Disrupting how we age.

SilverLife is a venture studio with a mission to disrupt aging. We partner with exceptional founders to launch companies that are shaking up what it means to grow older.

 

– FEATURED IN –

  • Life expectancy for individuals born today (1)

  • Number of adults 65+ in the U.S. by 2060 (2)

  • Number of people retiring daily in the U.S. (3)

  • Percentage of adults who plan to keep working post retirement (4)

  • Percentage of adults who want to age at home (5)

  • Percentage of Americans shifting assets for a longer retirement (6)

  • (1) World Economic Forum, We’ll Live to 100 - How Can We Afford It?, 2017
    (2) U.S. Census Bureau Population Projections, 2020
    (3) Pew Research and Social Security Administration
    (4) Gallup Economy and Personal Finance Survey, 2017
    (5) AARP Home and Communities Preferences Survey, 2021
    (6) GoBankingRates, Jaw-Dropping Stats About the State of Retirement in America, 2022

Our Areas of Focus

  • Aging in Place

  • Mobility

  • Cognitive and Physical Health & Wellness

  • Connected Life & Work

  • Finance

  • Physical Communities

OUR APPROACH

Partnering with world-class founders

SilverLife provides a diligenced idea, capital, relationships and ongoing business building support. Together, we will build meaningful businesses that will disrupt aging.

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Meet the Founder

Vanessa Liu

Vanessa has over 25 years of experience and a proven track record of value creation as a serial founder, operator, strategist and investor. As the founder of SilverLife and the CEO of SilverLife’s first portfolio company Sugarwork, her vision is to transform how older adults age. She was most recently Vice President of SAP.iO North America, SAP’s early-stage venture arm, where she recruited and accelerated 87 enterprise software startups. Prior to SAP, Vanessa was Chief Operating Officer at Trigger Media Group, a digital media venture studio, and co-founded Trigger’s portfolio companies: InsideHook and Fevo. She began her career at McKinsey & Company.

 Vanessa currently serves as a Non-Executive director of Appen Ltd. (ASX: APX) and Goodman Group (ASX: GMG). 

Vanessa graduated with an AB in psychology from Harvard University and with a JD from Harvard Law School. She was a Fulbright Scholar at Universiteit Utrecht in the Netherlands. She serves as a member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University and as Past President Director of the Harvard Alumni Association.

“We are living longer - reaching 100 will be normal. This will radically change how we live, work, play, stay healthy, manage money, connect with family and friends. SilverLife is here to create lasting businesses that will shape how we age, and I can’t think of a greater purpose.”

— VANESSA LIU, FOUNDER