Venture Partner at SVG Ventures
View Live Interactive Profile →Danny O'Brien is listed as Venture Partner, Europe, on the SVG Ventures team page, where his name is rendered "Danny o'Brian", and as Managing Director EMEA & Global Programs on THRIVE's team page. His THRIVE bio states he is responsible for leading the firm's expansion in the EMEA region, connecting with partners and identifying startups in the food system, and that he has a background in management consulting and corporate innovation spanning Dublin, London and New York. It states that in 2017 he founded Idea 2 Scale, a virtual accelerator programme and entrepreneurship community, and started Business Barn, a coworking and innovation hub in Ireland. The bio states he sits on the Advisory Board of the International School of Agri-Management in Spain, where he also teaches entrepreneurship; that is an advisory board rather than a company board seat, so it is not recorded in boardSeats. He holds a Master's Degree in Marketing Practice from the Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School and a Bachelor of Business Studies from Dublin City University.