Joseph Mocanu

Founding Partner of the Verge HealthTech Fund

Hosted by

Hilmarie Hutchison

About Joseph Mocanu

Joseph started his career as a scientist, developing new cancer therapies during his PhD at the University of Toronto. He co-founded a medical device startup during his studies, bringing him into the world of business and his first interactions with VCs.

He first learned about active investing while at DM Capital in Shenzhen, helping launch their first fund, Harmony. He then joined Oliver Wyman’s health and life sciences practice to understand and develop strategies for addressing critical business and market needs. He did so for over 75 projects and across 20+ markets. During this time, he assisted several funds and conglomerates with their healthcare investment strategies.

Seeing the need for more early-stage investment for healthcare founders and the opportunity for technology to make a real difference, Joseph began angel investing in health tech companies in 2014, eventually reaching a personal portfolio of 9 companies by 2018. At that point, Joseph realised that he needed to do this full time and that there weren’t any funds out there that focused on seed-stage, health tech, and massive solving of global problems, which is when he decided to launch Verge HealthTech later that year.

About this Episode

In this episode, Joseph talks about Verge HealthTech Fund and the critical barriers to global healthcare access.

Tune in for a thought-provoking conversation!

“Nothing ever happens as quickly or as easily as people say it will.”

Joseph Mocanu

“If you are persistent, consistent, and do what you say you are going to do, you will eventually get there. The path might not be linear, but you will eventually get there.”

– Joseph Mocanu

Show highlights

“It is really helpful to try to be useful to people that you meet because you never know when they might encounter something that is relevant and life-changing for you.”