Paolo Pio is a former Cisco software engineer and tech executive who transitioned to venture capital with a specialized focus on health and wellness investments, particularly around helping people live longer, healthier, and happier lives through what he calls Joyspan. As a certified fitness instructor who co-founded fitness bootcamp Urban Tribe and leads pre-seed/seed investments across Europe for Exceptional Ventures from London, he combines personal wellness practice with his operator background in global product development to support early-stage health and happiness startups.
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Exceptional Ventures
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Health, Food & Ag, Biotech, CPG / D2C, Consumer
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Exceptional Ventures invests exclusively to maximize Joyspan®—their trademarked concept for years lived in good health, purpose, and happiness—with a science-led approach that filters out biohacking and vague wellness claims in favor of prevention and early disease detection technologies. The fund combines human and planetary health under one mission, led by founders who bring experience from Capital One Bank and Silicon Valley health-focused VC Joyance Partners across a systematic "full stack" approach spanning HealthTech, FoodTech, and Financial Wellbeing.
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