I'd be more inclined to pick (d) or (e), due to living in the Midwest and wishing to do my part to help fund new ventures in this part of the country. Which rea

I'd be more inclined to pick (d) or (e), due to living in the Midwest and wishing to do my part to help fund new ventures in this part of the country. Which really just loops back to proving that the VC investment opportunities are limited to the coasts where those VCs are located - it makes good sense for them to want to invest in their local-ish economies, after all.