# Bay Gross

> Bay Gross is a seed investor at Microsoft (New York) backing Health Care and Hospital. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Microsoft](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/microsoft)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Dec 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/baygross/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/baygross
- Website: https://baygross.com

Bay Gross is a seed investor at Microsoft in New York focused on Health Care and Hospital. Bay Gross is VP Health at Microsoft AI. He is also an angel investor in the healthcare space. Previously, Bay founded and was the CTO of Cityblock Health which was incubated inside of Sidewalk Labs, a Google arm. Bay was a VC Investor at Thrive Capital from 2015-2016, where he invested across consumer technology, marketplaces, fintech, healthcare,and software. Bay previously served as board member and partnered closely with Grailed, Spotify, Patreon, ClassPass, Cadre, Capsule, Raisin, Joyable, and Welkin Health. Bay holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Yale University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 2 | 100% |
| Hospital | 1 | 50% |
| Consulting | 1 | 50% |
| Psychology | 1 | 50% |
| Mental Health | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Uplift | UpLift wants to create a future in which a main mental health practitioner is the new standard by providing everyone with access to affordable care. | $8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 14, 2021 |  |
| Commons Clinic | Commons Clinic is a multi-specialty clinic that provides healthcare treatment to patients. The company's clinic offers comprehensive specialty and surgical care programs for pain, orthopedics, women's health, and men's health, enabling patients to avail improved and efficient medical care.The company was founded in 2021 and isbased in Austin, Texas. | $6M | Seed | Sep 07, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [B Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b-capital-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Declaration Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/declaration-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kapor Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kapor-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [North South Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/north-south-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Oxeon Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oxeon-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Microsoft

VC Fund · Redmond, United States

Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. Thecompany’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores.Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services.The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

5 contacts available at Microsoft.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aparna Chennapragada | Corporate VP | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aparna-chennapragada |
| Bay Gross | Vice President of Health at Microsoft AI | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bay-gross |
| Bobby George | Creative Strategist | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bobby-george |
| Brandon Dixon | Product and Intel Strategy Leader | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brandon-dixon |
| Brandon Middaugh | Sr. Director, Climate Innovation Fund | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brandon-middaugh |

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## FAQ

### What does Bay Gross invest in?

Bay Gross invests primarily in Health Care, Hospital and Consulting startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Bay Gross last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bay Gross closed in Dec 2021. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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