Investing Profile

Stephen Hays(644)

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
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
66

Stephen Hays is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Stephen Hays's Investments On Record (49)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Firehawk Aerospace
Series BJan 2025$60M
$79M
Co-investors: Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Carter Callaway (Ultratech Capital Partners)
Alto Pharmacy
Convertible NoteNov 2024
$320M
Co-investors: Craig Sherman (Meritech Capital Partners), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Josh Breinlinger (Turtle Ventures), Neil Shah (Greenoaks Capital), Ed Roman (Hack VC), Rahul Mehta (DST Global), Travis VanderZanden, Justin Mateen, Tirto Adji, Marty Weiss, Sung ho Choi, Daniel Kan
Terray Therapeutics
Series BOct 2024$120M
$200M
Co-investors: Chris Picardo (Madrona Ventures), Alexandre Perrin (Scalebridge Capital), Dusan Perovic (Two Sigma Ventures), Geoffrey Smith (Digitalis Ventures)
Slingshot AI
SeedAug 2024$30M
$30M
Co-investors: David Cahn (Sequoia Capital), Sundeep Peechu (Felicis Ventures), 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: Jeff Jordan (Andreessen Horowitz), Vijay Pande (Andreessen Horowitz), Micah Rosenbloom (Founder Collective), Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), Lenny Rachitsky (AirAngels), Niv Dror (Shrug Capital), Omar Darwazah (AAF Management Ltd.), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Conor Sharpe (Backed VC), David Rosenthal (Wave 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), Moshe Lifschitz, Mario Gabriele, Brendan O'Driscoll, Scott Banister, Matteo Franceschetti, Matthew Dellavedova, Bradley Horowitz
Legacy
Series UnknownJul 2024$8M
$48M
Co-investors: Rick Heitzmann (FirstMark Capital), Bill Maris (Section 32), Khaled Jalanbo (Valia Ventures), Kingsley Advani (305 Ventures), Yumin Choi, Andy Coravos
Q Bio
Series UnknownJul 2024$27M
$84M
Co-investors: Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures), Vijay Pande (Andreessen Horowitz), Ling Wong (Highbury Group)
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

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