July 5, 2023

PitchMeNot: Joseph Mocanu from Verge HealthTech Fund featuring BrainSight

PitchMeNot: Exploring startup pitch meetings and insightful debriefs.

In this episode of PitchMeNot, we dive into the world of startup pitches as Joseph Mocanu, Managing Partner at Verge HealthTech Fund, joins me in conversation with Laina Emmanuel, Founder and CEO of BrainSight. Laina presents her innovative venture BrainSight that aims to create a comprehensive map of the brain, while Joseph provides valuable insights from a VC perspective.

PitchMeNot is a podcast that takes listeners inside the initial pitch meetings between startup founders and VCs. It goes beyond the pitch by featuring candid debriefs from the VCs once the founders leave the room, providing valuable insights into the world of startups and investments. 

In this episode, I’m joined by Joseph Mocanu, Managing Partner at Verge HealthTech Fund, an early stage VC firm based in Singapore investing in health tech companies and we will be talking to Laina Emmanuel, Founder and CEO of BrainSight, a startup that is building the google map of the brain.

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Joseph Mocanu

Managing Partner at Verge HealthTech Fund

Joseph Mocanu is 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.