Austin Walters brings a distinctive combination of healthcare founder experience and family LP investing background to SpringTide Ventures, having previously helped commercialize handheld ultrasound technology at EchoNous while investing alongside his family in ventures like Coupang for over a decade. He focuses on democratizing medicine through healthcare infrastructure and picks-and-shovels investments, while actively working to close the VC gender gap by building a 50/50 gender-balanced team and cultivating women LPs to support female founders in healthtech. Austin Walters brings a distinctive combination of healthcare founder experience and family LP investing background to SpringTide Ventures, having previously helped commercialize handheld ultrasound technology at EchoNous while investing alongside his family in ventures like Coupang for over a decade. He focuses on democratizing medicine through healthcare infrastructure and picks-and-shovels investments, while actively working to close the VC gender gap by building a 50/50 gender-balanced team and cultivating women LPs to support female founders in healthtech.