Eternal’s Goyal bets $25 mn on venture to extend human lifespan

Deepinder Goyal, founder and chief executive of Eternal — the parent company of Zomato and Blinkit — is putting $25 million of his own fortune into Continue Research, a longevity research venture he launched two years ago. Its mission: To extend healthy human function through open-source biological research.

- PEERZADA ABRAR

Describing short human lifespans as civilisation’s “core bug”, the billionaire has argued that 80-year lives make people “reckless” because they'll never face the long-term consequences of their choices. Continue, he said, will function not as a commercial company but as a hybrid of research team and seed fund.

According to longevity investors, one should look beyond chronological age and focus on biological age, the body’s true internal clock tracked through biomarkers. That idea has spawned a wave of global startups promising to slow, sustain, or even reverse biological aging.