Aaron Nelson

Partner at Novo Holdings · Joined 2025

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Biography

Aaron Nelson joined Novo Holdings Venture Investments (US) Inc. in June 2025 as a Partner. He was previously a Managing Director at the Novartis Venture Fund, leading seed and Series A investments in therapeutic drug discovery projects, and also worked on dRx Capital, a Novartis digital health investment programme. Before becoming an investment professional he worked across several Novartis research and development units, including Trials of the Future and Investigative Toxicology. He holds a BA from Cornell University, a PhD in cell and microbiology from the University of Pennsylvania and an MD from Tufts University, and carried out post-doctoral studies at the Karolinska Institutet.

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2025
Joins Novo Holdings Venture Investments (US) Inc. in June 2025 as a Partner.

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Novo Holdings - Aaron Nelson (people page, checked 6 September 2026) ↗