Katie Hayes

Scale-up experience:

• Invested in seed to Series E startups with Wittington Ventures in Toronto and Maverick Ventures in San Francisco
• Invested in larger-scale private equity transactions in healthcare and B2B SaaS with Madison Dearborn Partners in Chicago
• Sectors of focus: digital health, commerce technologies, SaaS
• Worked with portfolio companies to execute fundraising, strategic projects, leadership succession and cash burn management

• Strategy lead at Opencare: developed new business line from idea to MVP to $100,000 ARR with team of 20 across three countries
• Strategy at Limbix: seed-stage mental health company focused on using virtual reality to treat addictions and phobias

Noteworthy:

• Experience as healthcare investment banker at Goldman Sachs
• Teach corporate finance in CPA Ontario Continuing Education Department
• B. Com / B Sc. (Life Sciences) from Queen’s; MBA from Stanford

Ask me about:

• Developing a capital strategy
• Building financial forecasts
• Refine pitch decks and storytelling
• Finding product market fit
• Building and defining culture as your startup scales
• Managing career and a young family