Paolo Pio is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Exceptional Ventures. See portfolio, sector focus and contact routes.
Paolo Pio is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Exceptional Ventures, a London-based venture capital firm he launched in 2022 alongside Matt Cooper, bringing prior experience as the Managing Director for Europe at Joyance Partners, a US early-stage VC focused on health and happiness startups. His investment thesis targets pre-seed and seed-stage companies primarily in the UK and EU, with opportunistic global deals, concentrating on HealthTech, FoodTech, and Financial Health sectors. The firm’s debut fund, EV Fund 1, aims to invest in 40 early-stage startups over three years with a total size of £20M, though specific check sizes and lead/follow behavior are not publicly detailed. Notable portfolio companies include Krew, where Pio serves as a Board Member, and the firm’s broader portfolio spans over 200 invested startups collectively by its founders. Pio distinguishes himself as a technology executive turned investor with a passion for ventures that deliver societal and environmental benefits, holding an MBA from London Business School and an MS in Engineering from Politecnico di Torino. While he has appeared in public discussions emphasizing the unstru
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