Austin Poole of BIP Ventures on Inflation, Incentives, and Dysfunction in Healthcare Services

David Paul, venture capitalist and host of The Capital Stack Podcast is joined by Austin Poole - a partner at BIP Ventures focusing on healthcare. BIP Ventures is an Atlanta-based venture firm with various focuses, with hundreds of millions of dollars under management in credit and equity. David and Austin discuss the current state of the healthcare market, post-acute care in the market, and the software and technology that go into and scale healthcare. Listen to Austin’s unexpected path to BIP Ventures, how he chooses investments with his team, and what he sees for the future of healthcare technology and software development. You can watch/listen to the podcast on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple.

Key Points -

(2:55) - Austin’s journey in finance and how he became involved at BIP

(6:05) - How operations and investments are devised and looked after at BIP

(12:28) - What is viewed as a real investment in healthcare

(13:35) - Austin’s view on the healthcare market as it is today

(16:10) - Discussion on why the post-acute care market is struggling

(22:20) - The possibility of if any single company can revolutionize the healthcare market

(25:20) - Tech-enabled services vs SaaS in healthcare, how they are scaled, and what makes them scaleable