William Paiva

Dr. Paiva is the founder and managing part of OLSF Ventures (OLSF). Through his 20-year venture capital journey, he has been a partner at Sevin Rosen Funds and was a partner at Chisholm Private Capital Partners. Before his venture capital career, Dr. Paiva served as a management consultant for the Life Sciences Industry Group at Pittiglio Rabin Todd & McGrath where he consulted with the top five pharmaceutical companies on product development and technology-management projects. He also served as an investment banking associate at JP Morgan in New York, providing strategic and investment banking advisory services to Fortune 100 healthcare companies. In addition, Dr. Paiva launched Oklahoma State University’s Center for Health Systems Innovation which has a stated mission to transform rural and Native American health. Dr. Paiva holds a Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of Oklahoma; an MBA from Dartmouth College’s Amos Tuck School of Business; a master’s degree in microbiology and immunology from the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center; and a BS in microbiology from the University of Oklahoma.