LongeVC | News, Hiring, Layoffs, Competitors, CEO, Fundraising Insights
LongeVC is a venture capital firm based in Lugano, Switzerland, founded in 2016. The company specializes in supporting early-stage...
LongeVC is a venture capital firm based in Lugano, Switzerland, founded in 2016. The company specializes in supporting early-stage biotech and longevity-focused founders, helping them gain industrial momentum, raise capital, and shape the future of the biotech industry. LongeVC aims to build a broad community of biotech innovators by funding companies in complementary sectors and facilitating collaboration among them.
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Paradiso, Lugano
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1-10 employees
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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- Sergey Jakimov, co-founder and partner at LongeVC, emphasizes a pragmatic, disease-driven approach to longevity by investing in treatments for age-related conditions like cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.
- Rubedo Life Sciences, a portfolio company of LongeVC, announced plans for a Phase 1 clinical trial of their GPX4 modulator RLS-1496 targeting aging cells.
- LongeVC will participate as a sponsor in the Longevity Science Summit in Miami, aiming to raise $250K for longevity research projects.
- Garri Zmudze of LongeVC participated in an investors panel at ARDD2024 discussing the development of the longevity biotechnology industry.
- Sergey Jakimov, co-founder of LongeVC, emphasizes the company's focus on investing in innovative biotech and healthcare solutions to improve health spans and support early-stage companies in longevity science.
- LongeVC's portfolio company CatenaBio, based in Berkeley's Bakar Labs, was featured among Berkeley's top 10 startups to watch in 2025 for its innovative CysTyrβ’ platform and Multi-Payload Conjugates technology.
- LongeVC's co-founders Sergey Jakimov and Ilya Suharenko will participate in the Unicorn Summit in Lisbon, Portugal from June 29 to July 2, 2025.
- Sergey Jakimov, Founding Partner at LongeVC, discusses how Europe can enhance biotech success through IP commercialization and incentivization in his op-ed for EU VC.
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βοΈ LongeVC Alternatives and Competitors
- Aeravti Ventures |
- Black Diamond Ventures
πΌ LongeVC Hiring and Layoffs
- Hyeyoung ElΓ©onore S. has joined LongeVC as a Venture Scout in Norway.
- Krishna Amin has joined LongeVC as a Venture Scout.
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- LongeVC's portfolio company Longenesis has partnered with Novartis Baltics on a pilot project to transform cardiovascular disease treatment and prevention in Latvia.
- Unnatural Products Inc., a LongeVC portfolio company, is pioneering AI-powered macrocyclic molecule design in collaboration with Merck to enhance drug discovery for complex diseases.
- LongeVC's portfolio company Longenesis has partnered with Novartis Baltics and Daugavpils Regional Hospital to launch a pilot project for cardiovascular disease treatment and prevention in Latvia.
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- LongeVC's portfolio company Melio, led by Mridu Sinha, received a $3.5M grant to develop a platform for rapid identification of bloodstream infections, starting with neonatal sepsis.
- LongeVC participated in Proton Intelligence Inc.'s $6.95 million seed financing round for their Continuous Potassium Monitoring platform.
- LongeVC has invested in Proton Intelligence, a company developing the first minimally invasive continuous potassium monitoring devices to improve management of chronic conditions.
- LongeVC has invested in Glyphic Biotechnologies, which is developing single-molecule protein sequencing technology.
- LongeVC's comparative indices for 2023 show slight improvements in net turnover, equity capital, fixed assets, balance, tangible assets, and liquidity.
- LongeVC's comparative indices for 2023 show slight improvements in net turnover, profit or loss, equity capital, fixed assets, balance, tangible assets, and liquidity.
- Artem Trotsyuk, operating partner at LongeVC, noted a trend of larger companies acquiring smaller biotechs to access new medicines and technologies.