Investing in Longevity – Abby Miller Levy The Retirement Wisdom Podcast
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The population of Americans age 65 and older is on track to double between 2010 and 2040. And that's leading to increased investments in innovative solutions to serve the needs of older adults, in areas including healthcare and wellness, financial services, senior housing, social connectivity and caregiving. Abby Miller Levy, of Primetime Partners, joins us to discuss what she sees happening in the rapidly growing longevity economy.
Abby Miller Levy joins us from New York.
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Bio
Abby Miller Levy is the managing Partner & Co-Founder of Primetime Partners, an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in, and builds from the ground up, companies that can transform the quality of living for older adults. She has spent her career helping businesses and consumer brands grow as an operator, entrepreneur and advisor, most notably in the wellness sector. Prior to Primetime Partners, Abby was an executive at SoulCycle, where she oversaw business development and revenue growth outside the consumer studio business, with an emphasis on building new digital products as the Senior Vice President of Strategy & Growth. Abby has also been a Founder herself, teaming with Arianna Huffington to launch Thrive Global, a behavior change technology company focused on employee productivity and wellness. Abby served as President of Thrive Global and remains on the Thrive Board. Abby began her career at McKinsey & Company then led product development at OXO International. She is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Business School.
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For More on Abby Miller Levy and Primetime Partners
Primetime Partners
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Podcast Episodes You May Like
The Age Tech Revolution – Keren Etkin
Breaking the Age Code – Dr. Becca Levy
Are You Ready for The New Long Life? – Andrew Scott
Thriving in Place – Lisa Cini
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Resources Mentioned in this Episode
MIT Age Lab - Blog
MIT Media Lab
Stanford Center on Longevity - Longevity Briefing newslettter
Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at USC - Vitality Magazine
AARP Research
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Wise Quotes
On Primetime Partners
"And so that's really the genesis for me of starting Primetime was really on trying to solve this issue for my parents, recognizing that there were a lot of businesses to be built. And so instead of building one individual idea or concept into a business, I thought, well, maybe I would build an investment platform to fund dozens and hopefully hundreds of other entrepreneurs to solve or build things in this white space. And then I, and my partner Alan Patricof - he has been an investor for the past 50 years, starting a large private equity firm called Apax Partners, and then Greycroft, which is a multi-billion dollar venture firm - was also in intrigued by this issue of how do we get older Americans starting businesses, people with expertise and wisdom and network and skills. And so we came together to start the fund in the Spring of 2020."
On Innovation in the Longevity Economy
"But what we're more interested at Primetime, because we're an early stage investment fund is the amount of innovation going on in the space. And so just to put a bookmark in there, since we launched in summer of 2020, so almost three years ago, we've looked at 1,300 startups that would be included in the longevity economy. This includes healthcare businesses, financial service businesses, consumer and media businesses. There is a lot of new ideas bubbling up becaus...
The population of Americans age 65 and older is on track to double between 2010 and 2040. And that's leading to increased investments in innovative solutions to serve the needs of older adults, in areas including healthcare and wellness, financial services, senior housing, social connectivity and caregiving. Abby Miller Levy, of Primetime Partners, joins us to discuss what she sees happening in the rapidly growing longevity economy.
Abby Miller Levy joins us from New York.
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Bio
Abby Miller Levy is the managing Partner & Co-Founder of Primetime Partners, an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in, and builds from the ground up, companies that can transform the quality of living for older adults. She has spent her career helping businesses and consumer brands grow as an operator, entrepreneur and advisor, most notably in the wellness sector. Prior to Primetime Partners, Abby was an executive at SoulCycle, where she oversaw business development and revenue growth outside the consumer studio business, with an emphasis on building new digital products as the Senior Vice President of Strategy & Growth. Abby has also been a Founder herself, teaming with Arianna Huffington to launch Thrive Global, a behavior change technology company focused on employee productivity and wellness. Abby served as President of Thrive Global and remains on the Thrive Board. Abby began her career at McKinsey & Company then led product development at OXO International. She is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Business School.
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For More on Abby Miller Levy and Primetime Partners
Primetime Partners
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Podcast Episodes You May Like
The Age Tech Revolution – Keren Etkin
Breaking the Age Code – Dr. Becca Levy
Are You Ready for The New Long Life? – Andrew Scott
Thriving in Place – Lisa Cini
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Resources Mentioned in this Episode
MIT Age Lab - Blog
MIT Media Lab
Stanford Center on Longevity - Longevity Briefing newslettter
Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at USC - Vitality Magazine
AARP Research
______________________
Wise Quotes
On Primetime Partners
"And so that's really the genesis for me of starting Primetime was really on trying to solve this issue for my parents, recognizing that there were a lot of businesses to be built. And so instead of building one individual idea or concept into a business, I thought, well, maybe I would build an investment platform to fund dozens and hopefully hundreds of other entrepreneurs to solve or build things in this white space. And then I, and my partner Alan Patricof - he has been an investor for the past 50 years, starting a large private equity firm called Apax Partners, and then Greycroft, which is a multi-billion dollar venture firm - was also in intrigued by this issue of how do we get older Americans starting businesses, people with expertise and wisdom and network and skills. And so we came together to start the fund in the Spring of 2020."
On Innovation in the Longevity Economy
"But what we're more interested at Primetime, because we're an early stage investment fund is the amount of innovation going on in the space. And so just to put a bookmark in there, since we launched in summer of 2020, so almost three years ago, we've looked at 1,300 startups that would be included in the longevity economy. This includes healthcare businesses, financial service businesses, consumer and media businesses. There is a lot of new ideas bubbling up becaus...
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