Stephen Johnston's blog
Happily, there are now more people looking to invest in the age-tech space, though it’s still a surprisingly small list, including Link-age Ventures, Third Act Ventures and Generator Ventures in the US, and Mediterranean Towers, Mangrove Capital (sort of) and 4GenVentures (fundraising) in Europe. This is a welcome sign of capital being convinced this market […]
How do we go about effectively tackling major complex global challenges such as climate change, rising inequality, obesity and dementia? One thing is for sure, it won’t be with the same mindsets, systems and tools that got us here. The need for missions – to save the world A fascinating event last week by Collaborate […]
Over the past few years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of start-ups focused on ‘healthy ageing’. Since 2012, when I co-founded Aging2.0[i], we have hosted over 500 start-up pitch events across 65 chapters[ii] in 20 countries and are now tracking over 3000 companies globally. Most tend to focus on their breakthrough […]
Summary: A principles-based national framework for social care The recent £20bn birthday present to the NHS was welcome, if underwhelming, but the more pressing question facing the UK is how to fix social care. The two are connected of course, ‘bed blocking’ costs up to 8,000 lives a year. In today’s ageing society there is […]
Summary: Keeping people independent will need a systemic approach One of the reasons why we’ve not mastered the ‘problem’ of ageing in place – or keeping people in their homes for as long as possible, is that nobody is in charge and financially incentivized to do this. Delivering on this goal, one of the key […]