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January 25, 2021

The European startups hacking the ageing process

The innovations that will extend our lives and delay the definite end.


Mimi Billing

11 min read

Portrait of a young smiling woman taking nutritional supplements at home. Concept of biohacking and preventive medicine

For the first time in human history, more people die from diseases that come as a consequence of old age — such as cancer and heart attacks — than infectious disease.

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Sergey Jakimov is a partner at the newly formalised LongeVC.
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Nils Regge is a cofounder and managing director of Apollo Health Ventures with offices in Berlin.
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Humanity wants to help its users to slow down the rate of ageing.
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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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