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LEAF interviews Dr. Ole Mensching about Apollo Health Ventures' Moonshot Venture

VCs are starting to recognise ageing as a problem with a massive business opportunity

06-May-2020

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Apollo Health Ventures is a life science venture capital firm uniquely focussed on the basic biology of aging.

12-month Moonshot Venture Fellowship program supports scientists to launch company based on outstanding science.

Serial entrepreneur is truly passionate about extending healthspan.

Over the last 10 years, we have learnt what aging means on a molecular level and how we can fight it.

Moonshot Venture Fellowship allows postdocs to evaluate the best technologies and come up with a promising development plan.

Scientists interested in participating in the program should visit the Apollo website.

More and more VCs and institutional investors realize that the longevity field is developing real technologies.

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Apollo Health Ventures

Venture capital firm investing in seed and early stage biotechnology companies

Ole Mensching

Co-Founder of Apollo Ventures

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