Our members make us
Rafael Bottos
Since 2020, Rafael Bottos has been the leader of Aptah Bio Inc. Aptah Bio is working in the forefront of a novel and proprietary rejuvenation technology called RNA WiCo™ (RNA Widespread Correction) able to restore overall RNA expression balance and structural integrity, consequently reducing the expression of multiple toxic proteins simultaneously. Working as an alternative method to partial reprogramming, Aptah's technology can rejuvenate fully differentiated cells and overcome most of current challenges, from manufacturing, distribution, safety and efficacy.
Sergey Jakimov
Serial entrepreneur, having co-founded 3 deep-tech ventures and raised more than $50 million in venture funding for his own ventures and as an entrepreneur in residence. He has worked with several other early-stage companies in the therapeutics space on fundraising, IP protection, and clinical trial strategies, focusing on early treatments in cardiovascular, oncology, and neurodegenerative spaces. Visiting Lecturer to several universities on VC and intellectual property rights, co-authored a master's program in Technology Law for the Riga Graduate School of Law. Since 2018, he has co-founded medical tech startup Longenesis, a cutting-edge company that unlocks the hidden value of biomedical data and accelerates novel drug treatment & and discovery. In 2021, he co-founded the Longevity Science Foundation, a non-profit organization advancing the field of human longevity by funding research and development of medical technologies to extend the healthy human lifespan. He holds a BSc in International Affairs from Rīga Stradiņš University and two MSc in Political Science and Government and Law and Finance from Central European University and Riga Graduate School of Law, respectively. He was named Forbes Latvia's 30 Under 30 in technology and healthcare in 2020.
Eric Leire
Dr. Eric Leire is the CEO of Genflow Biosciences, a longevity gene therapy biotech listed on the London Stock Exchange (GENF) and trading on OTC.QB (GENFF). He also serves as the executive chairman of Immunethep (virulence company) and as NED for OSE Immunotherapeutics (oncology), Phaxiam (anti-infective), BSIM Therapeutics (CNS) and Inhatarget (oncology). Eric brings extensive pharma and biotech experience from Pfizer, Schering Plough and Pharmacia and is a Partner at the BioStrategies Group In addition, Eric hold an MD from Grenoble University and an MBA from HEC and Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. He is also the inventor of several patents in the pharmaceutical field.
Jerry McLaughlin
Jerry McLaughlin is Chief Executive Officer and board member of Life Biosciences, Inc. He has over 30 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry and has been involved in the discovery, clinical development, and global commercialization of more than a dozen FDA-approved drugs with multiple successful exits.
Fiona Miller
Fiona Miller, Managing Partner at quadraScope venture fund, is an active investor and philanthropist in the longevity biotech industry. Fiona is a successful technology entrepreneur, having served as: Founder and CEO of octoScope, sold to Spirent Communications in 2021; Founder and CTO of Azimuth Systems, sold to Anritsu in 2016; VP of Engineering at Scope Communications, sold to Hewlett-Packard (now Keysight) in 1998. Fiona holds 10 patents.
Chris Mirabile
Chris Mirabile is Founder and CEO of NOVOS, a Public Benefit Corporation, and the leading consumer longevity biotech, focused on OTC formulations, bioinformatics, and digital resources applied to the context of longevity. Chris' interest in longevity began after being cured of a brain tumor as a teen.
Richard Prince
Richard Prince, Ph.D., is the CEO of Now Biopharma. Now Biopharma, LLC, is a Clinical CRO and Life Science Consultancy headquartered in New Jersey, USA. The clinical CRO specializes in performing phase-2 , -3, and -4, acute care clinical trials (e.g., cardiovascular, neurology, infectious disease), while the consultancy provides services in life-science entrepreneurship, C-level management, strategy, scientific affairs, regulatory affairs, clinical development, facilitation, and quality operations. Dr. Prince previously worked at Gibraltar Laboratories (a contract testing laboratory, now part of Nelson Laboratories), Microgen, Inc. (a specialty chemical firm), Mayne Pharma (a generic drug firm, now part of Pfizer), and Prolong Pharmaceuticals (a hematology and oncology biotech startup). He has also consulted extensively for multiple ‘Big Pharma’ companies and is a well-known author and editor within the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) community, with five published textbooks in the areas of microbiology (two editions), quality, variability, and biotechnology. .
Garri Zmudze
Garri Zmudze is an investor and advisor for deeptech companies developing life-changing solutions across biotech, medicine, longevity and more. Garri is committed to building a world where everyone has more healthy years with their loved ones. Garri is also co-founder and managing partner at LongeVC, a venture capital firm investing in visionary biotech and longevity. Outside of his work with LongeVC, Garri is one of longevity's top angel investors. He has several successful exits across biotech and emerging tech companies, including Insilico Medicine, Deep Longevity and Basepaws.