Co-Founder & CEO
Joe Betts-LaCroix, CEO of Retro Biosciences, is dedicated to extending healthy human lifespan by ten years. A scientist-turned-entrepreneur, he began his career at Harvard, MIT, and Caltech, where he co-discovered key factors governing electron-tunneling rates in proteins, with his research published leading journals, accumulating over 1,500 citations.
Joe has co-founded three venture-backed startups. His first, OQO, created the world’s smallest Windows computer (Guinness World Record, 2006) and was later acquired by Google. His second, Vium, leveraged automation and AI to accelerate in vivo research and was acquired by Recursion Pharma. He also spent several years as a part-time partner at Y Combinator, mentoring and investing in biotech startups.
Now, as CEO of Retro Biosciences, he is bringing urgency and focus to the challenge of aging, leading a team exploring numerous novel approaches to longevity therapeutics. By accelerating discovery and translation, Retro aims to make meaningful gains in extending healthspan within our lifetime.