"DANNY RIMER IS AN INVESTOR AND PARTNER AT INDEX VENTURES. HE HAS BEEN RANKED BY FORBES AS ONE OF THE WORLD’S TOP INVESTORS FOR OVER A DECADE. DANNY HAS ALWAYS BEEN DRAWN TO WORKING WITH FOUNDERS WHO SHARE HIS PASSION FOR THE POWER OF DESIGN AND HIS FASCINATION WITH THE INTERSECTION OF TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE. THIS HAS INFORMED INVESTMENTS IN FIGMA, DROPBOX, DISCORD, ETSY, FARFETCH, GLOSSIER, PATREON AND MANY MORE. OF HIS ROLE AS AN INVESTOR, RIMER SAYS: “OUR JOB IS SPOTTING SOMEONE TRYING TO SPARK LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE WORKING OUT OF THEIR GARAGE AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER THEY’RE THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO DO THIS, THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THIS EARTH TO GO AFTER THIS GLOBAL AMBITION. WE THEN WORK TIRELESSLY TO HELP THEM GET THERE.” NOMINATING DANNY RIMER IS NOT JUST AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HIS PAST ACHIEVEMENTS BUT A RECOGNITION OF HIS ONGOING COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING INNOVATION. HIS STRATEGIC VISION HAS NOT ONLY SHAPED THE TRAJECTORY OF INDEX VENTURES BUT HAS HAD A BROADER IMPACT ON THE VENTURE CAPITAL ECOSYSTEM IN EUROPE AND THE US."