Investing Profile

Stephen Hays(690)

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Managing Partner at What If Ventures
whatif.vcFrisco, Texas
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NewCo Network
1609 CONNECTIONS
NewCo Network
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Top-Patents Network
1039 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
1039 CONNECTIONS
University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network
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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), Khaled Jalanbo (Valia Ventures), Yumin Choi (Valspring Capital), Kingsley Advani (Tribe-V Venture Capital), Andy Coravos
Firehawk Aerospace
Series CJan 2025$60M
$79M
Co-investors: Paul Grossinger (Gaingels), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor), Gabe Dominocielo (Domino Ventures), Carter Callaway (Lockheed Martin Ventures)
Alto Pharmacy
Convertible NoteNov 2024
$320M
Co-investors: Josh Breinlinger (Jackson Square Ventures), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Craig Sherman (Meritech Capital Partners), Justin Mateen (Unknown Ventures), Rahul Mehta (DST Global), Ed Roman (Hack VC), Sung ho Choi (Self-employed), Tirto Adji, Daniel Kan, Travis VanderZanden, Marty Weiss
Terray Therapeutics
Series BOct 2024$120M
$200M
Co-investors: Geoffrey Smith (Digitalis Ventures), Alexandre Perrin (Cleverton Ventures), Dusan Perovic (Two Sigma Ventures), Chris Picardo (Madrona Venture Group)
Slingshot AI
SeedAug 2024$30M
$120M
Co-investors: Bryan Kim (Andreessen Horowitz), Sundeep Peechu (Felicis Ventures), Vijay Pande (Andreessen Horowitz), Amy Wu (The Alchemy Fund), Alex Macdonald (Speedinvest), David Cahn (Coatue Management), Michael Stoppelman (Self-employed), Liu Jiang (Pre-Seed Through Pre-Ipo), Sumeet Gajri (Original Capital), Arjun Sethi (Tribe-V Venture Capital), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Mei Z., Cory Levy
Levels
Series AAug 2024$10M
$68M
Co-investors: Vijay Pande (Andreessen Horowitz), Jeff Jordan (Andreessen Horowitz), Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), Micah Rosenbloom (Founder Collective), Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Moshe Lifschitz (US Investment Partners), Lenny Rachitsky (Self-employed), David Rosenthal (Wave Capital), Niv Dror (Shrug Capital), Omar Darwazah (Darwazah Capital), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Andrea Funsten (RTP Global), Brendan O'Driscoll (KOHO), Arielle Zuckerberg (Long Journey Ventures), Matteo Franceschetti (Global Investment Renewable), Matthew Dellavedova (Athletico Ventures), Laurel Touby (Supernode Ventures), Martin Tobias (Incisive Ventures), Kevin Weatherman (Attentive), Dick Costolo (01 Advisors), Scott Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Michael Arrington (CrunchFund), Kal Vepuri (Brainchild), Conor Sharpe (Scaleup Finance), Mario Gabriele (Hummingbird Ventures), Ben Gilbert (Pioneer Square Labs)
Q Bio
Series UnknownJul 2024$27M
$84M
Co-investors: Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures), Vijay Pande (Andreessen Horowitz), Ling Wong (Sea Lane Ventures)
TMRW Life Sciences
Series DJul 2024$28M
Series CJul 2021$110M
$130M
Co-investors: Frederique Dame (GV (Google Ventures)), Fabian Hansen (Presight Capital), Vinay Shah (Transformation Capital), Anne Wojcicki (23andMe), Peter Thiel (The Founders Fund)

Stephen Hays's Experience

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

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