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Switzerland is now home to what claims to be the country’s first longevity company builder.
Maximon plans to allocate more than $50 million over the next four years and to raise a larger longevity focused fund.
Building its first two companies on precision longevity supplements and the digital platform for personalised longevity advice.
“The real difference is that we really build the companies from scratch,” - Tobias Reichmuth, co-founder of Maximon.
Will benefit the start-ups both in terms of speed of execution and equity.
Assembled initial $6 million to get things started with the first two companies.
Will support the creation of eight to 10 new companies over the next few years.
“Science-based and tested longevity supplements ensuring health and well-being improvements and slowing down aging.”
Second company “Longevity You”, provides personalised longevity advice based on assessing biomarkers and big-data analytics.
“We definitely want to be a global player.”