- Danny Rimer
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Danny Rimer Born September 28, 1970
CanadaResidence London, England Alma mater Harvard University Occupation Venture capitalist Danny Rimer (born September 28, 1970) is a partner at Index Ventures, a company founded by his brother Neil and his brother's partner Giuseppe Zocco.[1] He established the firm's London office in 2002 and became a leading voice[2] on venture capital in Europe and the Silicon Valley.
Early life
Rimer was born in Canada. He grew up in Geneva, Switzerland.[3] He graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts in literature and fine arts.[1] After graduating, Rimer moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in California.
Career
When Rimer moved to the Bay Area, he and some friends began a company to digitize images of famous artwork and sell the downloads. They made exclusive deals with galleries such as the Louvre and the Uffizi Gallery to commercialize the images.[1]
In 1994, Rimer joined Hambrecht & Quist (now owned by JP Morgan), where he began an Internet sector equity research group.[4] He was managing director and underwriting analyst for Amazon, Netscape and Verisign.[1] He helped to take Netscape public.[3]
Rimer became a general partner of The Barksdale Group in 1999, where he invested in a dozen companies including Crossgain (acquired by BEA Systems), Ofoto (rebranded as Kodak) and Tellme Networks (acquired by Microsoft).
In his early years at Index, Rimer made a series of notable investments in infrastructure and services companies such as Skype, MySQL and Last.fm.[2] More recently he led the firm’s investments in Flipboard, Swipely, TrialPay, Etsy, Go Try It On, PostUp, Astley Clarke, RightScale, Boku and Viagogo. He also serves on the board of Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres.[5]
Rimer has been named to both the Forbes Midas List of top global VCs,[6] and Fortune Magazine's 40 under 40 list of business’s rising young stars.[2] He is a fixture at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, an annual gathering of business leaders, political figures, and major figures in the philanthropic and cultural spheres.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d Forston, Danny (11 June 2006). "Danny Rimer: In a nation of shopkeepers, great start-ups don't fly off the shelf". The Independent (London). http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/danny-rimer-in-a-nation-of-shopkeepers-great-startups-dont-fly-off-the-shelf-481830.html. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ^ a b c "40 Under 40: Danny Rimer". CNNMoney (Cable News Network). http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/fortune/0910/gallery.40_under_40.fortune/30.html%20. Retrieved 27 February 2011.[dead link]
- ^ a b Heilemann, John (8 August 2007). "The venture capital king of Europe". CNNMoney (Cable News Network). http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/08/magazines/business2/rimer_vc.biz2/index.htm. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ^ "8 Rising VC Stars: Danny Rimer". CNNMoney. Cable News Network. http://www.fortunesmallbusiness.com/galleries/2008/fortune/0807/gallery.lashinsky_newkleiner.fortune/4.html. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ^ "Board Committees at Maggie's". Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres. The Maggie Keswick Jencks Cancer Caring Centres Trust. http://www.maggiescentres.org/about/who_we_are/governance/committees.html. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ^ "Danny Rimer". Midas List (Forbes.com, Inc.). http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/99/XU7W.html. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ^ "Sun Valley: Where the money is". MediaFile (Thomson Reuters). 8 July 2009. http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2009/07/08/hold-sun-valley-where-the-money-is/. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
Categories:- Living people
- Venture capitalists
- 1970 births
- Canadian businesspeople
- People from London
- Harvard University alumni
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