SOME SAY,
"science progresses one funeral at a time."
When it comes to autoimmune diseases... that's not fast enough.
Praespero believes the time to end autoimmune disease is now.
Unlocking the capacity of the immune system to fight autoimmune disease.
PRAESPERO:
Let truth drive autoimmune disease research.
Unlocking the capacity of the immune system to fight autoimmune disease.
Praespero donors and scientists know that when the truth does the driving, breakthroughs follow.
Our aim is to provide no-strings-attached funding to the teams uncovering root causes of autoimmune diseases and translating those into prevention strategies, cures or safer long-term treatments.
MISSION
Facilitate innovation, collaboration, and cross-disciplinary research that will lead us to the root causes of autoimmune disease.
VISION
End autoimmune disease worldwide.
Enhancing quality of life for humanity is at the heart of our mission & vision.
VALUES
Collaboration: We believe that by getting the right people together to have the right conversations, we will achieve success.
Innovation: We encourage novel and creative thinking
Integrity: We approach all work with fairness, honesty and transparency.
Respect: We respect all individuals and value their contributions.
THE DIFFERENCE
What sets Praespero apart?
It's about scientific freedom. We put the world's top emerging immunologists, medical experts, and biomedical engineers in the driver's seat.
We fund differently.
We want donor dollars to drive bold exploration for innovative treatments and cures for autoimmune disease.
Traditional medical research funding sources are risk averse often tying scientists down to a set of outcomes and criteria.
We fund unconventional opportunities. We take risks. We give the researchers we fund full scientific freedom. If something unexpected emerges in their research, they have the latitude to shift directions and follow where the science is leading them.
“Everyone’s immune system is operating as a built-in doctor. We have to work with, and not against, the body to treat diseases.”
- Hilde Cheroutre, award-winning immunologist at La Jolla Institute for Immunology
(Praespero Scientific Advisory Board Member)
THE BEGINNING
Our founding story.
Meet Praespero Founder Laurie Venning
Extreme work ethic is in his DNA. Literally.
While his drive and passion opened doors to staggering entrepreneurial success and innovation, it carried a dark secret that was only uncovered after a debilitating diagnosis at age 42.
Laurie Venning’s autoimmune system works almost as hard as he does. And it was slowly killing him.
Learn more about how Laurie’s journey led him to launch Praespero.
OUR PROGRAMS
What we do
Praespero Summit
A collaborative gathering of scientific minds.
Collaboration is rare in the competitive world of innovative medical research.
Setting the stage for uninhibited discussion, knowledge sharing and collaboration, the Praespero Summit is often described as a ‘catalyst’ for new breakthroughs.