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Danny O'brien

Managing Director at SVG Ventures

Dublin, County Dublin

Overview 

Danny O'Brien is the Managing Director EMEA & Global Programs at SVG Ventures | THRIVE, with a background in private equity and venture capital from Harvard Business School. He has founded successful ventures like Business Barn and Idea 2 Scale, and serves on boards and investment committees for various agri-tech and entrepreneurship organizations.

Work Experience 

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SVG Ventures | THRIVE

  • Managing Director EMEA & Global Programs

    2021 - Current

    SVG Ventures | THRIVE is a global investment and innovation platform focussed on the Agri-Food Tech sector. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, our vision is to advance the future of food and agriculture through innovation. I lead all investments in Europe, Middle East & Africa while supporting our 12 portfolio companies in the region. I also oversee our accelerator and pre-accelerator programs.

CA

Continuum Ag

  • Board Observer

    2024

CA

Ceres Agri-Tech Knowledge Exchange Partnership

  • Investment Committee Member

    2024

AP

Autonomous Pivot

  • Board Member

    2023

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ISAMeducation

  • Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship

    2020

    Teach a module on high-growth entrepreneurship to masters students at the International School of Agri-Management in Alméria, Spain.

BB

Business Barn

  • Founder

    2018

    Business Barn is a coworking space and office hub based in Ireland. With a variety of flexible memberships, we have built a vibrant community of entrepreneurs, freelancers, corporate executives and creatives.

I2

Idea 2 Scale

  • Founder

    2016 - 2020

    Founded an accelerator platform to help under represented founders around the world become market and investor ready. Accelerated 100+ pre-seed and seed stage startups in the the Agri-Food Tech sector. Wrote Investor sentiment report in Agri-Food Tech published by AgFunder in 2019.

The Field Academy works with Food and Ag Tech founders at scale, providing a structured program, mentorship and investment.

ideatoscale.com
NY

New York International

  • Program Director

    2015 - 2016

    Assisted 50+ International Seed & Series A startups raise venture capital and develop their strategy for US market. Innovation and Trend Scouting - conducting studies & workshops on the latest trends & innovations in New York & Silicon Valley for some of Europe's top corporates spanning the Food, Media and Retail sectors.

NYIntl works to make international collaboration and innovation easier for entrepreneurs, investors, corporates, and policy makers.

nyintl.net
PC

Purple Cubed

  • Management Consultant

    2014 - 2015

    Consulted with high-growth organizations to align their strategy with culture in order to grow market share using a mix of workshops and in-house technology.

MD

Marketing Development Programme

  • Marketing Advisor

    2013 - 2013

    The MSc. Marketing Practice operates commercially from the Smurfit Business School as a Marketing Consultancy delivering projects for corporate clients. While achieving a First Class Honours degree, I worked on market research and marketing strategy projects

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