Laura Deming is an 18 year old venture capitalist Partner at Floreat Capital. At 18, Deming is already a venture capitalist, working closely with biotech legend Corey Goodman. She is obsessed with curing aging, she began working in labs at 12, entered MIT at 14. Frustrated that such work was not being commercialized, she obtained the backing of Facebook founding investor Peter Thiel through the 20under20 fellowship to start an anti-aging focused VC fund.
Laura Deming told attendees at TEDMED 2013 how she found the next emerging market through her passion for extending the human healthspan.
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