Our Dealflow team ensures a swift and uncomplicated funding process - leaving you more time to focus on research. Funding takes an average of 103 days, and you benefit from a single point of contact throughout.
We believe in innovative research. VitaDAO is fully independent and self-governed, which means we back highly novel projects that present higher risk, but have the potential to make revolutionary contributions to science.
Whether you’re applying for funding, looking for feedback, or just want to stay abreast of developments in the field, VitaDAO welcomes you to a skilled and diverse community who are invested in the outcomes of your research.
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“Assigning an intellectual property agreement to VitaDAO allowed us to concentrate on the wet lab. They talk to industry to see who is willing to buy the IP, or do clinical trials. This is a win-win for both parties.”
We welcome applications from anywhere in the world, and researchers at any stage of their career - including professors, post-docs, research scientists, and even students. We also fund biotech startups!
We are interested in therapeutic interventions that can (a) extend healthy lifespan across species, or (b) treat or prevent multiple age-related diseases where lifespan data is not available.
Royalties, sub-licenses, sponsored research, co-development agreements, and equity participation are all available as options depending on the nature of your project.
The VitaDAO community has supporters from both public and private funding sources including venture capital. VitaDAO endorsed and funded projects benefit from early access to this network.
We primarily fund translational R&D. Eligible projects should have a plan for developing a new therapeutics or diagnostics to yield patentable Composition of Matter IP with potential commercial value.
Our typical grant size is $250k, covering 1-2 years of R&D. Funding may be lower or higher, but we prioritize lower budgets. Ideally, funding is milestone based, with a frugal budget for a “killer experiment” and more on success.
In some cases VitaDAO owns the intellectual property from the projects that it funds. In other cases the funded institution and other third parties can maintain partial or full ownership of IP.
Our team of senior researchers, IP attorneys, drug hunters, med chemists, and biotech VCs will support you at every step of the way - from application to funding and comercialization.
More questions? Read our Funding FAQ, or get in touch with our team by emailing dao@vitadao.com
ImmuneAGE Bio is the first drug discovery platform company focused on immune system rejuvenation. ImmuneAGE rejuvenates hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) from the bone marrow based on a geroscience screening platform enabled by a new ‘StemSupply’ method achieving >1000x expansion of HSCs.
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Senescent cells accumulate with age and are associated with numerous diseases. Dr. Amit Sharma’s team have identified senescence-specific cell surface biomarkers which will act as targets for developing Chimeric Antigen Receptor Natural Killer (CAR-NK) cells aiming to precisely and safely eliminate senescent cells in vivo.
Mitophagy - the mechanism to recycle mitochondria - becomes dysregulated with age and is thought to be a driver of Alzheimer’s and other age-related diseases. The Fang lab aims to use a combination of artificial intelligence and a wet-lab validation platform to identify new mitophagy-activating drug candidates.
What if therapeutics to slow down the aging process and prevent age-related disease already existed? The Scheibye-Knudsen Lab will use advanced machine learning to crunch the data from 1.04 billion prescriptions to understand the impact of drugs on human lifespan.
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