
Methuselah Foundation
institution
sub field
BiotechLongevity
approach
Applied
About
The Methuselah Foundation is a US non-profit (Springfield, VA) founded in 2001 by David Gobel and Aubrey de Grey with the mission to 'make 90 the new 50 by 2030.' It operates both as a grant-making charity funding regenerative medicine research and as a sponsor of the Methuselah Fund, a closed boutique venture fund that has backed ~9 portfolio companies in longevity biotech. It has attracted major philanthropic donors including Peter Thiel, Vitalik Buterin, and Jeff Bezos, and has deployed millions into early-stage longevity science since inception.
Areas of interest
longevityregenerative medicinetissue engineeringsenolyticsbiogerontologybiotechsynthetic biologyorgan bioprintinggene therapyrejuvenation biotechnology