Maria D. Toler is the Founding and Managing Partner of SteelSky Ventures, the largest venture capital fund focused on women’s health. SteelSky has redefined the category—investing across the full spectrum of care, access, and infrastructure that shapes outcomes for women throughout their lives. With a focus on AI-driven digital health platforms, healthcare infrastructure, and next-generation business models, SteelSky is transforming how care is delivered and accessed across the healthcare system. From day one, Maria has led with a broader vision—identifying and investing in emerging categories of healthcare long before they hit the mainstream. SteelSky’s portfolio includes breakout leaders like Midi Health, Zipline, 28 Health, ConcertoCare and Origin, each revolutionizing how care is delivered, scaled, and experienced. Under Maria’s leadership, SteelSky has built a strategic investor base that includes global institutions such as Eli Lilly, J.P. Morgan, Bank of America, the American Hospital Association, Blue Shield of California, WellStar Health System and Henry Ford Health. Maria is widely recognized as a trailblazer at the intersection of capital, innovation, and healthcare transformation. She has been named by Forbes as a top VC to watch and has received numerous accolades, including the 2023 Atlanta Women of Influence Award, the 2022 Eisenhower Justice Fellowship, and the NYU Stern Changemaker Award. She holds a B.S. in Information Systems from Wake Forest University, an MBA from NYU Stern, and a Venture Capital certificate from Stanford.