Origami Therapeutics / Longevity.Technology · Mar 2026
Interview with CEO Beth Hoffman about using autophagy and protein disposal pathways to target misfolded brain proteins; includes comments on Huntington’s disease and brain healthspan.
Oral drugs to halt neurodegeneration
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Origami Therapeutics, Inc. is a San Diego-based preclinical biotech developing small-molecule protein degraders and protein conformation correctors for neurodegenerative diseases, with a lead focus on Huntington’s disease through its ORICISION™ platform. Public sources conflict on founding year and total funding, so I used the most current company/profile signals and noted the discrepancy in the research.
Primary product
ORICISION™ small-molecule protein degrader/conformation-corrector platform, with lead program ORI-003 for Huntington’s disease
Founded
2016
Headquarters
San Diego, California, United States
Team size
1-10 employees
Industry
Biotechnology Research
Sub-industry
Preclinical neurodegenerative-disease drug discovery / protein degradation therapeutics
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Offices
Business model
Stage
seed
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Unattributed VC · Nov 2025
Nov 2025 · NuFund Venture Group
Sep 2022
Mar 2022 · Y Combinator / The Catalytic Impact Foundation
Jan 2016
Investors
Public recruiting copy describes a collaborative, inclusive, intellectually curious, fast-paced environment, with emphasis on employee training and career development.
Compensation
No public salary bands or equity ranges were disclosed. Public hiring signals only show standard biotech benefits, not compensation details.
Benefits
Pricing
Not publicly disclosed; appears to rely on partnership, licensing, and milestone-based collaboration economics.
Differentiators
Technology
Competitors
Estimated revenue
US$1M-$5M (third-party estimates vary; some sources are lower)
Estimated monthly visits
4.3K
Origami Therapeutics / Longevity.Technology · Mar 2026
Interview with CEO Beth Hoffman about using autophagy and protein disposal pathways to target misfolded brain proteins; includes comments on Huntington’s disease and brain healthspan.
Origami Therapeutics / Clinical Leader · Mar 2026
Conversation on strategic criteria for rare-disease partnerships and how Origami evaluates collaborators.
San Diego Business Journal · Mar 2026
Reported the Ipsen deal from a local business angle and noted the upfront payment, milestone economics, and Beth Hoffman’s comments on the validation of the platform.
Origami Therapeutics · Jan 2026
Announced a global collaboration and option agreement with Ipsen for a rare inherited neurodegenerative-disease protein degrader program; Ipsen gets an option to license globally after candidate nomination.
Origami Therapeutics · Jun 2025
Origami was named a finalist in BIO International Convention 2025 Start-up Stadium, a useful external validation milestone.