Scott Beardsley is the Managing Partner for the Venture Investments team of Novo Holdings. He joined Novo Ventures (US) Inc. in San Francisco, California, in 2012. From 2009-2012, Mr. Beardsley was a Senior Partner with Novo A/S’ Growth Equity team in Copenhagen, Denmark. Prior to joining Novo A/S he was a Managing Director at JP Morgan in San Francisco, heading the firm’s West Coast biopharmaceuticals effort. Prior to that, Mr. Beardsley led Piper Jaffray’s US biopharmaceuticals investment banking practice and was a member of the Health Care Group at Montgomery Securities. During his tenure as an investment banker, Mr. Beardsley originated and executed numerous transactions.

Mr. Beardsley holds an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson Graduate School of Management and a BS from Colorado State University.