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John O'connell

Senior Associate at True Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

John O'Connell is a Senior Associate at True Ventures in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a background in entrepreneurship, open innovation, and sports coaching. He has progressed from Analyst to Associate to Senior Associate at True Ventures, showcasing his expertise in new business development and leadership within the startup ecosystem. O'Connell has demonstrated a strong track record of investing in seed and Series A stage companies in sectors such as consumer internet and enterprise, reflecting his strategic planning skills and ability to identify promising opportunities for growth in the San Francisco Bay Area startup scene.

Work Experience 

  • experimenting

    2024 - Current

    including explore labs agentscan (dot) org other fun blockchain agents more to come

  • Senior Associate

    2023 - 2024

    Seed stage VC. Led / sourced True's investments in Biconomy, Stader Labs, Atlendis, Syndicate, Impossible Finance, Nibbl Finance, Astaria, Last Labs and others currently in stealth.

  • Associate

    2021 - 2023

  • Analyst

    2019 - 2021

True Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups.

  • Fellow

    2018 - 2018

    Interned at True backed company LoanSnap via the True Ventures Fellowship during summer of 2018 https://trueventures.com/true-platform/fellowships/apply

True Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups.

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