cohort 11 June 2-5, 2025

A community of bio builders

Develop an idea, meet a co-founder, join a team.

Application deadline: May 20, 2025
Application deadline: May 20, 2025
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Frequency Bio is a flexible and free virtual program designed to help you explore launching a biotech startup — on your terms.

Whether you’re actively working on an idea or are just starting to think about building, we welcome a diverse community of founders. This year, we are partnering with MDplus to provide community and content specifically for doctors, residents and medical trainees interested in starting companies. 

Application deadline: May 20, 2025

Free to join

Virtual program

One week

10 hours

Access to experts

A lifelong founder community

Core Sessions

Frequency Bio participants are required to attend each of the sessions below.

Onboarding

Onboarding + virtual meetup

12-1:30PM ET
Tuesday

Building your team and intellectual property

12-1:00PM ET
Wednesday

Market opportunity and customer discovery

12-1:00PM ET
Thursday

Setting milestones and executing

12-1:00PM ET
Friday

Getting your first term sheet

12-1:00PM ET

Program Roadmap

Application deadline: May 20,2025

Core Sessions

Live virtual sessions covering the fundamentals of finding a co-founder, validating your idea, developing a business model, and raising capital.

(45 minutes | optional)

Founder Talks

Live virtual and recorded talks from experienced founders. Learn about the journey ahead from someone who has been there and done it before.

(60 minutes | optional)

Founder Community

Join a community of future founders that will endure for life. Start to build relationships during the on-boarding session, then stay connected on Slack and through virtual working groups.

Team

Frequency Bio Cohort 11 is hosted by Pillar VC and MDplus.

Pillar backs founders from the very beginning — moving ideas from concept to real-world application. In biotech, Pillar has spearheaded the founder-led bio movement creating resources, building community and leading investments into the life science ecosystem.

MDplus empowers the next generation of physician-innovators who will improve healthcare delivery through the intersection of technology, AI, policy, business, and life sciences. They have more than 3000 medical students and residents as part of our community.

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Tony Kulesa

Partner, Pillar
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Thomas de Vlaam

Partner, Pillar

Madelyn Heart

Head of Bio Platform, PIllar

Jessika Baral

Co-Director of Venture Capital, MDplus

Samuel Youkilis

Co-Director of Venture Capital, MDplus

Previous Speakers

Frequency Bio includes both live Founder Talks and recorded sessions.

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Josie Kishi

Co-founder & CEO, Digital Bio
Aug 2024
Aug 2024
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Sudharsan Dwaraknath

Co-founder & CEO, Quorum Bio
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Miroslav Gasparek

Co-founder & CEO, Sensible Bio
Aug 2024

Max Jamilly

Hoxton Farms
Jan 2023

Daisy Robinton

Oviva Therapeutics
Aug 2022
Aug 2022

Jake Becraft

Strand Therapeutics

Reshma Shetty

Ginkgo Bioworks
Jan 2022

Nabiha Saklayen

Cellino
April 2021

Where Our Community
Members Work & Learn

Frequency Bio is designed for

Anyone considering building in bio

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