Tom Hawes

Tom Hawes

Managing Director atThe Blue Venture FundAustin, Texas

Tom Hawes is a Managing Director at the Blue Venture Fund. He serves on multiple boards and previously held board roles at various healthcare companies.

What Tom can write

Writes checks of$1M to $30M
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Best routeA warm introAsk a founder in their portfolio.

The Blue Venture Fund writes $1M to $30M checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: The Blue Venture Fund.

Career

  1. ISK Institute for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
  2. National Cancer Institute
  3. New York Medical College’s Cardiothoracic Surgery Department
  4. Blue Venture Fund · Managing Director
    Now
  5. ISK Institute for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
  6. National Cancer Institute
  7. New York Medical College’s Cardiothoracic Surgery Department
  8. Yale School of Medicine

Investments named in public bios

Humata HealthOctave BioscienceUpward HealthPinkDXPhreesiaPatientCoAbleToOncoHealthHealthifyHeartFlowInVivoLinkNexidiaVerata HealthFirst DollarThrive Earlier Detection

Focus

healthcaredigital healthhealth services

Education

New York Medical College, MDHarvard Business School, MBABrigham Young University, BA

Also at The Blue Venture Fund

Partners like Tom

At firms with a similar stage, sector and check size.

Alert me when The Blue Venture Fund is active

One email when Tom's firm raises a fund, adds a partner or shows new activity.

Founders and investors at a Mode VC gathering

Send Mode VC your deck

Raising a pre-seed or seed round? We write $1M to $5M first checks and help founders with distribution. A partner reads every deck.

Send your deck

Questions

Who is Tom Hawes?

Tom Hawes is a Managing Director at the Blue Venture Fund. He serves on multiple boards and previously held board roles at various healthcare companies.

How much does Tom Hawes invest?

Tom Hawes invests through The Blue Venture Fund, which writes checks of $1M to $30M at seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Tom Hawes?

A warm intro from a founder The Blue Venture Fund backed works best.

What did Tom Hawes do before The Blue Venture Fund?

ISK Institute for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine; National Cancer Institute; New York Medical College’s Cardiothoracic Surgery Department; ISK Institute for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine; National Cancer Institute; New York Medical College’s Cardiothoracic Surgery Department; Yale School of Medicine.

Last updated 2026-10-15. Is this you? Ask for a correction.