Formic Ventures

Formic Ventures is a venture capital firm that makes seed investments in early-stage, high-potential startups, with a particular focus on biotechnology companies working on human longevity, alongside other ventures it considers meaningful to people's lives. It also makes small charitable gifts to 501(c)(3) organisations engaged in longevity-related research. The firm frames its outlook around using technology to bring order and useful insight to an otherwise disorganised world, aiming to help people make better decisions over the long run. Portfolio areas referenced on its site include a platform applying artificial intelligence to drug discovery, biomarker development and research into aging; a separate company working on drug discovery and materials design; a business focused on reversing aging through cell reprogramming; and a company building AI software paired with hardware for national security applications.