General Info
Jim O’Connell serves as Principal at Safeguard Scientifics with over 20 years of operational, financial, and entrepreneurial experience in the life sciences. He has been involved in sourcing and leading investments in companies like Syapse, Quantia Communications, and Alverix. His focus areas include healthcare/foodtech startups, and he typically invests in early to mid-stage companies. While his specific stage of investment is not specified, his check size varies based on the opportunity. Geographically, his investments are not limited to specific regions, with a broad scope of interests. Jim’s partnership and collaboration styles involve working closely with industry experts, guiding portfolio companies, and fostering collaborations between different partners.
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Country: United States of America
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Investment Regions: EU, NA
Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed
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Status: low-active
AI Reasoning: Found public information showing Jim O’Connell served as Principal at Safeguard Scientifics and was board director/observer for companies including Syapse, Quantia (Quantia Communications), and Alverix. The latest verifiable activity found is his LinkedIn indicating board roles ended around 2014 and his subsequent roles show entrepreneurship; no investment or board involvement more recent than 2022 was found (current role CEO of Vytala since Dec 2022, but no investments listed). The most recent investment-related activity tied to portfolio companies (e.g., Syapse) dates to 2014; therefore the last known investment activity was more than 12 months ago (over several years).
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Low Activity – Only known angel investments more than 12 months ago.
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Very Active – Known angel investments in the last 6 months.
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