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VC | E508 | Betting on Better Humans: Inside Exceptional Ventures’ Health & Longevity Playbook

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Welcome to a new episode of the EUVC Podcast, where we bring you the people and perspectives shaping European venture.
This week, Andreas Munk Holm sits down with Paolo Pio, co-founder and Managing Partner at Exceptional Ventures — a mission-driven early-stage fund investing in the future of human health, fitness, nutrition, and longevity.
Paolo shares how a personal obsession with sleep, metabolism, and fitness evolved into a structured thesis for investing in businesses and technologies that help us live better, longer — and how Exceptional Ventures plans to back over 200 founders across three funds to deliver returns that match the mission.
🎯 This Episode’s Themes:
  • Why health, fitness, and prevention are ripe for VC investment
  • How personalized, continuous monitoring unlocks true wellness
  • The 4-pillared thesis: prevention, early detection, smarter care & delivery
  • Lessons from Fund I: 3,600 companies reviewed → 37 investments
  • The case for “high-volume VC” in Europe: why more bets matter
  • From sleep hygiene to nanobots: the future of health innovation
  • Community, LPs, and morning workouts at SuperVenture
Here’s what’s covered:
  • 01:00 | The Mission: Improving the human joy path through health & longevity
  • 03:00 | Why Now: Obesity, metabolic health & the need for smarter prevention
  • 05:00 | The Four Pillars: Sleep, exercise, early detection & delivery innovation
  • 08:00 | Exceptional’s Model: Fund I learnings, Fund II targets, Fund III ambitions
  • 10:00 | The Volume Bet: Why Europe needs funds backing 50+ startups per cycle
  • 12:00 | Sourcing & Screening: From 3,600 companies to 37 portfolio bets
  • 15:00 | Backing Founders on the Edge: From glucose monitoring to rural US clinics
  • 18:00 | The Big Vision: 200+ founders backed, 30,000+ community members
  • 21:00 | Big LP Names & Co-Investors: How the wider venture stack leans in
  • 24:00 | Why Community Matters: The morning workouts, the events, the energy
  • 27:00 | Longevity & Fund IV: Why the best is still ahead
  continue reading

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Manage episode 491656611 series 2968392
Content provided by The European VC. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by The European VC or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.
Welcome to a new episode of the EUVC Podcast, where we bring you the people and perspectives shaping European venture.
This week, Andreas Munk Holm sits down with Paolo Pio, co-founder and Managing Partner at Exceptional Ventures — a mission-driven early-stage fund investing in the future of human health, fitness, nutrition, and longevity.
Paolo shares how a personal obsession with sleep, metabolism, and fitness evolved into a structured thesis for investing in businesses and technologies that help us live better, longer — and how Exceptional Ventures plans to back over 200 founders across three funds to deliver returns that match the mission.
🎯 This Episode’s Themes:
  • Why health, fitness, and prevention are ripe for VC investment
  • How personalized, continuous monitoring unlocks true wellness
  • The 4-pillared thesis: prevention, early detection, smarter care & delivery
  • Lessons from Fund I: 3,600 companies reviewed → 37 investments
  • The case for “high-volume VC” in Europe: why more bets matter
  • From sleep hygiene to nanobots: the future of health innovation
  • Community, LPs, and morning workouts at SuperVenture
Here’s what’s covered:
  • 01:00 | The Mission: Improving the human joy path through health & longevity
  • 03:00 | Why Now: Obesity, metabolic health & the need for smarter prevention
  • 05:00 | The Four Pillars: Sleep, exercise, early detection & delivery innovation
  • 08:00 | Exceptional’s Model: Fund I learnings, Fund II targets, Fund III ambitions
  • 10:00 | The Volume Bet: Why Europe needs funds backing 50+ startups per cycle
  • 12:00 | Sourcing & Screening: From 3,600 companies to 37 portfolio bets
  • 15:00 | Backing Founders on the Edge: From glucose monitoring to rural US clinics
  • 18:00 | The Big Vision: 200+ founders backed, 30,000+ community members
  • 21:00 | Big LP Names & Co-Investors: How the wider venture stack leans in
  • 24:00 | Why Community Matters: The morning workouts, the events, the energy
  • 27:00 | Longevity & Fund IV: Why the best is still ahead
  continue reading

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