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What If Ventures

GeneralistDallas, United StatesActiveWebsiteLinkedIn
Stage FocusPre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+
GeographyUS
TypeVC
Last Activity2026
Industry Focus
Industries
BiotechMedtechDefenseEnergy TechSpaceNeurotechRoboticsQuantumBlockchain
Technical BenchLimited
Investor TypeGeneralist
ExposureSome DeepTech Investments
Bio

What If Ventures was founded by Stephen Hays, a former Wall Street investment banker and family-office venture investor, launching in January 2020 out of Dallas, Texas. The firm has deployed more than $100 million into 112+ startups through a syndicate of roughly 4,000 investors, investing at a stage-agnostic pace from pre-seed through growth with flexible check sizes.

Its core focus is mental he...

Notable Investments
A
Alto Neuroscience
A
Atai Life Sciences
A
Aalo Atomics
P
PsiQuantum
F
Figure
U
Umbra
A
Allen Control Systems
G
Gilgamesh

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