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Based on your feedback so far, many of you were interested in getting to know (the work of) others in the group deeper, and finding out what we as group could collectively do for a healthy society. Let’s start with brief progress updates from other members on their work, led by Methuselah Fund, Apollo Ventures, and Repair Biotechnologies, before moving to group discussion. If you’re interested in sharing a progress update with the group at this or a future meeting, please drop me a note!
Progress Updates
Methuselah Fund by Sergio Ruiz, Founder and Managing Director
Sergio Ruiz has several years of experience discovering, analyzing, vetting and propelling longevity biotechnologies that can move the needle in the mission to increase the healthy human healthspan. He is also an entrepreneur-investor with a positive hands-on approach to investing who prides himself in helping with the incubation and formation of young academic teams and developing them into successful industry leaders. He currently holds several senior advisory roles for longevity biotechs and is also the Chief Operating Officer for a Stanford-born company called Turn Biotechnologies, focusing on epigenetic resetting of the age in a cell.
Apollo Health Ventures, Dr. Ole Mensching, Co-Founder
Ole is an HR expert focusing on team building and hiring in hyper-growth phases. At Apollo he provides value to portfolio companies regarding their strategic HR needs and support them in recruiting and building up excellent teams.
Repair Biotechnologies, Reason, Co-Founder and CEO
Reason is the founder and writer of Fight Aging!, a leading blog in the aging biotech community. Reason is also an active angel investor in the space. Previously, Reason was principal software engineer at technology startups. Reason has Masters degrees in Space Physics.
Foresight’s weekly salons:
Our community meets weekly on Thursdays at 11 AM PT / 8 PM CEST to explore cutting edge topics & undercover science.
We leave ample time for discussion and socializing so you can meet the brilliant speakers and fellow participants in breakout rooms.
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