Austin Poole is a General Partner at BIP Ventures. He has extensive investment experience across multiple industries, with a focus on healthcare innovation and payment technology.

Austin currently serves on the boards of ConnexPay, The Rounds, Kythera Labs, Korio, Fenyx Health and Istios Health. His previous experience includes principal investing at Prudential Capital Group, where he focused on proprietary structured debt for middle-market industrial and transportation companies.

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He was drawn to ConnexPay for its ability to uniquely integrate acquiring and issuing capabilities within a single platform, as well as the strength of its leadership team and the company’s rapid growth trajectory. BIP Ventures made its investment in the company in 2018.