About Me
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 his research on electron-tunneling in proteins was published in leading journals and cited over 1,500 times. A serial entrepreneur, Joe has founded multiple venture-backed startups, including OQO (acquired by Google) and Vium (acquired by Recursion Pharma), and served as a part-time partner at Y Combinator, mentoring biotech startups. At Retro, he is bringing urgency and focus to the challenge of aging, leading a team advancing novel approaches to longevity.