Google Ventures in search of immortality
In an interview with Bloomberg, Bill Maris said that he received the freedom to invest $ 425 million this year. To spend this money, he is looking for companies working in the field of medicine to extend life expectancy.
Google Ventures, forty-year-old president and managing partner, is a neuroscientist by training, a friend and an active supporter of Ray Kurzweil in his futuristic theories about indispensable singularity. They believe that in the near future we will certainly be waiting for technological evolution, by transforming the biological basis of human existence as a species, using nanorobots and other machines that will improve our anatomical features and change the very essence of human nature - our DNA. As a result, we will all live much longer and better. In his interview, Bill stated that modern research suggests that human biological potential allows you to live up to five hundred years.
And at the moment the company is looking for startups that are studying the aging process, developing vaccines and extending human life.
According to Marisa, to achieve this age, a person will need special cars that will support life for decades. On the one hand, such a future may seem like a terrible nightmare from science fiction films, but according to the company it is inevitable. Therefore, Google and spends such money to implement the most ambitious plans in this area.
To date, Google Ventures already manages a portfolio of $ 2 billion, with a share of more than 280 startups.
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According to data collected by CB Insights, a research firm that tracks the investment activities of enterprises, Google Ventures ranked fourth among the most active US firms last year, taking part in 87 transactions.
Google Ventures was founded in 2009. The number of projects supported by the company, in particular, includes a service for calling Uber taxi and a platform that allows advertising products in applications for Namo Media smartphones. Here is a small infographics describing the company's portfolio.
Google Ventures, forty-year-old president and managing partner, is a neuroscientist by training, a friend and an active supporter of Ray Kurzweil in his futuristic theories about indispensable singularity. They believe that in the near future we will certainly be waiting for technological evolution, by transforming the biological basis of human existence as a species, using nanorobots and other machines that will improve our anatomical features and change the very essence of human nature - our DNA. As a result, we will all live much longer and better. In his interview, Bill stated that modern research suggests that human biological potential allows you to live up to five hundred years.
And at the moment the company is looking for startups that are studying the aging process, developing vaccines and extending human life.
According to Marisa, to achieve this age, a person will need special cars that will support life for decades. On the one hand, such a future may seem like a terrible nightmare from science fiction films, but according to the company it is inevitable. Therefore, Google and spends such money to implement the most ambitious plans in this area.
To date, Google Ventures already manages a portfolio of $ 2 billion, with a share of more than 280 startups.
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According to data collected by CB Insights, a research firm that tracks the investment activities of enterprises, Google Ventures ranked fourth among the most active US firms last year, taking part in 87 transactions.
Google Ventures was founded in 2009. The number of projects supported by the company, in particular, includes a service for calling Uber taxi and a platform that allows advertising products in applications for Namo Media smartphones. Here is a small infographics describing the company's portfolio.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/286542/
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