Tristan Mace is a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and heart transplant recipient.

At 31, a healthy Tristan abruptly went into quadruple organ failure, leading to an emergency heart transplant just 48 hours later. A week later, he awoke to learn of the life-saving transplant and that his lung failure caused five years of permanent memory loss.

With newfound life perspective and gratitude for his “bonus time,” working from a laptop in his ICU bed, Tristan began building Valeos, a nonprofit to improve outcomes and access for transplant patients.

His story of resilience and unwavering commitment to the transplant community was profiled by The Wall Street Journal in the article, “He Got a New Heart. Now This 34-Year-Old Is Fighting to Fix the Transplant System.”

Beyond Tristan’s philanthropic work, he is a Managing Partner at Flyover Capital, the largest venture capital firm in Kansas.

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