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Tom Hawes

Partner at Sandbox Industries, Blue Venture Fund, and Sandbox Clinical Ventures.

Austin, Texas

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $1,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $20,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $10,500,000.00

Skills

Venture Capital
Healthcare
Entrepreneurship
Start-ups
Program Management
Private Equity
Mergers
Business Strategy
Corporate Development
Management
Mobile Devices
Commercialization
Leadership
Strategy
Marketing Strategy
Management Consulting
Financial Modeling
Product Management
Angel Investing
Mergers & Acquisitions

Education

Work Experience

  • Board Member

    2024

    Solving Prior Authorization on Both Sides of the Fax Machine: Humata is revolutionizing Prior Authorization and Utilization Management with cutting-edge AI and automation. Our commitment is to deliver a seamless, efficient, and automated workflow for healthcare providers and payers.

  • Partner

    2008

    Sandbox Industries invests in emerging companies in the Healthcare and Insurance. We leverage an innovative venture capital platform to facilitate collaborations and business relationships with our strategic partners, investors, and innovative companies.

Blue Venture Fund

2008

  • Managing Director

    2008

    The Blue Venture Fund is a unique collaboration between BCBS companies, BCBSA, and Sandbox. Sandbox is an independent company that provides healthcare-related investment management exclusively for the Blue Venture Fund. 36 BCBS entities have committed nearly $900 million across four Blue Venture Funds.

  • Board Member

    2023

    First Dollar builds flexible infrastructure for health spending benefits. Innovative organizations — from TPAs to banks — use First Dollar's software and APIs to launch new offerings and manage their health spending benefits.

Octave Bioscience

2018

  • Board Member

    2018

    Octave Bioscience enables better care for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) via its proprietary biomarker testing, advanced imaging, and population health platform to drive informed decisions about therapy which leads to more predictable outcomes and costs.

Upward Health

2017

  • Co-Founding Team and Board Member

    2017

    Caring for the physical, behavioral and social wellbeing of the neediest members of health plan clients by providing care in the home and leveraging telemedicine.

2020

  • Board Advisor / Investor

    2020

    Onc.AI is developing a precision oncology care management solution.

2020 - 2024

  • Board Member

    2020 - 2024

    Precision guided behavioral health. A better way to measure, track and improve behavioral health progress. Acquired by NeuroFlow in June 2024

2016 - 2022

  • Board Member

    2016 - 2022

    Promotes high quality cost-effective cancer care. The company was acquired by McKesson and Arsenal Partners in May 2022.

2017 - 2021

  • Board Member / Observer

    2017 - 2021

    Healthify provides a platform that enables better management of the social determinants of health for vulnerable populations. The platform helps healthcare and government organizations search for community services, track referrals, and coordinate with community partners. Wellsky acquired Healthify in August 2021.