Charlie Songhurst, Clara Shih, Dharmesh Shah, Doug Sleeter, Drew Houston, Ellen Pao, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Hiten Shah, Jared Leto, Jay Weintraub, Jeff Seibert, Jeremy Lizt, Jeremy Stoppelman, Joanna Rees, Joe Greenstein, Joe Zawadzki, Josh Silverman, Joshua Schachter, Justin Rosenstein, Kim Perell, Kris Duggan, Larry Augustin, Louis Beryl, Marco Zappacosta, Mark Gerson, Mark Solon, Matt Mickiewicz, Nick Green, Phil Libin, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Saad AlSogair, Sam Altman, Scott Banister, Scott Belsky, Scott Faber, Seth Sternberg, Shervin Pishevar, Tien Tzuo, Tobias Lutke, Tom Williams, Travis May, Warren Jenson, Wayne Chang
Apr 1, 2016	Kite	$4.0M Seed	—	01 Advisors, 2048 Ventures, 8VC, Kevin Hartz, Accel, ACME Capital, Adara Ventures, Addition, Adverb Ventures, Alt Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, AngelPad, Chloe Sladden, Atomic, Audrey Capital, Baseline Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Bond, Bono, Bowery Capital, BoxGroup, Broadway Angels, C2 Investment, Caffeinated Capital, Catapult Capital, Cedar Capital Group, Citi Ventures, Coatue, Cota Capital, Craft Ventures, DCM, Dig Ventures, DNX Ventures, Electric Capital, Euclid Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Flex Capital, Footwork, Founder Collective, Founders Fund, Geek Ventures, General Catalyst, Goat Capital, Grand Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Greylock, Hanabi Capital, Hannah Grey, Hardware Club, Heretic Ventures, Highbury Group, Indicator Ventures, Insight Partners, IVP, Khosla Ventures, Kindred Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Lakestar, Lazerow Ventures, Locus Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Matrix, Maveron, Montage Ventures, Moxxie Ventures, OrbiMed, Outcast Ventures, Outlander Labs, Oyster Ventures, Pear VC, Polychain Capital, Preston-Werner Ventures, quadratura.it, Quiet Capital, Rapoport Investments, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, Saints Capital, SciFi VC, Scout Ventures, Scrum Ventures, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, Social Capital, South Park Commons, Spark Capital, Mike Kerns, Teamworthy Ventures, Tencent Holdings, The Hit Forge, Thirty Five Ventures, Tribe Capital, TSVC Capital, Ulu Ventures, Uncork Capital, UpHonest Capital, Verified Capital, VU Venture Partners, WGI Group, WndrCo LLC, Y Combinator, Aaron Levie, Adam D'Angelo, Audrey Gelman, Ben Davenport, Bhavin Turakhia, Bill Tai, Bradley Horowitz, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Cheever, Charlie Songhurst, Chris Schaepe, Clark Landry, Colin Carrier, Conor Bronsdon, David Chen, Drew Houston, Ellen Pao, Ellen Salisbury, Eric Kriegstein, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Farzad Nazem, Gokul Rajaram, Greg Brockman, Hari Lakshmanan, Henry Kravis, Jawed Karim, Jay Weintraub, Jeremy Lizt, Jeremy Stoppelman, Jihan Bowes-Little, Joanna Rees, Joe Greenstein, Joe Speiser, Joe Zawadzki, Joshua Schachter, Julia Hartz, Justin Mateen, Kenji Niwa, Kevin Lin, Kim Perell, Kunal Shah, Laszlo Bock, Mark Gerson, Mark Pincus, Max Mullen, Mike Krieger, Paul Sims, Phil Quist, Rashaun Williams, Ron Hirson, Ron Suber, Russell Cook, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Sam Lambert, Scott Banister, Scott Belsky, Scott Faber, Sean Rad, Shishir Mehrotra, Shivon Zilis, Steve Chen, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson, Wayne Chang
Mar 1, 2016	Asana	$50.0M Series C	—	8-Bit Capital, Kevin Hartz, Addition, Altair Capital Management, AME Cloud Ventures, American Express Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Ballistic Ventures, Adeyemi Ajao, Rexhep Dollaku, Benchmark, Bling Capital, Bond, Broadway Angels, Canaan Partners, Casa Verde Capital, Catapult Capital, CP Ventures, Craft Ventures, Matt Ocko, DNX Ventures, DST Global, Emergence Capital, Fifth Wall, Flex Capital, Founders Co-op, Founders Fund, FPV Fund, Freestyle Capital, General Catalyst, Hardware Club, Hoxton Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Lazerow Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Lux Capital, NEO, OMERS Ventures, Paradigm, Penny Jar Capital, PivotNorth Capital, Pnina International, Polychain Capital, Prefix Capital, quadratura.it, Quiet Capital, Recursive Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, Gil Penchina, Saints Capital, Sequoia Capital, Serena Ventures, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, SNR, Sound Ventures, South Park Commons, Spark Capital, Sweet Capital, Thirty Five Ventures, Trust Ventures, Verified Capital, Visionaire Ventures, WGI Group, Y Combinator, Aaron Levie, Adam D'Angelo, Andre Iguodala, Anjula Acharia Bath, Brian O'Kelley, Charlie Songhurst, Eric Ries, Eric Stein, Ethan Beard, Evangelos Simoudis, Hadi Partovi, Jay Weintraub, Jens Christensen, Jeremy Lizt, Joanna Rees, Joe Zawadzki, Kara Egan, Karim Atiyeh, Kim Perell, Konstantin von Unger, Mark Gerson, Michael Abramson, Michael Moritz, Rashaun Williams, Ron Hirson, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Sam Altman, Scott Banister, Scott Faber, Sung ho Choi, Tien Tzuo, Travis May, Warren Jenson, Yee Lee

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Leadership Team

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Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

Comeback Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on investing in technology startups located outside traditional venture capital hubs, with a particular emphasis on the Midwest region of the United States. Founded in 2018, the firm aims to bridge the gap between coastal investors and Midwestern startups by providing seed and early-stage funding, typically ranging from $100K to $250K. Its investment sectors include software, SaaS, AI/ML, FinTech, Big Data, ClimateTech, CloudTech, and Cybersecurity. Comeback Capital supports startups by offering not only capital but also mentorship, resources, and connections to help founders scale their businesses and succeed in competitive markets[1][2][3].

Origin Story

Comeback Capital was founded in 2018 by Scott Shane, an economics professor at Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management, who has nearly two decades of angel investing experience. The firm was created to address the lack of venture capital vehicles focused on the Midwest, enabling startups in this region to access funding and networks typically concentrated on the coasts. Early investments included backing Path Robotics, a startup founded by CWRU students developing AI-powered robotic welding solutions, which helped validate the firm’s model of connecting local innovation with broader investor interest. The team includes experienced partners and entrepreneurs such as Patrick McKenna, Phil Hagerman, Larry Bernstein, Kevin Taylor, and Robb Meyer, who bring operational expertise and extensive networks to the firm[1][5][6].

Core Differentiators

Geographic Focus: Dedicated to investing in startups outside traditional VC hubs, especially in the Midwest, addressing an underserved market.
Investment Model: Seed and early-stage investments with typical check sizes of $100K to $250K, including a $10 million rolling fund launched in 2021 to extend reach beyond the Midwest.
Network Strength: Strong connections to coastal investors and local accelerators like gener8tor and The Brandery, facilitating access to capital and mentorship.
Experienced Team: Partners with deep entrepreneurial and investment backgrounds, including founders and executives who have successfully scaled companies.
Operating Support: Provides hands-on mentorship, strategic guidance, and go-to-market assistance to portfolio companies, enhancing their growth potential[1][2][5][6].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Comeback Capital rides the trend of decentralizing venture capital away from traditional coastal hubs, capitalizing on the growing recognition of the Midwest as a fertile ground for innovation and startup growth. The timing aligns with increased interest from investors seeking diversified opportunities and the rise of technology-driven sectors in the heartland. By acting as a bridge between Midwestern startups and national/international investors, Comeback Capital helps catalyze regional economic development and fosters a more inclusive startup ecosystem. Its focus on software, AI, FinTech, and clean technologies positions it well within high-growth, future-oriented markets[1][5].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Although Comeback Capital has fulfilled its mandate with its funds now fully deployed and is no longer making new investments, its impact on the Midwest venture ecosystem remains significant. The firm has helped validate the region as a viable startup hub and demonstrated the value of targeted early-stage investment outside traditional VC centers. Future trends shaping this space include continued growth in AI/ML, FinTech, and ClimateTech, sectors where Comeback Capital has invested. The firm’s legacy may inspire new funds and investors to further develop the Midwest’s innovation landscape, continuing the momentum Comeback Capital helped initiate[1][6].

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Core Differentiators

Geographic Focus: Dedicated to investing in startups outside traditional VC hubs, especially in the Midwest, addressing an underserved market.
Investment Model: Seed and early-stage investments with typical check sizes of $100K to $250K, including a $10 million rolling fund launched in 2021 to extend reach beyond the Midwest.
Network Strength: Strong connections to coastal investors and local accelerators like gener8tor and The Brandery, facilitating access to capital and mentorship.
Experienced Team: Partners with deep entrepreneurial and investment backgrounds, including founders and executives who have successfully scaled companies.
Operating Support: Provides hands-on mentorship, strategic guidance, and go-to-market assistance to portfolio companies, enhancing their growth potential[1][2][5][6].