Venture Partner at SVG Ventures
View Live Interactive Profile →John Cassidy is listed as Venture Partner on the SVG Ventures team page and as Managing Director of Canada on THRIVE's team page and in the firm's press releases. His bio states that he leads the development and implementation of the organisation's strategic plans to expand in Canada, that he is part of the SVG investment team which has invested in 17 Canadian agri-food tech companies, and that he has over 13 years of experience in the technology and investment industry. It states that he most recently served as Chief Executive Officer for a fintech SME in Europe. He is a member of the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association. He holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Business (Finance) from the University of Limerick, Ireland, and a Certificate in Technology Management from Stanford University. He is quoted in the firm's own announcements of the Cellar Insights, Brilliant Harvest and Spade Technologies investments; none of those announcements states that he took a board seat.