Ask HN: Who is bridging the economic divide?

In the late 1950s/early 1960s, Arthur Rock brought finances from the East Coast, where the money and advertising was, to the West Coast, where a new industry based on silicon processors was developing. This was the beginning of the Silicon Valley venture capital industry.

Now, Silicon Valley is where the money and advertising is located. Venture capital expects young companies to move nearby. It seems to matter a lot who you know. In short, SV now appears to be the 2010's analogue of the 1950s East Coast.

Meanwhile, in the rest of the country, costs and wages are low. The money pumped into the economy by low interest rates has pooled in coastal cities with ties to the financial industry. Like a gardener with a clogged hose and only control of the spigot, the Fed can't fight deflation in the rest of the country without driving inflation sky-high in the financial centers. The economic divide is visible in political results, with the interior clearly unhappy with the economic status quo.

So, which VC's and startups are bridging the divide? Who is arbitraging the economic differences between inflationary coastal cities and deflationary interior? What techniques and strategies are they using? Who is going to be the next Arthur Rock, bringing money from where it is to where it is needed?