Investing Profile

Stephen Hays(630)

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

Connected to Wayne Hu (SignalFire), Saar Gur (CRV), Arjun Arora (Expa), and 22 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
64

Stephen Hays is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Stephen Hays's Investments On Record (47)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Terray Therapeutics
Series BOct 2024$120M
$200M
Co-investors: Chris Picardo (Madrona Ventures), Geoffrey Smith (Digitalis Ventures), Alexandre Perrin (Scalebridge Capital), Dusan Perovic (Two Sigma Ventures)
Slingshot AI
SeedAug 2024$30M
$30M
Co-investors: Sundeep Peechu (Felicis Ventures), David Cahn (Sequoia Capital), Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Alex Macdonald (sequel), Sumeet Gajri (Original Capital), Michael Stoppelman, Mei Z., Liu Jiang, Cory Levy, Gokul Rajaram
Levels
Series AAug 2024$10M
$68M
Co-investors: Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), Jeff Jordan (Andreessen Horowitz), Vijay Pande (Andreessen Horowitz), Micah Rosenbloom (Founder Collective), Lenny Rachitsky (AirAngels), Omar Darwazah (AAF Management Ltd.), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Conor Sharpe (Backed VC), David Rosenthal (Wave Capital), Niv Dror (Shrug Capital), Ben Gilbert (Pioneer Square Labs), Andrea Funsten (Basecamp Fund), Arielle Zuckerberg (Long Journey Ventures), Kevin Weatherman (KW Angel Fund), Kal Vepuri (Brainchild), Laurel Touby (Supernode Ventures), Martin Tobias (Incisive Ventures), Dick Costolo (01 Advisors), Michael Arrington (CrunchFund), Scott Banister, Mario Gabriele, Matteo Franceschetti, Brendan O'Driscoll, Matthew Dellavedova, Bradley Horowitz, Moshe Lifschitz
Q Bio
Series UnknownJul 2024$27M
$84M
Co-investors: Vijay Pande (Andreessen Horowitz), Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures), Ling Wong (Highbury Group)
Legacy
Series UnknownJul 2024$8M
$48M
Co-investors: Rick Heitzmann (FirstMark Capital), Kingsley Advani (305 Ventures), Bill Maris (Section 32), Khaled Jalanbo (Valia Ventures), Yumin Choi
TMRW Life Sciences
Series DJul 2024$28M
Series CJul 2021$110M
$130M
Co-investors: Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Vinay Shah (Transformation Capital), Fabian Hansen (Presight Capital), Anne Wojcicki
Eko Health
Series DJun 2024$41M
$140M
Co-investors: Corey Mulloy (Highland Capital Partners), Ryan Drant (Questa Capital), Vasudev Bailey (Artis Ventures (AV)), Rob Toews (Radical Ventures), Jeremy Fiance (The House Fund), Charles Seely (Hoxton Ventures), Pieter Kemps (Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India & SEA)), Michael Baum
Alto Neuroscience
Series CNov 2023$45M
Series BOct 2022$35M
Series AMay 2021$32M
$130M
Co-investors: Michael Liang (Baird Capital), Christian Angermayer (Presight Capital), Martin Alexander Gershon (Endeavor Venture Funds), Tim Kendall

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