Danny joined Index in 2002 and established the firm's London office. He later opened the San Francisco office with Mike Volpi. His current investments include 1stdibs, Discord, Farfetch, Figma, Glossier, GOAT, Good Eggs, Grailed, Humu, Patreon and Scoop.Prior to Index, Danny was a General Partner at The Barksdale Group, where he invested in over a dozen companies. Earlier in his career, he was at Hambrecht & Quist (now owned by JP Morgan), where he began the Internet sector equity research group. He was managing director and underwriting analyst and took Amazon, Netscape and Verisign public among others.Previously, Danny was a director of Betfair, Dropbox, Etsy, Sky, Last.fm, Lovefilm, MySQL, and Skype; and formerly on the Board of Trustees at SFMOMA and MAGGIE’S Centres. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to business and charity.
Organization Name | Title At Company | Start Date | End Date | |
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Deliveroo | Board Observer | Mar 1, 2020 | — | Detail |
Grailed | Board Member | Jun 1, 2018 | — | Detail |
Discord | Board Observer | Feb 1, 2017 | — | Detail |
Justworks | Board Observer | Sep 1, 2013 | — | Detail |
Figma | Board Member | Jun 1, 2013 | — | Detail |