John Hartnett

John is a Founder, CEO, and Investor with 25 years of leadership experience scaling from start up to multi Billion IPO in both B2B and B2C companies across the Technology, Airline and AgriFood sectors. He has a proven track record in leadership, strategy development, building high performing global teams and has extensive operating experience in fast growing global corporations. He has lead and integrated multibillion M&A transactions and served on public & private boards. He is an investor with deep expertise across the Food & Agri Tech sector and is passionate about food, health and sustainability

John is Founder and CEO of SVG Ventures|THRIVE, an innovation and investment platform working with Fortune 500 corporations and global technology start ups to advance the future of Food & Agriculture. SVG|THRIVE is the leading investor and Agrifood accelerator in the world with over 50 investments in the past decade. He is Founder of the Forbes AgTech summit the leading global AgriFood summit which is a joint venture he created with Forbes media. He has partnered with the USDA on the National Innovation Imperative working with the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.

John is a graduate of the Marketing Institute of Ireland, holds a post graduate diploma in accounting and finance and has completed executive management programs at both Stanford and Harvard Universities.