Danny Rimer

General Partner, Index Ventures

Mr. Rimer joined Index Ventures in 2002 and established the firm’s London office. His investment interests include Internet infrastructure software and services. He currently serves on the boards of Fon, MySQL, Oanda, Sourcelabs, Spot Runner, Video Island, and Zend. He was previously adirector of Betfair, KVS (now Veritas), Mediasurface (AIM: MSR), Neoteris (now Juniper), and Skype (now eBay). Prior to joining Index, Mr. Rimer was a general partner of The Barksdale Group, where he invested in a dozen companies including CrossGain (now BEA), myCFO (now Bank of Montreal), Ofoto (now Kodak), and TellMe. Prior to The Barksdale Group, Danny was Managing Director in Hambrecht & Quist’s (now JPMorgan) Equity Research Group and wasresponsible for the firm’s Internet practice. At H&Q, Mr. Rimer was the underwriting analyst for companies including Amazon, CheckPoint, CNET, Netscape, and Verisign. He also sponsored direct investments in over 20 companies. Mr. Rimer holds an A.B. from Harvard College.