Jake Odden served as a Partner & Chief Operating Officer at Aberdare Ventures for twenty years before joining The Taft. See sector focus and contact routes.
Jake Odden served as a Partner & Chief Operating Officer at Aberdare Ventures for twenty years before joining The Taft School as Chief Financial Officer in January 2019. At Aberdare, a San Francisco-based firm, he helped establish the investment focus on transformational healthcare companies that enable more efficient and less costly care. The firm invests across seed, early, and later stages in healthcare and biotechnology sectors. While specific check sizes and lead/follow behavior for Odden individually are not publicly detailed, Aberdare has managed over $400 million in assets and completed 73 to 118 investments. Notable portfolio companies include Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Clovis Oncology, Nevro, and goBalto, which was acquired by Oracle. Odden’s background includes prior roles in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and strategic planning at The Walt Disney Company, though no distinctive public writing or unique point of view from him as an investor is cited in available sources.
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