#038: Notes from the Longevity Underground

May 22, 2023:

News of the death of the Longevity Marketcap Newsletter has been greatly exaggerated. (“Tis but a dauer state!”)

It’s been 1.3 years since my last publication (sorry). There have been massive developments in the longevity industry – and also a number of significant personal updates. 

But the mission remains the same. 

These are my notes from the longevity underground.

1. Change Log

2. Last Year in Longevity (2022 - present)

3. My Links

*Disclaimer: None of this should be taken as financial advice. It is for educational purposes only.

📢 Change Log

• I’ve left On Deck. The 1.5 years I spent building the On Deck Longevity Biotech Fellowship were a whirlwind of accelerated personal growth, of which I am eternally grateful for. We successfully ran two cohorts and 200+ fellows went through the program, many of which are now working in the longevity industry today.

• I’m now running the Longevity Biotech Fellowship, a new nonprofit organization I co-founded with Mark Hamalainen (formerly Head of Science @ Synthego). Our mission is to scale the amount of people working on longevity through our community and Fellowship program – a 3-day intensive workshop-retreat + 12-week online career path accelerator. 

• Healthspan Capital, an early-stage longevity biotech VC fund I co-founded, has now made 18 investments over its 1.5 years of operation. We’ve become one of, if not the most, active investors in the space. You can join our fund through Angel List here. 

• More projects to be announced soon...

Special Note: SynBioBeta 2023

I’ll be speaking on a panel on Longevity x Synthetic Biology at SynBioBeta 2023 in Oakland, California (May 23 - 25). 

SynBioBeta is the biggest industry conference in synthetic biology and this year they have another impressive speaker lineup of giants in biotech (Craig Venter, Martine Rothblatt, Jason Kelley, + many more )

But most notably, this is the first SynBioBeta conference that will have dedicated programming on longevity biotech, including sessions with Laura Deming (Longevity Fund, Lorentz Bio), Joe Betts-LaCroix (Retro Biosciences), Chris Patil (BioAge), and more.

PS: You can use this discount code (SPKTK9TNGCON) to get $200 off your SynBioBeta 2023 ticket.

📝 Last Year in Longevity (2022 - present) 

It’s been over a year since my last newsletter (sorry). Here’s a summary of what happened in longevity..

2022 was a rollercoaster year in longevity. It started off with a