1. Laura Deming was born on 1994 and is a venture capitalist whose work focuses on life extension, and using biological research to reduce or reverse the effects of aging.
11 Facts About Laura Deming
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Laura Deming is the daughter of John and Tabitha Deming; she grew up in New Zealand.
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At age 8, Laura Deming became interested in the biology of aging, and at age 12 she joined the lab of Cynthia Kenyon at the University of California, San Francisco.
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Laura Deming was accepted to MIT at age 14 and studied physics, but later dropped out to accept the $100,000 Thiel Fellowship and start a venture capital firm.
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Laura Deming was one of only two women in the 2011 initial class of Thiel Fellows.
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Laura Deming is the founder of and partner at The Longevity Fund, a venture capital firm focused on aging and life extension.
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In 2018, Laura Deming launched the AGE1 accelerator, a four-month startup program aimed at supporting founders developing longevity-focused companies.
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In 2023, Laura Deming joined forces with Alex Colville to launch age1, a next-generation venture capital fund building on the success of The Longevity Fund.
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Laura Deming believes that science can be used to create biological immortality in humans, and has said that ending aging "is a lot closer than you might think".
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Laura Deming has been featured in "30 Under 30" by Forbes magazine, and was one of the stars of "The Age of Ageing", a documentary by National Geographic television channel.
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Laura Deming spoke at the 2012 Singularity Summit and at the 2013 TEDMED conference.