Brendan Oleary
CEO at Autobahn Labs, a biotech accelerator funded by Samsara BioCapital and Evotec
- Role
- Chief Executive Officer of Autobahn Labs, a Samsara Biocapital and Evotec Biotech Accelerator at Autobahn Labs, Inc
- Location
- Boston, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Brendan Oleary
For over 20 years, Brendan has employed a unique combination of business and scientific skills in a variety of entrepreneurial, venture capital and transactional roles. He is currently CEO of Autobahn Labs, a biotech accelerator funded by Samsara BioCapital and Evotec. During his almost 20-year tenure as a venture capitalist at Prism Ventures, Brendan built and invested in many successful private and public life science companies. In this role, he analyzed thousands of diverse opportunities, mentored hundreds of entrepreneurs, and helped bring several breakthrough technologies to market. Brendan then served as the founding Executive Vice Chancellor of Innovation and Business Development at UMass Chan Medical School where he led all business development and licensing functions and co-led many translational development activities for one of the country’s largest academic research centers. His team generated record numbers of licenses, spinouts and industry collaborations while rapidly growing and diversifying revenue sources. More recently, he served as Head of Life Sciences at Bowen, a boutique investment bank focused on early-stage companies. Brendan previously co-founded AllosteRx Capital, a biotechnology venture capital firm, and Delta Therapeutics, a precision immuno-oncology company. Earlier in his career, O’Leary held operating roles at cutting-edge diagnostic and high-throughput drug discovery platform companies. He holds a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.A. in Organic Chemistry and Economics from Middlebury College.
Experience
Chief Executive Officer of Autobahn Labs, a Samsara Biocapital and Evotec Biotech Accelerator
Jul 2023 — Present · Boston, MA, US
Education
Scripps Research
Visiting Student / Research Assistant, Organic Chemistry
1996 — 1999
Middlebury College
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Chemistry / Economics
1990 — 1994
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Organic Chemistry
1994 — 1999
Middlebury College
Bachelor of Arts, Chemistry and Economics
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