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Joseph Mocanu

Managing Partner at Verge HealthTech Fund

Singapore

Overview 

Joseph Mocanu is currently the Managing Partner at Verge HealthTech Fund in Singapore, where he invests globally in impactful healthtech companies at their earliest stages. With a background in molecular biology and biotechnology, he has held key roles such as Co-Founder and Managing Director at Verge Capital Management Pte Ltd and Senior Principal at Oliver Wyman, specializing in life sciences and digital health sectors.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Partner

    2018 - Current

    Investing globally in seed stage healthcare technology startups relevant to both developed and developing markets that focus on affordable and accessible disease prevention & management, digital therapies, and health system efficiency. More info at www.verge.fund

  • Co-Founder and Managing Director

    2018

    Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)-licensed venture capital fund management company

  • Non Executive Director

    2017

  • Advisor to the Digital Committee

    2018 - 2022

  • Senior Principal, Life Sciences and Digital Health

    2011 - 2018

    Fortunate enough to have worked on 75+ projects across 20 countries that have made a difference to patients, pioneered new models of doing business, and generated returns for clients that well surpassed our professional fees.

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  • Consultant and Entrepreneur

    2009 - 2011

    • Generated fundraising, market entry, and technology strategies. • Authored pharmacoeconomic and market research reports for commercial and academic clients. • Developed relationships with several technology transfer offices and successfully brokered IPs to overseas organizations

  • Investment Manager Trainee

    2010 - 2010

    • Completed internship in Shenzhen, China, performing due diligence on potential venture capital investments. • Helped launch a small-cap activist fund

  • Director of Research and Development

    2002 - 2008

    • Co-founded the company to fulfill a need for accessible and inexpensive brain imaging technology • Developed a real-time EEG-based brain imaging system and performed majority of R&D for the objective diagnosis of common brain disorders; co-authored 3 patents; authored modular proprietary software suite for research and clinical applications

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