Austin Poole focuses specifically on healthcare investing at BIP Ventures, co-leading a practice of 26 companies in areas like value-based care and mental health, and he sits on the boards of several of them, including HealtheMed, Objective Health, Opya, The Rounds, Sentry Health, and Kythera Labs. He joined BIP Capital in 2017, previously worked in a leadership role at one of its portfolio companies, and later helped grow BIP Ventures from a regional fund into a national one, giving him a background that combines hands-on operating experience with over a decade in investing.
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SaaS, Fintech, Health, Enterprise, Cybersecurity
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Seed - Series B+
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$100K–$500K
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BIP Ventures builds its own AI tools and software for internal use, runs a structured post-investment program called Performance Engineering led by a Chief Performance Officer, and offers investors several fund structures—including anchor funds, annex funds, mini funds, SPVs, and an Evergreen BDC—to fit different needs. The firm also focuses on companies in smaller, less competitive innovation hubs like Greenville rather than major hubs like Boston or the Bay Area, and its team includes former operators who have run and grown companies themselves.
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