Austin Sherwindt

Managing Director at K2 HealthVentures

Austin Sherwindt has extensive work experience in the finance and investment industry. Austin is currently a Managing Director at K2 HealthVentures since April 2019. Prior to this, they worked at Oak Street Health as the Vice President of Finance and Expansion from August 2015 to April 2019. Austin also served as a Principal on the Life Sciences Investment Team at Hercules Capital, Inc. from April 2013 to July 2015, and as a Senior Associate on the Life Sciences Investment Team at Silicon Valley Bank from September 2012 to March 2013. Before entering the financial sector, Austin Sherwindt volunteered with the United States Peace Corps as a Community and Business Development Volunteer from May 2010 to July 2012. Austin began their career at Hercules Capital, Inc. as an Associate on the Investment Team from January 2007 to May 2010.

Austin Sherwindt attended Northeastern University and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance. No specific start or end year is provided for this education.

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Chicago, United States

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K2 HealthVentures

K2 HealthVentures (K2HV) is an alternative investment firm that provides flexible, long-term financing solutions to innovative private and public companies in the life sciences and healthcare industries. We are healthcare specialists with deep domain expertise, and we understand both the opportunities and challenges that face venture-stage and growth-stage companies. Further, our flat organizational set-up enables nimble decision-making, and our evergreen fund structure allows us to be creative and adapt our facilities to a company’s specific needs over both the short and the long term. Over the last 4 years we have committed more than $1 billion in debt and equity capital to both private and public companies, and our team’s track record spans decades of investing in and supporting innovative life sciences and healthcare companies (with over $4 billion total investments in over 100 portfolio companies).


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