Hayes Warren

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Principal at Redwood Seed Fund | ex-Datadog

Redwood Seed Fund
Boston, MA · ET (UTC-5)
5+ years experience
Rhode Island School of Design
English
Investing
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Overview

Principal at Redwood Seed Fund, backing healthcare companies. Led or co-led 15 investments, 3 of them now at Series B or later. Backed 60 founders at pre-seed and seed. Most at home with regulation and venture capital. I host a monthly meetup on healthcare.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Founders building in healthcare
  • Second opinions on healthtech decisions
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
Please don't message about
  • Decks without a clear ask
  • Generic networking requests

Answers in batches on Fridays

Skills
healthtechbiotechregulationventure capital
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Investing in pre-seed healthcare founders across Europe

Cheque size
$250k-$1M
Stages
Series A
Sectors
Healthcare
Geographies
Global
Lead or follow
Follow
Decision time
About two weeks
How I help
Hiring the first ten people

Usually the first cheque in. Portfolio support on pricing and enterprise sales.

Boston, MAregulationbiotechventure capital
Open

Experience

  1. Principal
    Sep 2023 - Present
    Redwood Seed Fund · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Boston, MA
    • Sit on 6 boards.
    • Backed 26 founders at pre-seed and seed.
  2. Finance Director
    Feb 2022 - Sep 2023
    Datadog · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Boston, MA
    • Saved $3 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.

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Education

  1. Rhode Island School of Design
    BFA, Finance
    2016 - 2020

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