Robert Nelsen

Robert Nelsen

Founder at SANA BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.

Net worth: 6 M $ as of 2024-03-30

60 year
Health Technology
Commercial Services
Finance

Profile

Robert Nelsen is a co-founder and a Managing Director of ARCH Venture Partners.
Some of his notable early-stage investments include Illumina (ILMN), Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY), June Therapeutics (JUNO – acquired by Celgene), Beam Therapeutics (BEAM), Karuna Therapeutics (KRTX), Altos Labs, EQRx (EQRX), National Resilience, Prime Medicine, Lyell Immunopharma (LYEL), Array BioPharma (ARRY – acquired by Pfizer), Hua Medicine (2552:HK), Vir Biotechnology (VIR), Insitro, Agios Pharmaceuticals (AGIO), Sage Therapeutics (SAGE), GRAIL (acquired by Illumina), Gossamer Bio (GOSS), Ikaria (acquired by Mallinckrodt), Kythera Biopharmaceuticals (KYTH – acquired by Allergan), Receptos (RCPT – acquired by Celgene), Aviron (AVIR – acquired by MedImmune), Denali Therapeutics (DNLI), Syros Pharmaceuticals (SYRS), Sana Biotechnology (SANA), Verve Therapeutics (VERV), Brii Biosciences (2137:HK), Bluebird Bio (BLUE), R2 Technology (acquired by Hologic), Caliper Life Sciences (CALP – acquired by PerkinElmer), Trubion Pharmaceuticals (TRBN – acquired by Emergent Biosolutions), Adolor (ADLR – acquired by Cubist Pharmaceuticals), deCODE Genetics (DCGN – acquired by Amgen), Editas (EDIT), 10x Genomics, Semma Therapeutics (acquired by Vertex Pharmaceuticals), Element, and IDUN Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Pfizer).
Mr. Nelsen is a director of VIR, SANA, LYEL, National Resilience, Insitro, Prime Medicine, Nutcracker Therapeutics, Neumora Therapeutics, Brii Biosciences, and serves as Chairman of Hua Medicine, among others.
He previously served as a Trustee of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute, the Institute of Systems Biology, and was a director of the National Venture Capital association.
Mr. Nelsen holds an M.B.A.
from the University of Chicago and a B.S.
from the University of Puget Sound with majors in Economics and Biology.

Known holdings in public companies

CompanyDateNumber of sharesValuationValuation date
2023-05-21 610,041 ( 0.45% ) 6 M $ 2024-03-30
2024-02-07 13,853 ( 0.01% ) 138 530 $ 2024-03-30
2024-02-14 16,080 ( 0.01% ) 112 560 $ 2024-03-30

Robert Nelsen active positions

CompaniesPositionStart
HUA MEDICINE (SHANGHAI) LTD. Chairman 2010-04-22
SANA BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC. Founder 2018-07-12
PRIME MEDICINE, INC. Director/Board Member 2020-08-31
VIR BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC. Founder 2016-04-06
LYELL IMMUNOPHARMA, INC. Director/Board Member 2018-08-31
BRII BIOSCIENCES LIMITED Director/Board Member 2018-06-21
Founder 2010-06-27
Director/Board Member 2015-12-31
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Former positions of Robert Nelsen

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Training of Robert Nelsen

University of Puget Sound Undergraduate Degree
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business Masters Business Admin

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100 +

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75

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Linked companies

Listed companies19
ILLUMINA, INC.

Health Technology

SIENNA BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

Health Technology

BRII BIOSCIENCES LIMITED

Commercial Services

LYELL IMMUNOPHARMA, INC.

Health Technology

PRIME MEDICINE, INC.

Health Technology

SANA BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.

Health Technology

BEAM THERAPEUTICS INC.

Health Technology

GOSSAMER BIO, INC.

Health Technology

VIR BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.

Health Technology

UNITY BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.

Health Technology

AGIOS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

Health Technology

DENALI THERAPEUTICS INC.

Health Technology

SYROS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

Health Technology

HUA MEDICINE (SHANGHAI) LTD.

Health Technology

SAGE THERAPEUTICS, INC.

Health Technology

FATE THERAPEUTICS, INC.

Health Technology

CYCLACEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

Health Technology

BELLEROPHON THERAPEUTICS, INC.

Health Technology

NEUMORA THERAPEUTICS, INC.

Health Technology

Private companies54

Electronic Technology

Health Technology

Health Technology

Health Technology

Finance

ARCH Venture Corp.

Finance

Process Industries

Health Technology

Health Technology

Commercial Services

Commercial Services

Health Technology

Health Technology

Health Technology

Health Technology

Energy Minerals

Health Technology

Health Technology

Producer Manufacturing

Miscellaneous

Consumer Services

Technology Services

Finance

Health Technology

Commercial Services

Commercial Services

Resilience, Inc.

Commercial Services

Commercial Services

Finance

Commercial Services

Saga Investments LLC

Finance

Commercial Services

Health Technology

Health Services

Health Technology

Commercial Services

Health Technology

Electronic Technology

Health Services

Health Technology

Technology Services

Health Technology

Hua Medicine Technology (Hong Kong) Ltd.

Commercial Services

Commercial Services

Commercial Services

Finance

Brii Biosciences, Inc.

Brii Biosciences (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd.

Brii Biosciences (Beijing) Co. Ltd.

Health Technology

Health Technology

Technology Services

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