Gaby Darbyshire

Gaby is a General Partner at Dangerous Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund in the US, where she invests in solutions to the world’s most pressing climate challenges.

Born in Beirut and raised in London, Gaby began her career as a barrister at Middle Temple, practising environmental and criminal law.

She also founded a charity for the support of Death Row inmates in the Caribbean, and through her time as a barrister worked on massive multi-year environmental cases and pro bono on death row appeals to the Privy Council.

A global executive and entrepreneur, she has over 25 years of experience building tech and media businesses, including as co-founder of the digital publishing pioneer Gawker Media. She later ran Framestore Ventures, a corporate incubator that developed original IP for the Oscar-winning UK visual effects company.

Gaby holds an MA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and a law degree from City University. She currently also serves as Chairman of the Board of Fragment Media Group and Board Director of GOOD/Upworthy, the social impact company.