Investing Profile

Stephen Hays(565)

VCAngelInvestorFinance Operator
Mental Health Focused VC
whatif.vcFrisco, Texas
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20 Investors

Connected to Wayne Hu (SignalFire), Saar Gur (CRV), Tim Chang (Mayfield), and 17 other investors on Signal.

Networks Stephen is a member of
UBS Investment Bank Network
32 CONNECTIONS
JPMorgan Network
15 CONNECTIONS
United States Military Academy at West Point Network
15 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
What If Ventures Managing Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $25.0M
Sweet Spot
$2.0M
Investments On Record
56

Stephen Hays is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Stephen Hays's Investments On Record (40)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Alto Neuroscience
Series CNov 2023$45M
Series BOct 2022$35M
Series AMay 2021$32M
$120M
Co-investors: Christian Angermayer (Presight Capital), Michael Liang (Baird Capital), Tim Kendall
Forta
Series AAug 2022
$55M
Co-investors: Scott Barclay (Insight Partners), Ludwig Schulze (Alumni Ventures Group), Nadav Ben-Chanoch (Pareto Holdings), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Aniq Kassam (FAST — by GETTYLAB)
Foresight Mental Health
Series CJun 2022
SeedJun 2020$600K
Series AMay 2020
SeedJan 2020
$600K
Co-investors: Daniel Curran (Curran Rosschou Venture Capital), Luigi Bajetti (LombardStreet Ventures), Graham Smith (What If Ventures)
Osmind
Series BMay 2022$40M
SeedOct 2020$2M
$59M
Co-investors: Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), Hammad Aslam (Susa Ventures), Joshua Kushner (Thrive Capital), Derick En'Wezoh (Susa Ventures), Maryanna Saenko (Future Ventures), Lachy Groom (LGF), Justin Kao (DFJ Growth), Alice Zhang, Akshay Sriprasad, Adrian Aoun
Octant Bio
Series BApr 2022$80M
$120M
Co-investors: Katie Haun (Haun Ventures), Jorge Conde (Andreessen Horowitz), Ling Wong (Highbury Group), Sujay Jaswa (WndrCo LLC), Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen (2xN), Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures), George C. Petrocheilos (Catalio Capital)
HealthRhythms
SeedFeb 2022$11M
$11M
Co-investors: Sunny Kumar (GSR Ventures), Brook Byers (Kleiner Perkins)
Jane Technologies
Series CAug 2021$100M
$130M
Co-investors: Ian Dominguez (Delta Emerald Ventures), Jonathan Keidan (Torch Capital), Andrew Vigneault (Flexcap), Alexander Saint-Amand
MiResource
SeedAug 2021$3M
SeedN/A
$3M
Co-investors: Jeff Stowell (Royal Street Ventures)

Stephen Hays's Experience

Managing Partner What If Ventures2019 - Present
Managing Partner Deep Space Ventures2015 - 2018
Vice President SunTrust Robinson Humphrey2013 - 2015
Associate Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin2012 - 2013
Associate JPMorgan2010 - 2012
Associate Director UBS Investment Bank2008 - 2010

Stephen Hays's Education

Vanderbilt University - Owen Graduate School of Management MBA Finance
United States Military Academy at West Point BS Civil Engineering