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The Cat Health Company (TCHC), a Delaware-based biotech founded in 2024, has raised $1.2 million in a SAFE funding round led by Portfolia’s Active Aging & Longevity Fund II, alongside investors including 100 Plus Capital, Alex Zhavoronkov, and Early Game Ventures. The financing will support TCHC’s mission to extend feline healthspan, accelerating clinical research, expanding the team, and advancing its therapeutic pipeline aimed at helping cats live longer, healthier lives. Interim data from ongoing studies suggest that the company’s approach is effective, particularly for age-related conditions like sarcopenia and weight management, with no major side effects reported.
TCHC applies a computational, data-driven approach to drug discovery, integrating in silico modeling, omics analyses, and AI-guided therapeutic design to identify or repurpose treatments for aging and age-related diseases in cats. By targeting felines rather than the more common canine market, the company is exploring a complex but translationally valuable model: cats share several degenerative conditions with humans, such as kidney disease, metabolic decline, and cancer, and their shorter lifespans allow for accelerated testing of potential longevity interventions.
CEO Alex Voda and COO Alex Bacita emphasize that TCHC is pursuing rigorous, clinical-stage research rather than merely riding the trend of pet longevity. The company has successfully advanced two programs to regulatory-approved clinical trials in cats, with positive interim results on key biomarkers and functional outcomes. Their computational tools have exceeded expectations, enabling targeted therapies for age-related conditions while maintaining safety.
Beyond feline health, TCHC’s work may offer insights for human longevity research, leveraging comparative biology to study conserved mechanisms of aging in a controlled, real-world environment. With this latest funding, the company aims to generate replicable, regulator-ready data, launch new clinical programs, and solidify its role in the emerging field of veterinary healthspan science, turning the concept of feline longevity into tangible, evidence-based interventions.
