Danny Rimer joined Index Ventures in 2002, opening the firm's London office, after working as an underwriting analyst at Hambrecht & Quist where he helped take Amazon, Netscape, and Verisign public. The son of Index Securities founder Gerald Rimer and brother of Index co-founder Neil Rimer, he built a reputation for backing design-driven consumer and creative platforms - Dropbox, Etsy, Skype, Discord, and Figma among them. He led Index's Series B investment in Dropbox and has sat on the boards of Etsy, King, Skype, and Dropbox over his career. In 2017, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to business and charity, and his investment in Figma proved out spectacularly when the company went public in 2025 at a $56 billion valuation.
Education
B.A. History & Literature, Harvard University
Previous Experience
Underwriting Analyst, Hambrecht & Quist - worked on the IPOs of Amazon, Netscape, and Verisign