Partner
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The official roster identifies Ward Capoen as Partner. This profile applies V-Bio Ventures's published strategy and does not infer undisclosed personal signing authority or a narrower individual mandate. Relevant founder fit follows the firm's thesis: Turn differentiated European science into therapeutics companies with strong impact potential, using a preferred relationship with VIB and wider academic sourcing.
At firm level, V-Bio Ventures is aligned with turn differentiated European science into therapeutics companies with strong impact potential, using a preferred relationship with VIB and wider academic sourcing. This is firm-level guidance, not an invented personal preference.
No personal pass list is public. Opportunities outside V-Bio Ventures's stated stages, sectors, geography or team criteria should be treated as lower fit rather than a confirmed personal rejection rule.
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Ward Capoen is currently Partner at V-Bio Ventures, as listed on the firm's official roster. Where the roster does not publish a longer biography, this profile avoids inferring prior employers, education, deals or decision authority.