Building the Future of Life Sciences

Accelerating therapeutic and diagnostic programs from concept to clinic.

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Our Mission

Frameshift starts and builds life sciences companies. We work both internally and with external investigators, scientists, entrepreneurs, and investors to develop and advance therapeutic and diagnostic programs, primarily for human health.

We are based in Austin, Texas with operations in the San Francisco Bay Area and Central America.

Our Companies

Aperta Biosciences

Developing novel treatments for ocular surface diseases. Lead program, APT-001 (spinosad), is currently being evaluated in a Phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment chronic blepharitis.

Epiclone

Developing high-precision immuotherapies for cancer applications.

Foundation Bio

Generating the biochemical data needed to power the next generation of foundation models.

Angstrom Bio

Developer of amplicon sequencing technologies for the rapid and cost-effective detection of rare variants in infectious disease and oncology.

Affigen

Affigen developed personalized - from discovery through dosing - monoclonal antibodies against patient-specific, tumor-specific targets in the hematological malignancies.

Tropicalis Pharmaceuticals

Formed in partnership with Clarus Ventures (now Blackstone Life Sciences) to develop safe and effective treatments for Neglected Tropical Diseases.

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1108 Lavaca St., Ste 110-329
Austin, TX 78759