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Jake Olson

Investor

Principal at Arthur Ventures

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Jake Olson combines Harvard economics and Lazard M&A experience into a fundamentals-oriented VC who rose from Associate to Principal since 2020 and targets B2B platforms solving workflow and compliance problems.

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Invests in

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtechSaaS

Experience

  1. Arthur VenturesPrincipalcurrent2025 — presentMinneapolis, Minnesota, United States
  2. Arthur VenturesVice President2022 — 2025Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
  3. Arthur VenturesAssociate2020 — 2022Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
  4. LazardInvestment Banking2019 — 2020

Education

  1. Harvard UniversityEconomics

Same school

Also attended Harvard University1,171

Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkDanny RimerPartner at Index VenturesLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGRyan IsonoDeal Partner at Felicis Ventures

+ 1,165 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Arthur Ventures10

Patrick MeenanGeneral Partner at Arthur VenturesRyan KruizengaGeneral Partner at Arthur VenturesAndrew HeimGeneral Partner at Arthur VenturesAnna TalericoPartner at Arthur VenturesJeff YureckoPartner at Arthur VenturesPaul AndersonGeneral Partner at Parceiro Ventures

+ 4 more

Also worked at Lazard158

Jimena NowackInvestor at Index VenturesChristian TeichmannCEO & Managing Director at Burda Principal InvestmentsSolomon HailuPartner at March Capital PartnersKevin KopczynskiPartner at Congruent VenturesDerek RappInvestor at RiverVest Venture PartnersWill DuftonPartner at Giant Ventures Global Llp

+ 152 more

Deals · 1

One Click Contractor, Inc.Board seat

via Arthur Ventures · filed Jun 2026 · $9.4M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Arthur Ventures

Andrew Christensen
Investor at Emerging Prairie
Andrew Heim
General Partner at Arthur Ventures
Anna Talerico
Partner at Arthur Ventures
Anthony James
Venture Partner at Arthur Ventures
Avnika (Avi) Gupta
Associate at Arthur Ventures
Brittany Patterson
Director at Arthur Ventures
Cael Berg
Analyst at Arthur Ventures
Chloe Ginkel
Associate at Arthur Ventures

Network3

Anna Talerico
Partner at Arthur Ventures
Anthony James
Venture Partner at Arthur Ventures
Doug Burgum
Investor at Arthur Ventures

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