Helen Hartnett

Managing Partner at SVG Ventures

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Biography

Helen Hartnett is listed as Managing Partner on the SVG Ventures team page and as Chief Operating Officer on THRIVE's team page and in the media contact blocks of the firm's press releases. Her bio describes her as a technology and operations executive with more than twenty years of international experience in the technology industry across business planning, supply chain, new products, program management and global operations, with prior roles at Intel, Intuit, Novell, Lucent Technologies, AST Computer and Digital Equipment. She is also stated to be Executive Director of the Irish Technology Leadership Group and to head its Women in Technology group in Silicon Valley. She holds an honours degree in Business Studies from the University of Limerick and is CPIM certified. No investment is attributed to her personally in the firm's announcements; she appears in them only as the media contact, which is not evidence of deal involvement.

Education

Previous Experience

Career Timeline

2025
Named as COO, SVG Ventures | THRIVE in the media contact block of the firm's Brilliant Harvest and Verdi announcements.
2026
Named as COO, SVG Ventures | THRIVE in the media contact block of the firm's Spade Technologies and Innovate UK announcements.

Sources & References

SVG Ventures - Team (current roster, checked 7 September 2026) ↗SVG Ventures - Helen Hartnett bio ↗THRIVE Agrifood - Helen Hartnett bio ↗THRIVE Agrifood - SVG Ventures Invests $500,000 in Brilliant Harvest (22 May 2025) ↗THRIVE Agrifood - Spade Technologies establishes Canadian HQ in Manitoba following SVG Ventures investment (6 Aug 2026) ↗THRIVE Agrifood - Eight UK agritech companies selected for Innovate UK and SVG Ventures US expansion programme (1 June 2026) ↗