Experience
- AsimovCo-founder & CEOcurrent2017 β presentGreater Boston
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPhD Student, Voigt Lab2010 β 2016Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- The Thomas and Stacey Siebel FoundationSiebel Scholar2014 β 2015
- National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship ProgramNDSEG Fellow2012 β 2015
- Department of Electrical Engineering - University of WashingtonResearch Assistant, Klavins Lab2009 β 2010
- Institute for Systems BiologyResearch Assistant, Baliga Lab2009
- University of Washington BioengineeringResearch Assistant, Sauro Lab2008 β 2009
Colleagues at Pillar VC
Alex Reinhart
Associate at Pillar VC
Alex Ting
Director of Events & Operations at Pillar VC
Andras Forgacs
Co-Founder & Board Director, Modern Meadow, Fork & Goode, Organovo & Founding Pillar at Pillar VC
Andrea Coravos
Co-founder/CEO, HumanFirst & Venture Partner at Pillar VC
Andy Beck
CEO, PathAI & Founding Pillar at Pillar VC
Ash Ashutosh
CEO, Actifio & Founding Pillar at Pillar VC
Bernhard van Lengerich
CEO at Seeding The Future Foundation. Board Member at Beyond Meat and CSO at General Mills & Founding Pillar at Pillar VC
Bill Brady
CEO, Kula Bio, Monolith Materials, Mascoma Corporation & Founding Pillar at Pillar VC
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Alec Nielsen?
- Founder & CEO, Asimov & Venture Partner at Pillar VC
- Where does Alec Nielsen work?
- Alec Nielsen is Co-founder & CEO of Asimov and Founder & CEO, Asimov & Venture Partner at Pillar VC.
- What companies did Alec Nielsen found?
- Alec Nielsen founded Asimov.
- Where did Alec Nielsen go to school?
- Alec Nielsen studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biological Engineering); University of California, San Francisco (Biophysics); University of Washington (Bachelor of Science (BS), Bioengineering).
Founder mafias
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University of Washington mafia114
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University of California, San Francisco mafia28
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Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,388
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars
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Also worked at Asimov5
Also worked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology480
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