# Nikolina Lauc

> Nikolina Lauc is co-founder and CEO of GlycanAge, a UK-based longevity diagnostics company built on two decades of glycobiology research from her father's laboratory in Zagreb. A serial entrepreneur since 18, she runs a business that translates a blood-based glycan test into a biological age readout, and she has become one of the more visible operators pushing preventive-health testing into the consumer market.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at GlycanAge
- **Organizations:** GlycanAge, Women for Longevity, Foresight Institute
- **From:** Croatia
- **Nationality:** Croatian
- **Known for:** Co-founder and CEO of GlycanAge, translating 20+ years of glycobiology research into a consumer biological-age test, Co-inventor on one patent in women's health diagnostics, Fellow at Foresight Institute

## Career timeline

- **~18** — Founded first company: graphic design and events management
- **university** — Launched a SaaS peer-to-peer travel platform
- **2020** — Co-founded GlycanAge with her father, Prof. Gordan Lauc
- **2022** — Closed $4.2M seed round
- **2024** — Raised ~€3.9M; spoke at Collision (Toronto) and Web Summit Vancouver
- **2025** — Series A extension; ~€7.4M round announced for GlycanAge

## Achievements

- Co-founder and CEO of GlycanAge, translating 20+ years of glycobiology research into a consumer biological-age test
- Co-inventor on one patent in women's health diagnostics
- Fellow at Foresight Institute
- Co-founder of Women for Longevity
- Grew multiple prior startups to 3M+ in revenue without outside investment
- Speaker at Collision, Web Summit Vancouver, Longevity Med Summit, BBC Click

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — GlycanAge closed a Series A / extension round; total funding around $7M.
- **2025** — Spoke at Longevity Med Summit on the role of women's hormones on biological ageing.
- **2024-06** — Speaker on the HealthConf stage at Collision 2024, Toronto.

## Links

- Website: https://glycanage.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikolinalauc/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAKwQfaDjFI
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nikolinalauc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/glycanage/

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Last updated: 2026-07-09