UVC: Joseph Mocanu from Verge HealthTech Fund on interesting innovations in healthcare tech, 3 strategies that startups can use to ace fundraising and why it’s important for startups to do competitor analysis well

In this episode you will learn:

Why Joseph started a VC fund specializing in healthcare?What are some of the interesting innovations happening in the three areas of focus for the healthcare tech industry namely prevention, diagnosis,and absolute cure?3 strategies that startups can use to ace fundraisingWhy it’s important for startups to do a competitor analysis before approaching VCs and how startups can do it well?If a VC withdraws a term sheet, who looks bad? The VC or the startup?What were the challenges that Joseph faced while raising capital for his VC fund and the lessons he learned?Why is Joseph interested in investing in healthcare startups focusing on respiratory health?Can we ensure that this is the last pandemic? If not, how can we do things better in the future?

About

Joseph Mocanuis an angel investor and the founding partner of the Verge Healthtech fund focusing on seed-stage healthcare technology companies relevant to emerging markets based in Singapore. He was born in Romania, and he was a scientist researching new cancer therapies, a medical device entrepreneur, and a management consultant for Oliver Wyman where he led life sciences and digital health across Asia before he started his journey as an investor.