Investing Profile

Stephen Hays(673)

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

Connected to Wayne Hu (SignalFire), Saar Gur (CRV), Arjun Arora (Expa), and 24 other investors on Signal.

Networks Stephen is a member of
UBS Investment Bank Network
34 CONNECTIONS
United States Military Academy at West Point Network
16 CONNECTIONS
JPMorgan Network
14 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
65

Stephen Hays is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Stephen Hays's Investments On Record (50)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Firehawk Aerospace
Series CJan 2025$60M
$79M
Co-investors: Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Carter Callaway (Ultratech Capital Partners)
Alto Pharmacy
Convertible NoteNov 2024
$74M
Co-investors: Neil Shah (Greenoaks Capital), Rahul Mehta (DST Global), Justin Mateen, Tirto Adji, Marty Weiss, Sung ho Choi, Travis VanderZanden, Daniel Kan
Terray Therapeutics
Series BOct 2024$120M
$180M
Co-investors: Chris Picardo (Madrona Ventures), Alexandre Perrin (Scalebridge Capital), Dusan Perovic (Two Sigma Ventures)
Slingshot AI
SeedAug 2024$30M
$83M
Co-investors: David Cahn (Sequoia Capital), Amy Wu (Menlo Ventures), Alex Macdonald (sequel), Liu Jiang, Mei Z., Cory Levy, Michael Stoppelman
Levels
Series AAug 2024$10M
$61M
Co-investors: Lenny Rachitsky (AirAngels), Laurel Touby (Supernode Ventures), Martin Tobias (Incisive Ventures), Conor Sharpe (Backed VC), David Rosenthal (Wave Capital), Niv Dror (Shrug Capital), Ben Gilbert (Pioneer Square Labs), Andrea Funsten (Basecamp Fund), Omar Darwazah (AAF Management Ltd.), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Brendan O'Driscoll, Matteo Franceschetti, Matthew Dellavedova, Moshe Lifschitz, Mario Gabriele
Q Bio
Series UnknownJul 2024$27M
$27M
Co-investors: Ling Wong (Highbury Group)
Legacy
Series UnknownJul 2024$8M
$38M
Co-investors: Khaled Jalanbo (Valia Ventures), Kingsley Advani (305 Ventures), Andy Coravos, Yumin Choi
TMRW Life Sciences
Series DJul 2024$28M
Series CJul 2021$110M
$130M
Co-investors: Vinay Shah (Transformation Capital), Anne Wojcicki

Stephen Hays's Experience

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
Managing Partner What If Ventures2019 - Present

Stephen Hays's Education

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