sub field
BiotechLongevity
stage
Early Career
geography
United Kingdom
About
Emilian Popa is a British-based entrepreneur and angel investor who co-founded Ilara Health, a Kenyan healthtech company delivering AI-powered diagnostics to 3,000+ clinics across 42 counties, and Expand Health, building AI systems for longevity and healthcare. A Columbia Business School alumnus ('10BUS), he spent over a decade building and investing in African ventures—including as principal at DiGAME investment fund—before pivoting to focus on longevity-tech and AI-driven healthcare platforms. He is an active angel investor and advisor in longevity/healthtech, claiming 10+ early-stage investments in the space.
Areas of interest
longevityhealthtechAI in healthcarediagnosticsprimary careemerging marketsAfricafintecheducationmobilitytransportatione-commercebiotech