Daniel NivernCo Founder

Viet Nam - ND

Co-Founder and CEO of Virtual Internships, a Sequoia Capital and 500 Global backed company, bridging the gap between education and the workplace by making internships accessible to all, and preparing young people for the future of work.

Virtual Internships is one of the top 100 EdTech startups in Europe in the HolonIQ Europe EdTech 100 list, top 20 EdTech startups ready to address the education sector’s biggest challenges as selected by Jisc and Emerge Education, and top 50 startups in Southeast Asia according to Tech in Asia.

Director and investor in a number of companies including CRCC Asia, the leading study abroad provider for Asia, The Dragon Trip, The Learning Adventure, China Universities and The Student Lawyer.

Various milestones achieved including:

*Holon IQ’s Top 100 EdTech startups in Europe
*Jisc and Emerge Education’s top 20 EdTech start-ups addressing the education sector’s biggest challenges.
*Tech in Asia's top 50 startups in Southeast Asia and 6th top startup in Vietnam.
*Winner of Mass Challenge, the world's largest zero equity incubator program.
*Winner of the Cathay Pacific Business Awards.
*Winner of the British Business Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
*Featured on Forbes, CNBC, BBC News, Sky News, Bloomberg, Business Week, Sunday Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Independent, Channel News Asia, The Telegraph and BBC Radio 4.


- Passionate about international education, youth workforce development, international internships, EdTech and the future of work.
- Avid football (soccer!) fan, boxing enthusiast, lover of languages (French, German, Chinese), world affairs and European literature.