Investing
in healthy lifespans
quadraScope invests in rejuvenation medicine ventures that aim to reverse aging and enhance health by targeting the mechanisms of aging
With an existing portfolio of promising ventures, a strong track record of entrepreneurial success and fund management, and presence at top biotech innovation hubs, we can quickly take advantage of healthspan-enhancing innovations where and as they happen.
Our value proposition
A promising
portfolio
With $2.5M invested just a year ago, our current portfolio is already showing a 1.3X markup.
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Based in Boston
and Tel Aviv
We are strategically based at the heart of two major biotech innovation hubs granting us access to a large pool of startups and talent.
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Execution-and-science-driven team
We have expertise in launching and building companies to exit. Our team includes renowned experts in rejuvenation science.
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Rejuvenation medicine:
The next frontier in healthcare
Rejuvenation medicine targets the age-related deterioration of the human body. As an untapped market opportunity, rejuvenation medicine has the potential to curb the huge healthcare costs currently associated with diseases of aging while promising a longer healthspan.
Multiple types of molecular and cellular damage accumulate throughout life.
Loss of proteostasis
Proteins are essential for all cellular processes, but the mechanisms that maintain protein are inadequate in aged cells.
Epigenetic changes
Aging is associated with distinct modifications in the way DNA is stored, read and expressed, without altering the gene sequence.
Genetic instability
Failure of DNA repair mechanisms leads to loss of information and mutations of the genetic code in aged cells.
Telomere attrition
Telomeres, the protective caps of chromosomes, shorten each time a cell divides. When telomeres are too short, cells become unable to replicate.
Dysregulated nutrient sensing
Handling excess nutrients is a big challenge for cells. The mechanisms that control nutrient availability and utilization fail with age.
Mitochondrial dysfunction
Mitochondria consume oxygen and produce almost all the energy cells use. Mitochondria become leaky and inefficient with aging.
Cellular senescence
Senescent cells accumulate in aged tissues. As a result, they stop functioning properly, causing inflammation that damages the organism.
Stem cell exhaustion
In aged organisms, the pool of stem cells decreases, causing a declination of the regeneration capacity of individual stem cells.
Altered intercellular communication
Aged cells fail to coordinate their metabolism and function leading to unnecessary chronic inflammation.
Rejuvenation medicine:
The next frontier in healthcare
Rejuvenation medicine targets the age-related deterioration of the human body. As an untapped market opportunity, rejuvenation medicine has the potential to curb the huge healthcare costs currently associated with diseases of aging while promising a longer healthspan.
Multiple types of molecular and cellular damage accumulate throughout life:
Proteins are essential for all cellular processes, but the mechanisms that maintain protein are inadequate in aged cells.
Aging is associated with distinct modifications in the way DNA is stored, read and expressed, without altering the gene sequence.
Failure of DNA repair mechanisms leads to loss of information and mutations of the genetic code in aged cells.
Telomeres, the protective caps of chromosomes, shorten each time a cell divides. When telomeres are too short, cells become unable to replicate.
Handling excess nutrients is a big challenge for cells. The mechanisms that control nutrient availability and utilization fail with age.
Mitochondria consume oxygen and produce almost all the energy cells use. Mitochondria become leaky and inefficient with aging.
Senescent cells accumulate in aged tissues. As a result, they stop functioning properly, causing inflammation that damages the organism.
In aged organisms, the pool of stem cells decreases, causing a declination of the regeneration capacity of individual stem cells.
Aged cells fail to coordinate their metabolism and function leading to unnecessary chronic inflammation.
Our portfolio
Our current portfolio is already showing significant traction.
Our Team
We are a women-led team with a proven track record, expertise in the healthcare sector and deep understanding of the emerging rejuvenation science and market. We have founded and played key roles in various ventures, from inception to multiple exits.
Fiona Miller
Managing Partner
Fiona is a serial entrepreneur with 3 successful exits. She was founder and CEO of octoScope, sold to Spirent Communications in 2021; Founder and CTO of Azimuth Systems, sold to Anritsu in 2016; and VP of Engineering at Scope Communications, sold to Hewlett-Packard (now Keysight) in 1998. Fiona holds 10 patents and is the publisher of numerous articles, white papers and test reports on wireless technologies and standards.
Fiona has been an active angel investor in the rejuvenation industry and also serves on the board of Healthy Longevity Clinic. She avidly supports rejuvenation initiatives through philanthropy.
She has a BA in Computer Science and BS in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, and Master’s work from MIT.
Miri Polachek
General Partner
Miri is an entrepreneurial executive and investor with over 25 years’ experience in the healthcare industry. Miri served as CEO of Joy Ventures, a venture builder and fund in the consumer mental health and wellbeing domain. She co-founded and led Israel Brain Technologies, a hub and catalyst for neuroscience innovation and commercialization, including the world’s first braintech startup accelerator. Miri has also held financial management positions in leading global healthcare companies including Pfizer and Teva and was VP Finance at IntegraMed.
Miri holds an MA in Health Economics from Boston University and an MBA from New York University.
José Navarro-Betancourt, MD, Ph.D
Scientific Director and Partner
José is a physician and molecular biologist with several years’ experience in aging research. He studied medicine at Universidad Panamericana and pursued Ph.D. studies at McGill University. Jose has performed basic research on several processes involved in aging, including stem cell differentiation, protein quality control, and cellular energy production.
Reason
Advisor
Reason is co-founder and CEO of Repair Biotechnologies. He has been an active angel investor in the longevity industry since its earliest days, with investments including Oisin Biotechnologies and Leucadia Therapeutics. He is a long-standing and well-connected patient advocate for aging research, involved in numerous fundraising and outreach initiatives conducted by organizations such as the Methuselah Foundation and SENS Research Foundation since the early 2000s. He is also the founder and writer of Fight Aging!, a noted news and commentary website in the biotechnology community. Prior to his involvement in the biotechnology industry, Reason was a consultant in the software industry. He holds Masters degrees in Astrophysics from the University of St. Andrews and Space Physics from Rice University.
Hans Keirstead, PhD
Advisor
Dr. Hans Keirstead is an internationally known stem cell expert and serial entrepreneur who has led therapy development for spinal cord injury, cancer, immune disorders, motor neuron disease, retinal disease, and COVID-19. He has founded 4 successful biotechnology companies and holds board positions at several prominent companies in the space. Previously, he was Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the University of California, Irvine, where he co-founded and directed the $77 million Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center. He was a founding advisor of the California stem cell initiative that resulted in the $8.5 billion CIRM stem cell fund and has been a long-time advisor to several governments on biomedical policy.
Carmela Abraham, PhD
Advisor
Carmela R. Abraham, Ph.D., has devoted her entire career to the study of aging and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). She obtained her B.Sc. in Biology at Tel Aviv University and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience at Harvard University. She is Professor Emerita of Biochemistry and Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics at Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Abraham’s research is both basic and translational. Her basic research focuses on understanding the pathologic mechanisms leading to AD and other neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. Abraham studies ways to protect the nerve cells that die in these diseases and, thus, prevent brain dysfunction. Her group discovered that the Klotho protein, whose levels decrease with age, is neuroprotective, anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory. She is a co-founder of Klogenix (formerly Klogene), a biotech startup targeting prevention and treatment of age-related diseases.
Diane Seimetz, PhD
Advisor
With over 22 years of experience, Dr. Diane Seimetz is a leading drug development and regulatory expert and an experienced entrepreneur and manager in the biopharmaceutical sector. Since 2013, the co-founder and former CEO of Biopharma Excellence (acquired by the Pharmalex group) has been advising clients on drug development and regulatory approval of novel therapies with the aim of making innovations available to patients early. Previously, Dr. Seimetz held a position as an Executive Vice President at Fresenius Health Care Group, being responsible for the international development of first-in-class biologic drugs. A doctoral pharmacist by trade, Dr. Seimetz is serving on the board of Directors at Humacyte and Cumulus Oncology. She is a member of several advisory boards and committees, including Temedica, the Helmholtz Validation Fund and the Aglaia Oncology Fund.
quadraScope is tapping the fast-emerging rejuvenation market with an abundance of research ready to be commercialized. With their strategic locations in Boston and Tel-Aviv they are poised to leverage the high concentration of biotech academia, industry and talent pool.
Reason
CEO, Repair Biotechnologies
The quadraScope team is focused on the right sector, with the right team to select and vet investment opportunities. The rejuvenation industry is an emerging next wave of biotech technologies that has seen a recent surge in funding while engaging the top scientific talent.
Hans Keirstead, PhD
Chairman, Immunis
We chose to partner with Quadrascope because of the strategic alignment of our visions, namely the importance of investment in programs that extend life-span and health-span while at the same time applying the same science to treat diseases that have no treatment.
Menachem Abraham
CEO, Klogenix
quadraScope, our first investor, has encouraged the formation of rejuvenation clinics and has been active in defining the treatment protocols as a strategic pillar alongside clinical trials.
Petr Sramek
CEO, Healthy Longevity Clinic
quadraScope, our first investor, has encouraged the formation of rejuvenation clinics and has been active in defining the treatment protocols as a strategic pillar alongside clinical trials.
Petr Sramek
CEO, Health Longevity Clinic
quadraScope’s investment allowed us to start the development of a biobetter growth hormone. This anchor investment attracted funding from two other major investors.
Robert Brooke
CEO, Intervene Immune
quadraScope has been a sounding board and a strong source of encouragement and support for our strategic direction.
Tom Benson
CEO, Mitrix
quadraScope is tapping the fast-emerging rejuvenation market with an abundance of research ready to be commercialized. With their strategic locations in Boston and Tel-Aviv they are poised to leverage the high concentration of biotech academia, industry and talent pool.
Reason
CEO, Repair Biotechnologies
We chose to partner with Quadrascope because of the strategic alignment of our visions, namely the importance of investment in programs that extend life-span and health-span while at the same time applying the same science to treat diseases that have no treatment.