16 Dec 2025 | 04:00 PM GMT

Longevity Investment Landscape: How VCs Are Betting On Aging

Participants:

Ann Somers Hogg Director health care researchThe Christensen Institute
Ann Somers Hogg
Director health care researchThe Christensen Institute
Roma Van Der Walt Founder & CEOVitelle
Roma Van Der Walt
Founder & CEOVitelle
Steve Seuntjens PartnerPHS Capital
Steve Seuntjens
PartnerPHS Capital
Alice Murphy Community ManagerHLTH
Alice Murphy
Community ManagerHLTH
Allen On Senior Technology ScoutBoehringer Ingelheim
Allen On
Senior Technology ScoutBoehringer Ingelheim
Annie Boucher International Director, Patient ExperienceNovartis
Annie Boucher
International Director, Patient ExperienceNovartis
Brandon Tudor Co-Founder & CEOLiverRight
Brandon Tudor
Co-Founder & CEOLiverRight
CS
Caroline Stephany Zapana Guerra Head of experience and OperationRIMAC SEGUROS
CS
Caroline Stephany Zapana Guerra
Head of experience and OperationRIMAC SEGUROS
Casper Binow Hansen Partner Lead, Digital Health PartnershipsNovo Nordisk
Casper Binow Hansen
Partner Lead, Digital Health PartnershipsNovo Nordisk
Corentin Gondrand CEOQuantiLight
Corentin Gondrand
CEOQuantiLight
Danielle Richards Commercial DirectorAble Care
Danielle Richards
Commercial DirectorAble Care
Eddy Ang Chief Medical OfficerUCLA Health Medicare Advantage Plan
Eddy Ang
Chief Medical OfficerUCLA Health Medicare Advantage Plan
Eric Thrailkill Executive Director, U.S. OperationsECHAlliance
Eric Thrailkill
Executive Director, U.S. OperationsECHAlliance
Frank Chavez Global Head, Strategy & Corporate DevelopmentOtsuka Precision Health
Frank Chavez
Global Head, Strategy & Corporate DevelopmentOtsuka Precision Health
Jorge Juan Fernández García Chief Innovation OfficerHospital Clínic Barcelona
Jorge Juan Fernández García
Chief Innovation OfficerHospital Clínic Barcelona
Julie Traenkenschuh Director InnovationOSF HealthCare
Julie Traenkenschuh
Director InnovationOSF HealthCare
Julie Fishman EIRYale Ventures
Julie Fishman
EIRYale Ventures
Malin Johansson Vice PresidentNovo Nordisk
Malin Johansson
Vice PresidentNovo Nordisk
Nikita Wong Events AdministratorHLTH
Nikita Wong
Events AdministratorHLTH
PJ Cusack Vice PresidentLLR Partners
PJ Cusack
Vice PresidentLLR Partners
Ralf Molitor Managing DirectorHelsana HealthInvest Ltd
Ralf Molitor
Managing DirectorHelsana HealthInvest Ltd
Sadegh Houshmand Senior consultantTeleminer GmbH
Sadegh Houshmand
Senior consultantTeleminer GmbH
Sean Furmston CommercialHLTH
Sean Furmston
CommercialHLTH
SB
Severine Brichard-Rooney President General ManagerDanone Nutricia
SB
Severine Brichard-Rooney
President General ManagerDanone Nutricia
Tanja Dowe Managing DirectorAngelini Ventures
Tanja Dowe
Managing DirectorAngelini Ventures
Tim Kuruvilla Cleveland Clinic Innovations (EAC)Cleveland Clinic
Tim Kuruvilla
Cleveland Clinic Innovations (EAC)Cleveland Clinic
Weronika Michaluk MedTech Practice LeadHTD Health
Weronika Michaluk
MedTech Practice LeadHTD Health

About this Meeting


The longevity sector has emerged as one of the most compelling yet controversial investment frontiers, with venture capitalists placing significant bets on technologies and therapeutics aimed at extending healthspan and potentially lifespan. This investment landscape spans diverse approaches from cellular reprogramming and senolytic drugs to AI-driven drug discovery and preventive diagnostics, creating a complex ecosystem where scientific promise intersects with commercial viability questions and skepticism about timeline-to-impact.

Understanding how sophisticated investors are evaluating longevity opportunities reveals important insights about risk assessment, value creation timelines, and the criteria that separate credible science-backed ventures from speculative hype. As the sector matures beyond early enthusiasm, VCs are developing more refined frameworks for assessing longevity investments, balancing the sector's transformative potential against the scientific uncertainties, regulatory challenges, and extended development timelines that characterize this emerging field.

Join us to discuss:

  • What investment thesis and evaluation criteria are VCs using to assess longevity opportunities, and how are these frameworks evolving as the sector matures?
  • Which longevity subsectors and therapeutic approaches are attracting the strongest investor interest, and what factors are driving capital allocation decisions?
  • How are investors managing the unique challenges of longevity investing, including extended timelines, regulatory uncertainty, and the balance between scientific credibility and commercial potential?