Enrico Carbone is a Brazilian-born, Palo Alto-based investor at IKJ Capital who spent about two decades in investment banking at firms like BR Partners, Credit Suisse, Merrill Lynch, and Santander before leading the Brazilian Development Bank's Health Innovation Fund and mentoring fellow Stanford GSB alumni. He also serves on the board of Health in Harmony, an NGO supporting rainforest communities in Brazil, Indonesia, and Madagascar, and is often asked to speak publicly about longevity, chronic disease, mental health, and AI in healthcare.
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IKJ Capital is a small venture fund built on a Stanford alumni network that connects Brazil and Palo Alto, founded by a former 22-year investment banker who shifted into early-stage health and longevity investing. It backs frontier health and longevity startups—covering areas like aging biology, hormone monitoring, food-as-health, and even pet cancer care—through a concentrated, hands-on approach that includes clinical validation support, a life-sciences-experienced team, and help connecting founders to investors across Brazil and the US.
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