Online food delivery giant Zomato’s founder, Deepinder Goyal, on Friday announced a $25 million fund for his ‘Continue Research’ project, aiming to support researchers and seed fund startups globally. The fund is entirely self-financed by Goyal, reflecting his commitment to backing scientific inquiry and innovative research.
Supporting Researchers Across the World
In a social media post on X, Goyal highlighted the purpose of the fund. “Today, we are expanding Continue Research to include a $25 million fund (entirely personally backed) to support researchers across the world who dare to ask simpler questions than anyone else. Who believe biology might be far simpler than we’ve made it,” he said.
Continue Research, founded by Goyal, has been funding studies over the last two years to explore upstream mechanisms in biology. According to its official website, the project encourages a systems approach, believing that “biology could be far simpler than we’ve made it, if only we took a systems approach to the whole picture rather than studying it pixel by pixel.”
Multi-Decadal Vision for Human Evolution
Unlike traditional startups or companies, Continue Research operates as a research team and seed fund, focusing on extending healthy human function. Goyal explained the project’s long-term goal: “This will be a multi-decadal journey. Our goal here is to become a small catalyst in humanity’s journey of conscious evolution. To lead us into the Post-Darwin era,” he said.
The initiative is currently exploring human ageing, which Goyal described as “hiding in plain sight for eternity.” He also hinted at upcoming developments, stating, “Along with a team of initially skeptical researchers, we’ve been investigating a penny-drop insight about human ageing. Something that’s been hiding in plain sight for eternity. But more on that in a few weeks. We are at the tail-end of the research on this hypothesis, which if true, could fundamentally change our understanding of biology and ageing.”
A Vision Beyond Traditional Science
Continue Research represents Goyal’s vision to bridge curiosity-driven science with practical breakthroughs. Through its funding and resources for scientists around the globe, the initiative hopes to accelerate breakthroughs that have the potential to revolutionize human biology and longevity.