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John: together at Big Health
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John: together at Proximie
About
John Cassidy is a Partner and Head of Life Sciences at SoftBank Investment Advisers. He focuses on venture capital investments in private therapeutics, tools, and diagnostics companies across Europe and North America.
Experience
- SoftBank Investment AdvisersPartner, Head of Life Sciencescurrent2026 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- SoftBank Investment AdvisersInvestment Director, Head of Life Sciences2024 — 2026London Area, United Kingdom
- SoftBank Investment AdvisersInvestment Director, Life Sciences & HealthTech2021 — 2024Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- ElevateBioBoard Membercurrent2026 — present
- Arsenal Biosciences, Inc.Board Membercurrent2026 — present
- Neuron23Board Membercurrent2024 — present
- CMR SurgicalBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
- Ventus TherapeuticsBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
- PlexiumBoard Observercurrent2025 — present
- PlexiumInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- Leyden LabsInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- ProximieInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- Big HealthBoard Member2022 — 2025
- Twelve BioBoard Member2020 — 2021
- Stipe TherapeuticsBoard Member2019 — 2021
- DepixusBoard Observer2020 — 2021
- Quench BioBoard Observer2018 — 2021
- Arix Bioscience plcPrincipal2018 — 2021Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Imara Inc.Board Observer2019 — 2020
- L.E.K. ConsultingConsultant2014 — 2018London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Skills & more
Protein-protein InteractionsProtein ChemistryBiochemistryNeuroscienceBiotechnologyProtein AssaysCell BiologyLaboratory SkillsQuantitative ResearchTime ManagementReport WritingImmunology
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Colleagues at SoftBank Vision Fund
Aanchal Rohira
Head of Operations at Five35 Ventures
Aaron Wong
Director, Americas at SoftBank Vision Fund
Adam Nicholas Gulley
Director at SoftBank Vision Fund
Alex Clavel
CEO, SoftBank Investment Advisers at SoftBank Vision Fund
Alex Fortmuller
Director, Americas at SoftBank Vision Fund
Amanda Sanchez-Barry
Managing Partner, General Counsel at SoftBank Vision Fund
Amit Lubovsky
Director, Americas at SoftBank Vision Fund
Angela Du
Partner, Americas at SoftBank Vision Fund
Frequently asked questions
- Who is John Cassidy?
- John Cassidy is a Partner and Head of Life Sciences at SoftBank Investment Advisers. He focuses on venture capital investments in private therapeutics, tools, and diagnostics companies across Europe and North America.
- Where does John Cassidy work?
- John Cassidy is Partner, EMEA at SoftBank Vision Fund.
- Where did John Cassidy go to school?
- John Cassidy studied at UCL (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Neuroscience); Imperial College London (BSc, Biochemistry).
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Shared employers
Also worked at SoftBank Investment Advisers92
Deep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystLuna SchmidInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Elena VibochManaging Director at General CatalystCarolina BrochadoInvestor at EQT VenturesNorman HoInvestor at Notable CapitalPorntepp UngivchianPartner at Signal Peak Ventures
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