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Robert Adelson

Managing Partner, Osage Venture Partners & Managing Partner, Osage University Partners

Greater Philadelphia

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $10,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $7,500,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • Managing Partner

    2009

    Osage University Partners (OUP) is a venture capital fund that invests in spinouts from a network of over 100 affiliated universities and research institutions. OUP has over $600 million in assets under management and has invested in over 115 university spinouts across both tech and life sciences. A list of our portfolio can be found on our website: https://oup.vc/portfolio/

  • Managing Partner

    1990

    Osage Venture Partners ("OVP") is an early stage venture capital fund focused on mid-Atlantic enterprise technology companies, including healthcare IT. OVP supplies capital and value-added expertise to attractive early stage businesses with initial investments ranging from $1-2m.

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2021

  • Board Observer

    2020

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2016

  • Trustee

    2006

    In 1995, Thomas Jefferson University and the Main Line Health System signed an agreement establishing a new, nonprofit corporate entity known as the Jefferson Health System (JHS). The agreement brought together Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Main Line Health under one corporate parent. Magee Rehabilitation Hospital is the other JHS member. JHS does not provide any care directly nor does it control the delivery of patient care. All patient care is provided by the members of JHS

  • Trustee

    2005

    Thomas Jefferson University, founded in 1824, is dedicated to the health sciences and committed to three areas: educating professionals who will form and lead the integrated healthcare delivery and research teams of tomorrow; discovering new knowledge that will define the future of clinical care through investigation from the laboratory to the bedside and into the community; and setting the standard for quality, compassionate and efficient patient care for our community and for the nation.

  • Trustee

    2003

    Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, an academic medical center within the Jefferson Health System, serves patients in Philadelphia and the surrounding communities in the Delaware Valley. Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals and Thomas Jefferson University are partners in providing excellent clinical and compassionate care for our patients in the Philadelphia region, educating the health professionals of tomorrow in a variety of disciplines and discovering new knowledge that will define the future of clinical care.

2013 - 2020

  • Board of Directors

    2013 - 2020

  • Trustee

    1993 - 2009