Paolo Pio
InvestorCo-Founder & General Partner at Exceptional Ventures
United Kingdom
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
About
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Exceptional Ventures. Previously Managing Director for Europe at Joyance Partners, where he led 25 investments; earlier a software engineer and product manager at Cisco. Holds an MS Engineering from Turin and an Executive MBA from London Business School.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Invests in
AgTechBiotechConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTechHealthtech
Experience
- Exceptional VenturesCo-Founder and General Partnercurrent2022 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
- Urban Tribe LifeCo-Founder and Trainercurrent2015 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
- QomodoInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- UnfabledInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- AmateraInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- BonusXInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- RogaInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- Pacifico BiolabsBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
- Clerkenwell HealthInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- The REAL Drinks Co.Investorcurrent2022 — present
- Jove InsuranceInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- EvaroBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
- Bon VivantInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- Bio&Me I Certified B CorpInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- GlycanAgeInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- CurioInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- Net PurposeInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- Rest Less UKInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- planetaryInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- Bar.on - molecular beerInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- Here We FloInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- Shop CircleInvestorcurrent2021 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
- VolumeInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- Nucleus CapitalInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- CheckstepNon Executive Director and Investor2021 — 2022London, England, United Kingdom
- Wilbe | Home for Scientist LeadersVenture Partner2021 — 2022London, England, United Kingdom
- Joyance PartnersManaging Director, Europe2019 — 2021London, England, United Kingdom
- CiscoSr Manager, Market Development and Product Management2017 — 2019Zurich, Switzerland - London, UK
- CiscoSr Manager, Product Management2013 — 2017Zurich, Switzerland - London, UK
- CiscoProduct Manager2010 — 2013San Jose, CA, USA
- CiscoTechnical Marketing Engineer2009 — 2010San Jose, CA, USA
- CiscoSoftware Engineer2006 — 2009San Jose, CA, USA
Skills & more
P2PCisco Technologies23Linux6Cisco Systems Products2Product Management62Network Architecture49Cloud Computing45Routing28Data Center25Ethernet18Virtualization16IP14
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Pre-salesGo-to-market StrategyFCoEQoSStorageTCP/IPWirelessComputer ScienceFibre ChannelFinTechCrowdfundingInternational Business DevelopmentLanguages English · French · Italian · Spanish
From Paolo's professional profile.
Colleagues at Exceptional Ventures
Alex Laterza
Advisor at Exceptional Ventures
Alex Söderman
CFO & Compliance Officer at Exceptional Ventures
Doug Kerr
Science Advisor at Exceptional Ventures
Federica Pio
Scout at Exceptional Ventures
Federico Raoul Cucchi
Partner at Exceptional Ventures
Frederica Dick-Read
Executive Assistant at Exceptional Ventures
Jason Foster
Scout at Exceptional Ventures
Joan Miquel Marcos Salleras
Visiting Analyst at Exceptional Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Paolo Pio?
- Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Exceptional Ventures. Previously Managing Director for Europe at Joyance Partners, where he led 25 investments; earlier a software engineer and product manager at Cisco. Holds an MS Engineering from Turin and an Executive MBA from London Business School.
- Where does Paolo Pio work?
- Paolo Pio is Co-Founder & General Partner at Exceptional Ventures.
- What does Paolo Pio invest in?
- Paolo Pio invests in AgTech, Biotech, Consumer, Direct to Consumer, FoodTech, Healthtech.
- What check size does Paolo Pio write?
- Paolo Pio typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- Where did Paolo Pio go to school?
- Paolo Pio studied at London Business School (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Politecnico di Torino (BS and MS - Master of Science, Telecommunications Engineering).
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Also attended Politecnico di Torino40
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