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.

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)

Our mission is to be a catalyst in the process of innovation. We do this by creating forums in which human, intellectual and financial capital are joined for a common purpose. Heartland Angels has an extensive network of partners, alliances, entrepreneurs, investors and advisors who have successfully built business in many fields. During and after an investment, the companies and investors have access to this network. Heartland Angels leverages the expertise of this network to help build value in start-up companies and to support their managements vision. Heartland Angels, Inc. assists its investors by making available advisory support of both a technological and management nature. There additionally are management level General Partners and Network Partners who can assist in the later operation of the portfolio companies. The areas of expertise includes: operations, finance, marketing, human resources, technology and legal.