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Nick Olsen

Nick Olsen

Director at Character Biosciences. Also a board member at Averna Therapeutics.

DirectorRoles at 2 startups
Updated Nov 10, 2026·Latest SEC filing Mar 20, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Nick Olsen

Nick Olsen is a director at Character Biosciences.

Form D filings also name Nick Olsen as a board member at Averna Therapeutics.

Experience

This experience comes from Nick Olsen's profile and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Nick Olsen in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

Leash Bio Current
Member Board of Directors
2026 – Present
Altis Labs Current
Board Observer
2026 – Present
Elio Current
Investor
2026 – Present
Character Biosciences, Inc. Current
Member Board of Directors
2025 – Present · Jersey City, NJ
Think Bioscience Current
Member Board of Directors
2025 – Present
Syrna Therapeutics Current
Member Board of Directors
2025 – Present
Averna Therapeutics Inc. Current
Board Member
Member Board of Directors (2024 – Present)
2024 – Present · Watertown, MA
Develops gene insertion medicines for people with genetic diseases, cancer and autoimmune conditions.
Weave Current
Investor
2023 – Present
Innovation Endeavors Current
Partner
2021 – Present
Tempus Labs, Inc.
Strategy and Operations
2018 – 2021
Bain & Company
Associate Consultant, Senior Associate Consultant
2015 – 2018
Spark Therapeutics, Inc.
Global Commercial
2017

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Nick Olsen works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

Averna Therapeutics Inc. · Form D/A, Mar 20, 2026
Thomas Barnes
Thomas Barnes
CEO & Board Member
Roy Amariglio
Roy Amariglio
Board Member
SS
Raju Prasad
Raju Prasad
Board Member
Tal Zaks
Tal Zaks
Executive Chairman of the Board
Henry Chen
Henry Chen
Board Member
DM
Dylan Morris
Board Member
Character Biosciences, Inc. · Form D, Sep 17, 2025
RS
Reut Shema
Director
VG
MA
Mayssa Attar
Director
JK
CZ
Cheng Zhang
CEO, CFO, and Secretary, director
PD
JH
Jason Hafler
Director

Sources

  1. SECAverna Therapeutics Inc. Form D/A, filed Mar 20, 2026
  2. SECCharacter Biosciences, Inc. Form D, filed Sep 17, 2025