Paolo Pio
Co-Founder and General Partner @ Exceptional Ventures
London, United Kingdom
Paolo Pio is a seed investor at Exceptional Ventures in London focused on Health Care and Wellness. Paolo has 13 years of experience in the technology industry, with expertise in product development and strategy, international business development, and enterprise sales. He most recently ran Cisco’s Data Center Networking business development team for the region of Asia Pacific. He is an Angel investor and serves in various startup advisory roles, including mentoring at Virgin Startups and TechItalia Lab. Paolo holds an MBA from London Business School where he was recognized for excellence in asset management, and a Cum Laude MS Engineering degree from Politecnico di Torino. He loves hiking, climbing, skiing, and mountains in general. Talk to him about meditation, nutrition, training, and wellbeing if you want to see his eyes light up. Paolo speaks English, Italian, French and Spanish.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 17%
Last updated:
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Industries Paolo Pio invests in
Stages Paolo Pio invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Health Care 3 (50%)
- Wellness 2 (33%)
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (33%)
- CRM 1 (17%)
- SaaS 1 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (50%)
- Pre-Seed 3 (50%)
Country
- United Kingdom 3 (50%)
- Italy 2 (33%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Big Picture Bio develops a hybrid multi-agent artificial intelligence platform to design systems-level therapies and cancer combination treatments. The company simulates how dynamic complex diseases behave and interact to optimize drug combinations and sequencing from billions of possibilities, aiming to minimize residual disease. | $2M / Pre-Seed / Sep 17, 2026 | ||
| ReportAId is a artificial intelligence company that provides health data for medical reports that is used by patients, doctors, hospitals. | $2.5M / Pre-Seed / May 06, 2025 | ||
| Carol is a tech-enabled healthcare provider delivering membership-based primary care services, on a mission to make high-quality healthcare accessible and affordable for everyone. To achieve this goal, Carol leverages a highly scalable technology, combined with high quality clinical operations and a salaried provider model. | $5.3M / Seed / May 30, 2024 | ||
| CheckStep provides a AI-powered Trust & Safety and UGC management software to online platform worldwide. It enables company to manage the full policy management life-cycle. | $430K / Pre-Seed / Jun 28, 2021 | ||
| CheckStep provides a AI-powered Trust & Safety and UGC management software to online platform worldwide. It enables company to manage the full policy management life-cycle. | $1.8M / Seed / Jun 28, 2021 | ||
| WholyMe offers proven organic natural health remedies for pain management. | $637K / Seed / Jan 27, 2020 |
Co-Investors
About Exceptional Ventures
Exceptional Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs and businesses that improve people's lives. Founded in 2022 and is based in London, England.
Exceptional Ventures Contacts
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Matt Cooper
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman
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Paolo Pio
Co-Founder and General Partner
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What does Paolo Pio invest in?
Paolo Pio invests primarily in Health Care, Wellness and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Paolo Pio closed in Sep 2026. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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