Ethan Austin is 2X founder, investor, and startup advisor and currently serves as a director at Techstars LA. Prior to joining Techstars, he pioneered the medical crowdfunding space as a co-founder of GiveForward, the world's first medical crowdfunding platform. The platform helped families raise over $200M for their loved ones' out-of-pocket-medical expenses, was recognized by the White House and won the Edison Award as the best social innovation in the United States in 2012.