Paulo J Machado

What If Ventures began as a passion project to fund Mental Health startups. As the firm scaled to more than $100mm AUM and 4,000 LPs, the investment thesis has broadened to include a number of verticals with a core focus on Health and Freedom. We are a group of 4,000 passionate individuals funding cutting edge solutions to the worlds biggest problems. We fund solutions targeting the most stigmatized healthcare indications and some of the most difficult industrial and commercial problems facing society today. Our syndicate members are angel investors, family offices, healthcare providers, donor advised funds, and individuals who have been impacted personally by the problems we aim to help solve. We invest in startups from Seed to Pre-IPO. We accept investors of all shapes, sizes, walks of life and interests. Please get in touch if you would like to learn more.

We are singularly focused on finding and funding the future of medicine. We develop innovation communities, run events, create conferences, run innovation crowd challenges and manage the leading healthcare innovation crowdfunding platform, MedStartr.com. In 2017 we opened our first venture fund and are now on our second. Learn more about that at MedStartr.vc. In 2020 we opened MedStartr Direct, a professional sales organization that connects institutions, corporations, and government organizations to medical innovations. Healthcare innovation is not as simple as inventing a new device or process. With issues relating to adoption, regulation, and clinical evidence, it takes a crowd of support to get an idea from the lab to the bedside. MedStartr events, communities, challenges, and crowdfunding helps innovators gather that crowd and get the people, pilots, partners, institutions, and investors they need to succeed and make all of our lives better with their ideas. To learn more about how we can help your company - small or large - drive healthcare innovation further, faster, and with better returns on investment, please call 530.MED.STAR today, visit MedStartr.com, or come to one of our many events and conferences.

Lung Cancer Foundation of America (LCFA) focuses on: 1. Funding Research... specifically young investigators 2. Increasing Awareness for the leading cause of cancer death... Lung Cancer 3. Patient Education... Life should take your breath away, not lung cancer LCFA’s mission is the improvement in survivorship of lung cancer patients through the funding of transformative science. While raising funds to support lung cancer research, LCFA will raise the public’s awareness and serve as a resource for patients or anyone seeking answers, hope, and access to updated treatment information, scientific investigation, and clinical trials.

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…"​ With an annual budget of more than $8 billion, NSF is the funding source for approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America’s colleges and universities. In many fields, such as mathematics, computer science, and the social sciences, NSF is the major source of federal backing. NSF awards about 11,000 new awards per year, with an average duration of three years -- to fund specific research proposals that have been judged the most promising by a rigorous and objective merit-review system. In the past few decades, NSF-funded researchers have won more than 200 Nobel Prizes as well as other honors too numerous to list. NSF funds equipment that is needed by scientists and engineers but is often too expensive for any one group or researcher to afford. Another essential element in NSFs mission is support for science and engineering education, from pre-K through graduate school and beyond. There are many exciting careers at NSF, not only in science, technology, education and mathematics (STEM), but also in business and operations. For more information, please visit us at http://nsf.gov/careers/. NSF welcomes opportunities to engage with you on our LinkedIn page. Please see our Comment Policy [http://www.nsf.gov/social/policies.jsp ] for more information.

What If Ventures began as a passion project to fund Mental Health startups. As the firm scaled to more than $100mm AUM and 4,000 LPs, the investment thesis has broadened to include a number of verticals with a core focus on Health and Freedom. We are a group of 4,000 passionate individuals funding cutting edge solutions to the worlds biggest problems. We fund solutions targeting the most stigmatized healthcare indications and some of the most difficult industrial and commercial problems facing society today. Our syndicate members are angel investors, family offices, healthcare providers, donor advised funds, and individuals who have been impacted personally by the problems we aim to help solve. We invest in startups from Seed to Pre-IPO. We accept investors of all shapes, sizes, walks of life and interests. Please get in touch if you would like to learn more.

The Australian Trade and Investment Commission—Austrade—promotes Australian trade, investment, tourism and education to the world. We deliver services to grow Australia’s economic prosperity. We’re experts in connecting Australian businesses to the world and the world to Australian business. Our global network turns local market connections and insights into valuable export and investment support. We contribute to Australia’s prosperity by: - linking Australian businesses to global export opportunities -providing market and industry insights, making it easier for businesses to go global - attracting international investment to drive local jobs and develop skills leading policy and programs for Australian tourism and the visitor economy - attracting international students to study with Australia.

Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Founded in 2006, Techstars is on a mission to invest in startups to enable more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world in order to deliver exceptional returns to our investors. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Our results show why Techstars is Better for Founders than any other global accelerator: On average, 74.5% of Techstars companies will raise money within 3 years of their program; 18.5% of Techstars portfolio companies have exited 5 years after their program and 31.1% after eight years. (PitchBook June 2023)