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Robert Nelsen

Co-Founder and Managing Director, ARCH Venture PartnersARCH Venture PartnersChicago, IL

Current Firm

ARCH Venture Partners

Investments

6+ companies

Focus

Biotech, Digital Health

About Robert Nelsen

Robert Nelsen co-founded ARCH Venture Partners to commercialize deep-science ideas from universities and national labs very early, often helping create companies from the lab bench up rather than just funding existing startups. He has a dual background in biology and economics that he uses to identify which nascent scientific ideas can become large companies, and he's known for getting involved extremely early—often before ideas appear in conferences—and pairing that science with experienced repeat executives.

Focus Areas

BiotechDigital HealthAIDeeptech

Investment Stage

Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+

Notable Investments

Clinton Bybee
Kristina Burow
Steve Gillis
Mark McDonnell
Paul Berns
Keith Crandell