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Scott Shane

Mixon Professor @ CWRU / EIR @ Youngstown Business Incubator

Cleveland, Ohio

VC
Investor

Invests in

Stages:

Pre-seed
Seed

  • Min Investment:

    $50,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $200,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $125,000.00

Skills

Entrepreneurship
Higher Education
Teaching
Strategic Planning
Research
Public Speaking
Qualitative Research
Statistics
Community Outreach
Fundraising
University Teaching
Non-profits
Grant Writing
Leadership Development
Social Media
Data Analysis
Coaching
Hugs
Economics
Organizational Development

Education

Investments

Aropha

Seed

Total Funding: $1M

Benefitbay

Seed

Total Funding: $3M

Blooming Health

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $8.2M

Carbon Origins

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $2M

FloatMe

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $20M

Upflex

Convertible Note

Total Funding: $3.6M

Work Experience

Case Western Reserve University

2003

  • Professor

    2003

    Teach and research entrepreneurial finance, technology entrepreneurship, and new venture creation.

Youngstown Business Incubator

2018

  • Entrepreneur In Residence

    2018

    Assist early stage Ohio-based high potential startups on behalf of the Youngstown Business Incubator.

Right Side Capital Management

2018

  • Venture Partner

    2018

    Source pre-seed deals for the fund.

Comeback Capital

2018

  • Partner

    2018

    Invested in and and assist early stage startups. (Comeback Capital is now fully-deployed. Therefore "invest" is in the past tense and "assist" is in the present tense.)

Over Easy

2024

  • Member Board of Directors

    2024

Playfora

2023

  • Member Board of Directors

    2023

Aropha

2023

  • Member Board of Directors

    2023

Xploro®

2023

  • Member Board of Directors

    2023

benefitbay®

2022

  • Member Board of Directors

    2022