Investing Profile

Stephen Hays(678)

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Managing Partner at What If Ventures
whatif.vcFrisco, Texas
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28 Investors

Connected to Wayne Hu (SignalFire), Saar Gur (CRV), Arjun Arora (500 Global), and 25 other investors on Signal.

Networks Stephen is a member of
NewCo Network
1585 CONNECTIONS
NewCo Network
1585 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
1029 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
1029 CONNECTIONS
University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network
842 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
Legacy
Series UnknownJul 2025$10M
$50M
Co-investors: Rick Heitzmann (FirstMark Capital), Kingsley Advani (305 Ventures), Yumin Choi, Andy Coravos
Firehawk Aerospace
Series CJan 2025$60M
$79M
Co-investors: Paul Grossinger (Gaingels), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor), Carter Callaway (Ultratech Capital Partners)
Alto Pharmacy
Convertible NoteNov 2024
$320M
Co-investors: Craig Sherman (Meritech Capital Partners), Josh Breinlinger (Jackson Square Ventures), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Rahul Mehta (DST Global), Ed Roman (Hack VC), Sung ho Choi (Fubon VC), Justin Mateen, Daniel Kan, Travis VanderZanden, Tirto Adji, Marty Weiss
Terray Therapeutics
Series BOct 2024$120M
$200M
Co-investors: Geoffrey Smith (Digitalis Ventures), Alexandre Perrin (Enauto Ventures), Dusan Perovic (Two Sigma Ventures), Chris Picardo (Madrona Venture Group)
Slingshot AI
SeedAug 2024$30M
$83M
Co-investors: David Cahn (Sequoia Capital), Sundeep Peechu (Felicis Ventures), Amy Wu (Menlo Ventures), Alex Macdonald (sequel), Michael Stoppelman (Xtripe Angels), Sumeet Gajri (Original Capital), Arjun Sethi (Kraken Digital Asset Exchange), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Liu Jiang, Mei Z., Cory Levy
Levels
Series AAug 2024$10M
$68M
Co-investors: Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Micah Rosenbloom (Founder Collective), Vijay Pande (Andreessen Horowitz), Jeff Jordan (Andreessen Horowitz), Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), Arielle Zuckerberg (Long Journey Ventures), Laurel Touby (Supernode Ventures), Martin Tobias (Incisive Ventures), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Kevin Weatherman (Stealth Company (Jean-Michel Autelli)), Dick Costolo (01 Advisors), Scott Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Michael Arrington (CrunchFund), Kal Vepuri (Brainchild), Mario Gabriele (Hummingbird Ventures), Ben Gilbert (Pioneer Square Labs), Moshe Lifschitz (Basement Fund), Lenny Rachitsky (Self-employed), Andrea Funsten (Basecamp Fund), David Rosenthal (Wave Capital), Niv Dror (Shrug Capital), Omar Darwazah (AAF Management Ltd.), Matthew Dellavedova
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), Frederique Dame (GV (Google Ventures)), Anne Wojcicki (23andMe)

Stephen Hays's Experience

Managing Partner What If Ventures2019 - Present
Founder What If FellowshipPresent
Investment Banking Associate J.P. MorganPresent
Assitant Development Manager Beazer HomesPresent
Civil Engineer Eberly & Associates, Inc.Present
Vice President, Corporate & Investment Banking at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey SunTrust BankPresent
Summer Associate UBS Investment BankPresent
Managing Partner Top-PatentsPresent
Founder Top-PatentsPresent
Founder NewCoPresent
Managing Partner NewCoPresent
Founder Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent
Founder and Host Stigma PodcastPresent
Founder and Managing Partner What If VenturesPresent
Managing Partner Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent
Vice President, Corporate & Investment Banking at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey SunTrustPresent
Investment Banking Associate Houlihan LokeyPresent
Investment Banking Associate J.P. Morgan Wealth ManagementPresent
Associate Director UBSPresent
Summer Associate UBSPresent
Land Development Manager McCar HomesPresent
Civil Engineer Eberly & Associates, LLCPresent
Founder University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Managing Partner University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Founder Deep Space VenturesPresent
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

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